The Guyana Police Force’s Traffic Department is currently undergoing the testing phase and training for the installation and use of speed limiters, which will be placed on heavy-duty trucks traversing the country’s roadways, according to Traffic Chief, Mahendra Singh.
The Government announced earlier this year that it plans to install 8,000 automatic speed control regulators on trucks as part of a wider effort to improve safety and enforce traffic regulations on Guyana’s roadways.
The regulators will be used to limit the speed of heavy-duty vehicles, which have increasingly been linked to serious accidents, damage to road infrastructure, and safety concerns among road users.
“The limiters are already here and will be installed and they are to achieve a particular objective, that is to say have good transportation vehicles such as a motor lorry, laden with naturally extreme weight and travel at certain speeds which supports road safety and improve the current situation on the road, thereby lending to a reduction of accidents and reduction of the fear of accidents,” the traffic Chief noted.
The speed limiter system will be used to control the truck’s maximum speed. The devices are used to prevent drivers from exceeding a set speed, enhancing safety and potentially reducing accidents.
“The speed limiters are already in police’s possession and the next step which is a very important one is that training of our licensing and certifying officers that has to happen by the certified specialist, so training has commenced for all our certified officers who have been pre-identified and after the training is completed we will commence the process of installation of the speed limiters for verification and certification prior to motor lorries being fitted with it thereafter,” Mr. Singh said.
In addition, the Traffic department has been moving to enforce the weight limit for trucks.
The Government has procured 20 weigh-in-motion scales and 400 vehicle clamps, which were deployed along major routes including Buzz Bee Dam to Diamond on the East Bank of Demerara, Linden to Mabura, and areas near the Berbice River Bridge.
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