The death of Jizelle Sa­landy should be a wake-up call to all Trinida­di­ans to slow down on the roads. Based on the news re­ports, the con­di­tion of the ve­hi­cle and the site of the ac­ci­dent, it ap­pears that this trag­ic ac­ci­dent hap­pened as a re­sult of speed­ing. This is a small is­land so most Trinida­di­ans trav­el no fur­ther than five to 10 miles on a nor­mal day.

There is no rea­son to dri­ve at ex­ces­sive speeds to trav­el five miles. In fact, it is sui­ci­dal. If each per­son de­creased their speed by on­ly 10 miles an hour start­ing to­day, it would not on­ly save their life but thou­sands of oth­ers. Please slow down on the roads.

Claudette R Spencer-Nurse

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