I have a serious problem in spending a lot of money and travelling distances to attend conferences on how to reduce road deaths. I am convinced that by administering and enforcing the road traffic laws we can reduce our road deaths by 50 per cent.

Set up more speed traps, check for overloading and condition of tyres; ensure the driver's licence is genuine; that cars, buses and trucks are in road-worthy condition; that there is no overtaking when there is an uninterrupted white line; that there is no parking or stopping where there is an uninterrupted white line and that motorists observe stop signs and red lights.

Electronic surveillance

There is more but we must start somewhere. Spend some money on electronic surveillance. With this, however, the car owner must be identifiable from the licence plate and the windshields must not be tinted, in order to identify the driver.

The police must not only check motorists' papers but should also check, for example, whether their tyres are road worthy, the break lights are working, etc., and give a few days' time to get the repairs done.

A television programme could be introduced to teach some road manners.

Just a few suggestions.

I am, etc.,

PETER BANGERTER

swiss@infochan.com

107 Harbour Street

Kingston