Time to punish those reckless drivers

THE EDITOR: In an ongoing endeavour to rid our roads of the “reckless driver” especially the ones who operate the ‘maxi taxi’, this writer suggests that government, as a matter of urgency, seriously consider the introduction of plainclothes licencing and police officers whose main function would be to simply pose as commuters observing the drivers style and behaviour and if this driver breaks the law in any way, they will be appropriately fined “on the spot.” In addition, if the offence is serious enough to warrant an immediate arrest then “so be it,” off the driver goes right there and then. Sounds tough? Well it’s meant to be. The road madness has gone too far and must be stopped now! And by any means. Think about it Mr PM and Transport Commissioner, at least it’s a start in the right direction and it will take drastic measures to correct this problem. While I agree that there is an expense to taxpayers attached, I don’t believe they would mind and in any event governments today and those previous have spent millions in areas of unimportance. Yes? Think about it gentlemen, these measures may even act as a deterrent which will have the “road hog” think twice.

G WILDMAN
Glencoe