Raise age requirements for scooter riders - Sowande
Speaking during the recently held semi-finals for inter-secondary school debates at the Sir Rupert Briercliffe Hall, Wheatley stated that life is precious and has to be preserved at all cost while urging that young people should prove themselves if they are going to be seen as mature enough to handle the responsibility of being motorcyclists.
He recommended an alternative be taken of raising the age of riders to the point where they are mature enough to handle the responsibility of being on the Virgin Islands’ roads, which can be seen as dangerous at times.
“Of course we know there are many benefits [of owning a motorcycle], but some of the benefits seem to be non-existent when you get a report of a young person being injured and at the hospital,” Wheatley stated, “It seems some of those benefits pale in comparison to the great tragedy of losing a life which none of us really want to see.”
He further suggested that educational programmes be implemented to ensure young persons are practicing greater responsibility. This may mean that more programmes are needed for young people to help them to demonstrate more responsibility not just in the area of scooters but in their education and in some of the decisions they make as well.
“If they’re not responsible, it doesn’t matter if you ban scooters or not, they will find some other way of injuring or hurting themselves,” he stated.
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15 Responses to “Raise age requirements for scooter riders - Sowande”
Until you have lost three family members,one living with lost limbs come and talk to me about not banning those motor scooters. I say ban them they are from the pit of HELL.
That should be stopped, before any tourist get killed. It was already close enough - and all of them had helmets! Are Scooters not supposed to have rental plates like cars???