11 Responses to “70 tickets issued; 2 scooters seized in VG operation- RVIPF”

• resident (25/10/2021, 14:11) Like (6) Dislike (20) Reply

  the cops need to solve real crimes instead of harassing people
• Futuro (25/10/2021, 15:10) Like (3) Dislike (15) Reply

  Well Sah , after all this suffering people going , high cost of living , high rent , COVID no work. This Government still find the right thing to do is to come VG and harass everyone giving tickets and taking the little that they have. This Government is so wicked, so out of touch with we the people. Not even Flax we want to see when Elections come , she cannot control this despicable bunch of insensitive guys.
  • blame the governor (25/10/2021, 15:57) Like (5) Dislike (2) Reply

    Nice try futuro. Like you forget its the Governor in charge of the RVIPF not government. Run to the Governor and complain, see if them care bout you and your struggles. Don't blame my government wrongfully yeh.
  • Insensitive (25/10/2021, 20:04) Like (11) Dislike (0) Reply

    Try to do what is right and we won't be here talking foolishness about insensitive bunch
• Chris (25/10/2021, 17:56) Like (6) Dislike (1) Reply

  In 2019 the police in VG were very active with traffic stops , usually in the early morning and at 4.30 to 6 pm in the evenings . The main target seemed to be pickups belonging to various companies transporting workers to Gun Creek for work on the outer islands. Most pickups were fitted with benches to carry workers and then during the day the benches were removed and materials for the construction sites were transported and then in the evening benches were put back to transport workers home again. Many small companies with small crews rely on pickups for these duties . They cannot afford a bus that then sits all day , they need a vehicle that can transport workers and then do other work . Hence the pickup. In 2019 all the companies , including Yates Associates , were told to put a safety fence around the pickups to prevent workers from falling out and give them a rail to hold onto. All of our company pickups that carry workers were fitted out with rails , including the Kia long bed pickup , which was one of the vehicles stopped this last week and I believe it was charged . The police said they were charging the 8 guys sitting on the benches in the back $100 each and going to prosecute the driver. This was happening while a Mazda pickup with workers sitting on benches for a company ,without the Yates Logo on its door , without any rails on the pickup bed was allowed to pass freely.
  My complaint is that if the police are going to change the rules from 2019 when this vehicle was allowed to pass the police roadblocks on a regular basis after we installed rails on the side of it , surely they should let everyone know . Also if they stop one pickup surely they should stop all pickups and not be selective . If the complaint is that the side rails don’t comply with their requirements then inform the driver what is required. The vehicle doesn’t come with side rails and the rails were obviously added to the pickup to enable it to comply with the rules as we understood them . A warning is the appropriate action and if that is ignored then that is the time to act.
  I did correspond with Hon Rhymer and I raised the point that our pickups with the fence and cross benches are safer than the Mini Safaris used as taxis and rentals with the side benches and opening in the tailgate .
  The pickup is a vehicle of choice throughout the Caribbean for worker or family transportation. It is not going away so it is high time that a policy be adopted and clearly published to define exactly what is required on pickups and even trucks to enable them to carry workers in a safe manner. The policy should also take account of the other duties that the pickup or truck will be involved in during the period between carrying workers or school kids or just hitchhikers . Remember we are a society that counts on the people with vehicles to give rides to the people without vehicles , and in this Covid era many of us prefer to give rides in the pickup bed rather than wear a mask inside the vehicle .
  Times are tough and the last thing we need as a company is to spend time in court fighting this case of VG police policy against Tortola police policy .
  Several people have told me that they believe the Yates truck was targeted because I have a big mouth and have been too vocal about the Labor Tribunal Farce and the 3 week shutdown of our 93% vaccinated workers and hardware and construction company and being denied the right to get the workers tested so they could get social security . I sincerely hope that they are wrong but when the Yates truck is booked and non Yates trucks are let pass then something smells.
  Let us get a policy in place so we get rid of this doubt about victimization.
  
• Community (25/10/2021, 19:50) Like (5) Dislike (1) Reply

  The people of the BVI are being disenfranchised at every turn... First there was Water and Sewage Dept. killing us with false prices, now the police are parading their 70 ticket trophy. Good citizen are barely surviving as it is.... Officer Leslie and company, I don't think think this was appropriate. Warnings would have done just fine for many citizens....
  
  Furthermore, proper education could also have been an alternative.
• Lawless (25/10/2021, 20:00) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply

  Here we go again everybody want to do what they want. Change the laws to please everyone. Only hold the politicians accountable and everybody else do their own thing.
  • Yep! (26/10/2021, 07:13) Like (1) Dislike (1) Reply

    @lawless and with C***y and K***a leading we’re going to have a very disrespectful set of people who will think being disrespectful is talking up……,
• Well (25/10/2021, 20:11) Like (7) Dislike (0) Reply

  Cris is right.
• Madussa (25/10/2021, 21:57) Like (6) Dislike (1) Reply

  So the safaris carrying school children half hanging out on the open side is O.K.? The riders in the pickup with a gate and sides were safer than the minor children are. What are the police going to do about that? Workers sitting down on benches or just plain sitting down in a pickup should be left alone. People need rides to and from work, as the school children in these safaris do going to school.
• It's about time... (27/10/2021, 23:01) Like (13) Dislike (0) Reply

  First thing first, the laws do not belong or were made by the police...your legislative council members came together and decided on them. Second: The laws are for every single one of us. Third: These laws didn't just came about, the laws have been in place for donkey years...pay attention to them, instead of minding each others business. Fourth: Police enforces the law and law breakers will be held accountable for their omission or negligence, whether you like, agree or want to admit it. That is what they are paid to do, imagine that you are paid for a job, but you refuse or neglect to carry it out.