So, four of this weekend's fatal accidents involved motorbikes. That's too many, and it's a trend we have been witnessing for some time as inexpensive motorbikes have become more popular. The commissioner of police says they will respond with a new wave of enforcement for motorbike use:
Chester Williams- Commissioner of Police
"Since over this past weekend we have had, I think, a total of 6 fatalities. All of which are involving motorcycles. We know that motorcycles, by law, are vehicles and the use of them is permissible on the roads. But we have become concerned over the fact that the motorcycle riders have become somewhat reckless in the handling of these motorcycles on our highways. So, what we will be doing is we will be putting together a team, which will be led by the commander of operations, who will be looking at putting together a motorcycle safety pamphlet. Those pamphlets will be developed and once developed, which I am hoping will be between now and Wednesday, we will then be conducting national operations on each and every highway and major roads. Sometimes, you are on the highway and, even within Belize City, you will see motorcycles fly past you on the wrong side over taking. That is very dangerous. We also see motorcycles riders riding without helmets. We also see instances where motorcycles have three or four passengers, when in fact it should be two the most. We have also seen where motorcycle riders use the pedestrian crossing as a means of moving from one side of the road to the other. Those are things that we need to address. Moving forward, my thing will be that we must enforce the law where these motorcycles are concerned."
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