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He believes that despite the enforcement and the checkpoints, motorcycle drivers continue to break the law, which leads to their deaths. He added though that some of the penalties need to be stricter.

Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"The motorcycle accidents is a crisis as you rightly pointed out and I listened to your comments on the beef this morning as you would normally rant and it is not as you said that we have given up or we have lost hope. I have said consistently that we are working with the national transport to see how best we can address this issue. Even in my conference I again told the commanders that we need to do more but while we try to do more, we are seeing that no matter how much we try and no matter how much the media publicize these accidents and even with the safety tips that we're giving, these drivers aren't taking heed. They don't give a damn. What do you do with a society that doesn't give a damn and again you said this morning, it's an enforcement issue. You can't enforce what you're not seeing because the truth is in the presence of the police they abide with every law. But the minute they step out of the view of the police, they break the laws. If I were to take the dash cam chip from my vehicle because I have dash cam and I were to give that to you, you would see the amount time, if I am not careful, I would knock down people on motorcycles."

"I think that there needs to be stricter legislative intervention. I do believe that the traffic laws are antiquated to some extent and the penalties that go with them reflect the 80's, the 70's. There's a need to bring the penalty in line with 2022, 2023, 2024 type of penalties. A $25 fine in the 70's would be like a $500 fine today. So we need to look at that."