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The Traffic Department of the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force
\nis calling on both drivers and pedestrians to be more responsible when it comes to
\nthe use of crossings.
\nPolice Constable 1040 Hunte during WE FM\u2019s Traffic Talk segment said this was
\nan issue that the department had taken notice of and it is one that they have seen
\nincrease in over time.
\n\u201cAccording to the pedestrian crossing regulation, any driver who stops on a
\npedestrian crossing or fails to stop at a pedestrian crossing is guilty of an offense.
\nWe have also noticed that pedestrians would linger on the crossing, in other words,
\nthere are pedestrians who, while crossing, would be on their phones, or even upon
\nreaching halfway on the pedestrian crossing they will turn back or just to add, they
\nwill walk at a very slow pace while having conversations with others,\u201d he said.
\nExpanding on issues that the Traffic Department has observed when it comes to
\npedestrians and crossings, PC 1040 Hunte called on pedestrians to respect the
\nauthority of officers when utilizing the crossing.
\n\u201cWe have observed that there are pedestrians who don\u2019t respect the police officer
\nwhile that officer is regulating the traffic, they would walk across the pedestrian
\ncrossing while the officer is regulating the traffic. We are advising persons to desist
\nfrom such practice and once an officer is at a pedestrian crossing to respect that
\nofficer and wait on that officer\u2019s permission before crossing,\u201d he said.
\nPC 1040 Hunte noted that an officer is placed at a crossing not only to ensure the
\nfree movement of traffic but to also ensure the safe crossing of pedestrians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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