So you have issues about
traffic problems? Get creative.
I'll give you two good examples.
In the UK, Oxford resident Ted Dowan got creative:
"A campaign is under way to lower speed limits to 20mph in urban areas, but what's going to make drivers slow down? A bossy road sign, a hump in the road or a three-piece suite parked in the road?"In the US, New Orleans residents
threw a birthday party for a year-old pot hole that had yet to be fixed.
At a RCIP community meeting, a resident said: "I have been hearing this for the lasts ten or fifteen years," said one resident. "You would think that the West Bay Police Station is in Grenada. Why not just have an officer on Monday and Wednesday, or any two days. That way, the word will spread," that officers are there to prosecute.
Ten to fifteen years for a speeding solution? Are the RCIP ignoring major problem or is this a case where outrage simply outweighs the actual hazard?
Think of the case outlined by economist Steven D. Levitt in his book
Freakonomics where he shows that having a swimming pool in your backyard is statisically more dangerous for children than owning a handgun. Is and should the RCIP be focused on other things regarding crime on the island?
From personal experience and as noted in other media reports, it's excruciatingly hard to find crime statistics for the island. I can't even get the listed
RCIP website to come up currently. If there were easily available statistics, one might come to the same conclusion:
With over a decade of complaining and citizens taking no action on their own, it relatively can't be a very important issue.
