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Police stopping motorists again Published on Monday, February 15, 2010 Email To Friend    Print Version Once again, the TCI police are putting up road blocks and examining licences, registrations and insurance. Recently, they were passing out tickets for loose seat belts and windows with excessive tint. The police traffic unit reported 4,000 unpaid seat belt violations. They did not report how many had been paid. These actions are angering residents and tourists. "I do not see road blocks in my home state why do I have to come here on vacation and be stopped for his nonsense," said one visitor from South Dakota. "I cannot see how this prevents speeding and drunken drivers from causing accidents," said an expatriate condo owner. "They need to follow the speeders and check their speed," said another winter visitor. Yet another visitor, an expatriate who obtained belongership two years ago, spoke out regarding school buses. “I see on TV there are no school bus laws here. When a school bus stops in the United States all traffic must stop until the children are discharged and loaded. Someone is going to be killed. Why don't we see police cars escorting the school bus? No wonder the cops here are in the news all the time. No sense to what they are doing," he said. The TV channels are reporting several serious road accidents but they appear to be caused by excessive speed and failure to yield the right of way and have no relation to seat belts or vehicle paperwork. "This is what we have seen in my home state. The police are passing out tickets to raise money and for no good reason. They are highly paid and wasting everyone’s time," said a winter resident from Illinois.   Reads : 324 Back... Comments: No comments on this topic yet. Be the first one to submit a comment. Back... Send us your comments!   Send us your comments on this article for publication in our Readers' Forum or as a Letter to the Editor. All fields are required and in the interest of openness and transparency we will no longer accept anonymous submissions. We therefore request that all submissions include a name for publication, regardless of content. We will in special circumstances protect a writer's identity only after we have established good cause for anonymity, otherwise we will not be able to publish the submission. For your contribution to reach us, you must (a) provide a valid e-mail address and (b) click on the validation link that will be sent to the e-mail address you provide.  If the address is not valid or you don't click on the validation link, it will be a waste of your time typing your submission because we will never see it! Your Name: Your Email: (Validation required) Comments: Enter Validation Code *