{"id":72936,"date":"2017-12-19T18:16:36","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T01:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=72936"},"modified":"2017-12-19T18:16:36","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T01:16:36","slug":"private-passenger-bus-hitting-two-school-girls-while-on-the-pedestrian-crossing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2017\/12\/19\/private-passenger-bus-hitting-two-school-girls-while-on-the-pedestrian-crossing\/","title":{"rendered":"PRIVATE PASSENGER BUS HITTING TWO SCHOOL GIRLS WHILE ON THE “PEDESTRIAN CROSSING”."},"content":{"rendered":"

SUSANTHA WIJESINGHE. A MELVIN JONES FELLOW.<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

The first question would be, not of the severe punishment that the ERRANT DRIVER has to face, but that of the Safety of Lives of the Pedestrians, that constantly walk on the road.<\/p>\n

It was only last year that I wrote on the same subject, to the TWO Mahanayakas, to speak to the President, \u00a0hoping that they would care for the lives on the road. NO, they just ignored my plea, and probably threw my long letter to the waste bin, along with some Banana Skins awaiting disposal.\u00a0 All Public Servants responsible for maintaining Road Vehicular Discipline, and Pedestrian Discipline, particularly the POLICE DEPARTMENT, whom I think should handle the Subject , be the initiators of this VAST PROJECT,\u00a0<b>PLEASE LEND ME THY EAR.<b><\/p>\n

I suggest that SPEED BUMPS be introduced, about 30 feet away, on either side of the Pedestrian crossings, so as to\u00a0enforce \u00a0ALL VEHICLES to come to almost \u00a0‘ stopping speed ‘ without continuing at the speed they are travelling\u00a0 over the Pedestrian Crossing. This will totally prevent the scenario we saw, THE BUS HITTING THE TWO SCHOOL GIRLS, RIGHT ON THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING. Next Question ? How to meet the Expenditure for two SPEED BUMPS, at\u00a0a \u00a0Pedestrian Crossing. I suggest that the PRIME MINISTERS OFFICE,\u00a0 seek an Estimate for the Cost of the Two Speed Bumps from the RDA, The Road Development Authority. Here is a PRACTICAL SUGGESTION.:-The RDA can be asked to construct Two Speed Bumps at a Pedestrian Crossing.\u00a0 They can evaluate the Cost, plus a 15% profit added onto cost, because it is my point of view, that the RDA should get the entire All Island Contract for installing Speed Bumps, as the moment the private contractors \u00a0are on the radar to put their hand into it, THE BRIBE TAKERS WILL MAKE IT A CIRCUS.<\/p>\n

Let us say, hypothetically, the RDA\u00a0estimate that a \u00a0Speed Bump\u00a0 would cost Rs 10,000, and Two will cost Rs.20,000, per Pedestrian Crossing.\u00a0 \u00a0The Police Department, should seek free publicity from Media personnel to collect Rs. 20,000 for each proposed set of Speed Bumps. I also believe that The Lions Clubs could assist. Lot more to be thought of and said.<\/p>\n

IT IS THE PRIME MINISTER WHO SHOULD GIVE A KICK START TO THIS PROJECT.\u00a0 <b>Can anyone bring this project to the notice of the PRIME MINISTER.\u00a0 Blessings of the Noble Triple Gem for the Projects success.<\/p>\n

SUSANTHA WIJESINGHE.<\/p>\n

A MELVIN JONES FELLOW.<\/p>\n

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SUSANTHA WIJESINGHE. A MELVIN JONES FELLOW. The first question would be, not of the severe punishment that the ERRANT DRIVER has to face, but that of the Safety of Lives of the Pedestrians, that constantly walk on the road. It was only last year that I wrote on the same subject, to the TWO Mahanayakas, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72936\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}