With nu­mer­ous road traf­fic ac­ci­dents over the East­er hol­i­day week­end, mo­torists are be­ing urged to ex­er­cise greater cau­tion on the na­tion’s roads, as wet weath­er con­di­tions and in­creased en­force­ment co­in­cide with grow­ing con­cern over crash­es and im­paired dri­ving.

Co­or­di­na­tor of the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice Road Safe­ty Pro­gramme, Sgt Brent Bat­son, has warned that April show­ers are cre­at­ing haz­ardous dri­ving con­di­tions that re­quire mo­torists to ad­just their be­hav­iour to main­tain con­trol of their ve­hi­cles.

“The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice(TTPS) has not­ed with con­cern a num­ber of road traf­fic crash­es which have oc­curred across the coun­try’s road net­works,” Bat­son said, point­ing to a fa­tal col­li­sion along the Rivulet Road in Cou­va in which Tra­cy Joseph lost her life when her car and a pick-up col­lid­ed on Sat­ur­day.