We need to confront the fatal five traffic offences – speeding, distracted driving, driving while impaired, not wearing a seatbelt, and careless and inconsiderate driving. The authorities are carrying out special activities because June is being observed [globally and locally] as Road Safety Awareness Month.

However, I’m not feeling it because of the increasing number of citizens who are making our roads dangerous. Thank God that, as the herd of road hogs swell, others have adapted well.

Once upon a time, in a more disciplined, civil, sensible, well-thinking, safety-conscious, courteous, law-abiding, respectful Jamaica, the antics that some drivers get up to would have made horrified people balk and severely reprimand the offenders. Today, more people are learning to anticipate the worst and get out of the way in order to survive. With our propensity for violence, it is wise to say and do nothing when someone ‘bad drives’ you.