As a long-time visitor and investor and new resident of Little Cayman I am absolutely befuddled at the Government’s refusal to allow small electric vehicles to be used on the roads of Little Cayman.
All government officials, from this government and the last, talk about keeping Little Cayman ecologically pure. It has been called an ‘ecological jewel.’ Why then is the government encouraging more gasoline powered vehicles by not allowing electric carts and cars?
The speed limit on the entire island is 25 miles per hours. Seldom do you see two vehicles at the same time. Bicycles are the main source of transportation but many visitors and the elderly cannot use them.
I have heard the excuses about not having lights or seatbelts. I have heard the arguments that these vehicles would not meet crash standards. Who thinks these things up? Only a bureaucrat with no common sense could see that on a 10-square-mile island with a few hundred people could these things be important.
Make seatbelts mandatory. No lights? No driving between dusk and dawn. No 5 mph bumpers. Who or what are you going to crash into?
Whatever portfolio manages vehicles on Little Cayman, come to your senses and use common sense.
Golf carts and similar vehicles should be mandated, not just allowed, as the means of transportation for all but commercial vehicles. License them, inspect them, encourage their use or we will have to add another gas powered vehicle to spoil this island.
Jeff Yunis – Little Cayman
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