Shadow Transport spokesman Michael Fahy has called for a long hard look at Premier Dr. Ewart Brown's decade as Transport minister as the death toll on the road continues to mount.

He told Sandys Rotary Club on Wednesday night that the 17 road deaths last year was the same figure as ten years earlier but Government was still dragging its feet on promised crackdowns.

Bermuda's death toll per 100,000 is more than three times the UK average said Sen. Fahy and had increased 85 percent from 1996-2008 while other OECD countries had seen a steady reduction.

He said: "We have had only one Minister of Transport in ten years. Every other Ministry has seen changes.

"This fact speaks for itself especially when in 2008 we had the same number of road fatalities as 1998.

The lack of improvement is a clear demonstration of poor planning and poor leadership, said Sen Fahy.

"The record shows, for example, the Transport Minister now ten years in the post talking about the effectiveness of speed cameras in 2001 and one year later talking about the importance of graduated licensing.

"It does no good to know how to solve a problem if that knowledge is not put to effect.

"We can't allow any more words without action."

Sen. Fahy said Police needed powers to random breath test.

"We would also like to see a formal commitment to the installation of speed cameras with an implementation deadline.

"As the Premier said seven years ago, speed cameras change driver behaviour.

"There can be no further excuses for inaction. The Government in general and the Minister in particular must be held to account. Solutions exist, but they won't happen without action."

Recently, the Minister for Public Safety, Lt. Col. Sen. Burch was quoted as saying: "To be clear, this Government considers road safety a priority and will do all that it can to ensure that the rules of our roads are upheld," said Sen. Fahy.

And he said Dr. Brown had been quoted in July 2006 saying he had asked his Cabinet colleague Randy Horton, then Minister for Public Safety, "to expedite the installation of the speed cameras".

But again it was all talk and little to no action, said Sen Fahy.

He added that the United Bermuda Party wanted new generation of "cats-eye" road reflectors which road safety authorities report as reducing in night time accidents by well over 70 percent.

He said speed cameras in many jurisdictions had curbed serious collisions by a staggering 79 percent. Breath tests, better signage and traffic humps has also been proven to reduce crashes said Sen. Fahy judging by overseas statistics.