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19 LETTERS & EDITORIAL maltatoday | SUNDAY • 28 JULY 2019 Mikiel Galea Letters & Clarifications Danger of ignoring bastions warning signs IN a recent visit to Mdina I was ap- palled by a huge number of young Italian teenagers (probably students on a field trip) that not only ignored the warning signs about the danger and climbed on the bastions but also sat on the very edge with their feet dangling in mid-air. Although there are warning signs written in Maltese and English (as it should be), I suggest to the authorities to add bigger picture signs so that visi- tors who not able to read Maltese or English are still warned. It is probably true that these young teenagers would probably have still ignored the warn- ing, as for them it was merely a teenage bravado, but a more conspicuous sign, together with a hefty fine and more su- pervision, would probably make some of them think twice, thus avoiding a possible tragedy as well as damage to this architectural heritage. Henry-Franz Gauci, Via email Losing farmers is bad THE Central Link project planned for Attard will gobble up valuable agri- cultural land. It is sad that the farmers who till those fields will lose their live- lihood. Farming may not be an impor- tant sector for the economy but it does help feed this country and ensure the countryside is curated. With a farming community that is on decline, road projects like those in Attard only help to dishearten those who still work in their fields, rain or shine. It is not enough for the govern- ment to say that less agricultural land will be used up today when compared to the plans of previous administra- tions. The government should have been bolder by choosing other options that would have prevented any loss of agricultural land. There is still time to do what is right. Our farmers deserve better. Antonella Spiteri, Via email Further study into traffic accidents IN the week from 2 to 9 July, 10 traffic accidents were reported by the media. Twelve persons were seriously injured, four of them were children. All this, in only seven days. In the end most of the reports says that police are investigating and up- dates will follow. However, there was never any update or result of the police investigation. How do these accidents happen? Whose fault was it? Did these injured children have seatbelts on and were they using a child seat? Did drivers use mobile phones at the time of the ac- cident? I'm sure that answers on these and other related questions would be interesting for the public but more importantly could put pressure on the authorities to finally do something in prevention. A few weeks ago, I read dozens of articles on various news portals, about a 10-year-old girl who lost her life in a traffic accident. Not one of them car- ried any information or at least the question if she was wearing a seatbelt, and if she had been strapped to a child booster seat, would she still be alive; and if so, if the motorist is directly responsible for her death. Another interesting question is how much are all these accidents costing taxpayers and wouldn't it be better to invest in prevention? Slobodan Savic, Via email