1,000 Trinidad drivers to be disqualified over violations
Clive Clarke
December 28, 2020
(Trinidad Guardian) Since the Demerit Points System (DPS) went into effect in June 2020, law enforcement officers have issued close to 54,000 fixed penalty notices (FPNs) or tickets to errant drivers and traffic violators across the country.
Of this figure, 1,000 drivers are due to have their driving permits disqualified, while 60 motorists have been banned from sitting behind the wheel of a vehicle, with 10,629 drivers being warned about traffic violations and their behaviour on the roads.
The data was collected from June to December 22 by Transport Commissioner Clive Clarke, following the modernisation of the traffic ticketing system under the Motor Vehicle and Road Traffic Act.
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Transport Commissioner Clive Clarke, who has been in the position for just about a year, has embarked on the herculean task of eradicating corruption at the Licensing Division, as well as transforming it into a modern, efficient entity.
In that endeavour, for Mr Clarke to succeed in areas where his predecessors have made little or no progress, he will need support, not only from within the Division but from law enforcement and other investigative agencies to completely weed out all of the illicit activities within the Division.
From what Mr Clarke revealed during an exclusive interview with Guardian Media’s Sharlene Rampersad a few days ago, there now is the will to crack down on corrupt practices that have been hampering the Division’s operations for decades. He has his team have managed to identify some suspicious activities and are now working to weed them out.