Licensing Division has some way to go
Sunday 3 January 2021
Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan checks his driver s permit under the watch of Transport Commissioner Clive Clarke at the opening of the Licensing Division office in Guaico, Sangre Grande on July 24, 2020. PHOTO BY AYANNA KINSALE -
Minister of Works and Transport Rohan Sinanan promised last week that the two customised buses to be deployed as mobile licensing offices will begin operations soon.
The buses, ordered at a cost of $2 million, were first announced in July and their arrival promised within three months, so that project is already running late.
The mobile service is part of the Licensing Division s U-Turn System, a project plan that won an IDB President s Award for Innovation in the Public Sector.
Easier access to licensing services in 2021
Clive Clarke -
TWO CUSTOMISED buses have been bought and are set to be outfitted to be used as mobile licensing offices.
The buses, which cost just over $2 million, are designed to provide basic services to rural areas, where access is otherwise difficult.
They will begin operating within “a few months” says Minister of Works and Transport Rohan Sinanan.
The minister, together with the ministry’s permanent secretary Sonia Francis-Yearwood and Transport Commissioner Clive Clarke, recently discussed their thoughts on the progress and successes of the U-Turn System, implemented earlier this year, along with the ministry’s plans to widen the range of services offered online, with the exception of activities such as vehicle inspections, which require human interaction.
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.