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KAY-MARIE FLETCH­ER

There was con­fu­sion and frus­tra­tion at Li­cens­ing of­fices across Trinidad yes­ter­day, as mo­torists com­plained of be­ing blind­sided by the Gov­ern­ment’s hefty late fee in­creas­es when re­new­ing their dri­ver’s per­mits.

In a mem­o­ran­dum dat­ed Jan­u­ary 2, Trans­port Com­mis­sion­er Clive Clarke ad­vised that mo­torists with ex­pired per­mits will now face penal­ties rang­ing from $500 to $3,500.