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Akash Sama­roo

The Gov­ern­ment’s pro­posed mea­sure to ease the im­pact of the strict road traf­fic fines in­tro­duced at the start of the year moved a step clos­er to im­ple­men­ta­tion yes­ter­day, fol­low­ing the pas­sage of the Mo­tor Ve­hi­cles and Road Traf­fic (Amend­ment) Bill in the Low­er House. The leg­is­la­tion comes af­ter many penal­ties were dou­bled, spark­ing wide­spread pub­lic con­cern.

How­ev­er, Op­po­si­tion MPs have strong­ly crit­i­cised the Bill, de­scrib­ing it as ab­surd, im­prac­ti­cal, and a knee-jerk re­sponse to pub­lic back­lash.