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Ke­jan Haynes

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has de­fend­ed the surge of traf­fic tick­ets is­sued in re­cent days but says there will be no re­duc­tion in fines. How­ev­er, she said yes­ter­day that her Gov­ern­ment is prepar­ing to in­tro­duce a sys­tem to give dri­vers time to fix ve­hi­cle de­fects be­fore penal­ties take ef­fect.

In a state­ment post­ed on Twit­ter, the Prime Min­is­ter said the spike in vi­o­la­tions con­firms wide­spread dis­re­gard for the law, adding that many of those fined were not caught off guard but were al­ready aware of de­fects or ex­pired doc­u­men­ta­tion on their ve­hi­cles.