The Min­istry of Trans­port and Civ­il Avi­a­tion has ad­dressed claims cir­cu­lat­ing on so­cial me­dia and oth­er plat­forms about fines and in­sur­ance re­quire­ments linked to de­fen­sive dri­ving cours­es.

The min­istry said there is no $10,000 fine im­posed on per­sons un­der the age of 25 for fail­ing to com­plete a de­fen­sive dri­ving course in or­der to ob­tain mo­tor ve­hi­cle in­sur­ance.

The min­istry stat­ed that there is no pro­vi­sion in the laws of Trinidad and To­ba­go that re­quires per­sons un­der 25 to com­plete a de­fen­sive dri­ving course as a con­di­tion for ob­tain­ing or main­tain­ing mo­tor ve­hi­cle in­sur­ance. This in­cludes the Mo­tor Ve­hi­cles and Road Traf­fic Act and its sub­sidiary leg­is­la­tion.