HUNDREDS of motorists braved the hot sun on Wednesday outside the National Arena in St Andrew as they waited patiently to enter the building to pay outstanding traffic tickets in order to avoid the heavy hand of the law.

Wednesday was the first of a two-day initiative which gave motorists with unpaid traffic tickets issued in Kingston and St Andrew between February 1, 2018 and 2026 an opportunity to clear them and avoid enforcement of their warrants.

The Court Administration Division (CAD) reported last evening that more than 1,500 tickets had been processed long before the 5:00 pm end of the day’s activities. They were unable to give the total number of tickets processed after 5:00 pm, or the total revenue collected for the day.