Six­teen dri­vers were is­sued fixed penal­ty no­tices dur­ing a speed en­force­ment op­er­a­tion on Thurs­day, as po­lice con­tin­ue to warn mo­torists about the height­ened risks of dri­ving in wet con­di­tions.

The ex­er­cise, con­duct­ed by the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS), took place be­tween 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. along the north­bound lane of the Sir Solomon Ho­choy High­way, near the In­di­an Trail over­pass. All 16 tick­ets were for ex­ceed­ing the speed lim­it.

The TTPS says the op­er­a­tion is part of its on­go­ing ef­forts to ad­dress a re­cent rise in road traf­fic fa­tal­i­ties, co­in­cid­ing with the start of the rainy sea­son.