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Mo­torists will ben­e­fit from a new grace pe­ri­od start­ing Mon­day be­fore fac­ing fines for mi­nor ve­hi­cle de­fects, Trans­port and Avi­a­tion Min­is­ter Eli Za­k­our has con­firmed.

The fixed penal­ty warn­ing sys­tem was in­tro­duced through the Mo­tor Ve­hi­cles and Road Traf­fic Amend­ment Bill, passed in the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives on Jan­u­ary 16, 2026, and in the Sen­ate on Jan­u­ary 20, 2026. The bill was as­sent­ed on Jan­u­ary 29 and will of­fi­cial­ly come in­to ef­fect this Mon­day.

The new sys­tem comes af­ter pub­lic up­roar ear­li­er this year when sev­er­al traf­fic fines were dou­bled. Un­der the rules, dri­vers stopped by po­lice, trans­port of­fi­cers, or traf­fic war­dens will now have three to sev­en days to cor­rect mi­nor de­fects be­fore penal­ties ap­ply.