TTPS cracks down with 84,000 traffic tickets in 10 months

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) is­sued 84,263 traf­fic tick­ets be­tween Jan­u­ary 1 and No­vem­ber 3 this year, with breach­ing traf­fic signs, fail­ing to wear seat­belts and dri­ving with­out a valid ve­hi­cle in­spec­tion cer­tifi­cate top­ping the list of of­fences.

Ac­cord­ing to fig­ures re­leased by the TTPS Traf­fic and High­way Pa­trol Branch at a news con­fer­ence yes­ter­day, the num­ber of tick­ets is­sued was down 26 per cent com­pared with the 114,447 record­ed dur­ing the same pe­ri­od in 2025.

Act­ing In­spec­tor Jesse Jit­mans­ingh said breach­ing traf­fic signs was the most com­mon of­fence, ac­count­ing for 17,280 tick­ets.