A TOUGH-TALKING Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar vowed to enforce the law against errant drivers to protect law-abiding citizens, yet also leniently promised drivers a future window of opportunity at an unstated time to get their vehicles in order.

As she said the government will soon give drivers three to seven days to fix their vehicles, in a statement on January 7.

"Therefore in the coming weeks the government will go to parliament to propose to implement the following reforms to make it mandatory for drivers to be given time to repair defects before the fines are enforced," the PM vowed.