Delinquent Jamaican drivers get new amnesty
Key Points(5)
- Jamaican motorists who have accumulated unpaid traffic tickets have been given another amnesty.
- Minister of Transport and Works, Mike Henry, made the announcement during his contribution to the sectoral debate in parliament recently.
- Henry said the drivers would be given the amnesty before a revised version of the Road Traffic Act comes into effect.
- The Act is now before the House of Representatives and when completed, is expected have more teeth.
- Motorists will be faced with newer and stricter provisions in relation to the imposition of penalties and traffic offences.
Jamaican motorists who have accumulated unpaid traffic tickets have been given another amnesty.
Minister of Transport and Works, Mike Henry, made the announcement during his contribution to the sectoral debate in parliament recently.
Henry said the drivers would be given the amnesty before a revised version of the Road Traffic Act comes into effect. The Act is now before the House of Representatives and when completed, is expected have more teeth. Motorists will be faced with newer and stricter provisions in relation to the imposition of penalties and traffic offences.
“in order to offer motorists an opportunity to enter this new phase with a clean slate, we will be allowing for a period of amnesty, during which outstanding traffic tickets can be paid without the loss of points and other penalties,” Henry said.
In 2013 delinquent motorists were afforded two amnesties by former Minister of National Security, Peter Bunting.
