New Trinidad Traffic Fines + Demerit + Fixed Penalty System

[RedVEVO]

Point 4: driving without a DP

Is that driving without a DP cause you don't have one, or is it that if you forget your wallet and have the fortune to get ketch in a
roadblock or something similar?

If it's the latter, is it true you have 24 hours to present your DP to a stipulated police station?

Driving without a dp would fall under expired or never having been issued one.
If you don't have it on you the offence is fail to produce.

There is no time stipulation to produce a dp, it must be produced on demand. The 24hr thing is a concession (bligh) given by the police, the law makes no allowances for this.

If you do not have DP on demand. You are human - You forget it home or at office ? NP

Take the ticket in a quiet way - no fuss with Police - they only have 2 CXC passes - Grade 7

Go to Court and produce it to the Judge.

Watch Police face.

Priceless .

What ticket yuh illiterate kant?

Watching your face when you get put in a cell with Bubba and big willy.

Priceless.

Still fighting up with a chess burn ..

So sad.

Priceless .

[Monk BANzai]

Meanwhile, a group of gangsters converse...

G Dog sits back on his sofa putting together the largest blunt seen for the week. He marvels at it's size and calls out to Flytrap, "ohh mih dogga, watch the thickness nah g, like Stacy bamsee eh har har har"
G Dog's gold teeth glisten and shine as he bellows at his own joke.
Flytrap responds "yeah yeah dawggg, ouuu gouuudd boy Stacy and dat fat bamsee lewwe doh fuhget de cyat, pum pum fatt inno! light de ting nah what yuh waiting on?"

As they proceed to light their marijuana and settle in for the day, in walks Jankie with phone in hand looking exceptionally frustated. He rests his gun on the table and looks at G Dog and Flytrap with disgust.
"Allyuh see dis fcukery today?" he asks while almost being enveloped in weed smoke.
"wha you talking bout dog" asks Flytrap.
Jankie starts to pace, "boy...boy...boy...dem police boy, dem traffic wardens and dem puh out dis ting here with one setta fcukin fines boy dadda, it sending me mad!"
"Fines, badman doh pay fines, we fine yuh gyull! har har har" states G Dog while he takes another pull, exhaling halfway in the air and the rest on the blunt looking at it ever so lovingly.

Jankie realises the situation that his two best friends do not pay attention to anything further than their block and proceeds to enlighten them, "hoss is four car I hah ow dey wukkin, dem fcukin fine fuh seatbelt and bulb and breaking light go brokes mih"
G Dog and Flytrap both freeze and stare at Jankie, the room becomes silent where you can only hear the remainder of the blunt slightly crackling as the embers dance and glow in G Dog's hand.

Flytrap opens his mouth and the words coming out seem to burn into Jankie's ears, "Boy no police not harassing we up here boy, fcuk dem and fcuk ah ticket, how ah sound dey G?"
"Janks dawg, you really think is we the police and govament targeting with that setta fcukery, is dem stupidmen dem who going to wuk everyday har har har! chimes in G Dog.
Flytrap starts to laugh uncontrollably which causes G Dog to do the same and he eventually rolls off the sofa. a magazine drops out of his pocket and Flytrap cannot contain himself.
The laughter ensues for what seems an eternity.

Jankie ponders and takes out a pack of Broadway from his camouflage three quarter pants and packs it on his wrist, "throw ah lighter dey" he says and G Dog hands him one.

As he takes in pull after pull, Jankie looks out the window and repeats the statement G Dog made earlier. He smiles, for it is the truth.

[RedVEVO]

The way I see it is tickets generate revenue. Solving crime does not. You have to spend money to solve crime and it only makes the place safer.
So tickets win. Solving crime looses.

What you talking about ? You sound like you does run PH or worse "pull bull."

You get a traffic ticket because you have committed a crime - misdemeanor .

If you drink Stag or Bay Rum and drive and speed, break a red light or drive, or park or sheit on the pavement -
you have committed a crime.

So the Law intervenes and you pay a fine or get your license taken away or go to jail.

Tickets solve crime.

Tickets wins. Crime solving win .

Actually this is the only crime TTPS can solve with their 2 CXC Grade 8 - and weave.

[streetbeastINC.]

as i said before Demerit should only be for serious offences that may result from the offense dangerous driving DUI defective tyres wheel assembly etc...... ,not a blown light ..not a little crack on a windshield --- some ttps are very wicked ..... lots of ppl may accumulate points for petty stuff.........we should not be celebrating this...

[INDAVID WORKSHOP]

What is going to be your position at night you stop at a traffic light and see someone approaching your vehicle in a menacing manner i.e looks as if this person is out to rob you.

So to avoid getting robbed you break the traffic light and let the govt rob you instead.

[hong kong phooey]

as i said before Demerit should only be for serious offences that may result from the offense dangerous driving DUI defective tyres wheel assembly etc...... ,not a blown light ..not a little crack on a windshield --- some ttps are very wicked ..... lots of ppl may accumulate points for petty stuff.........we should not be celebrating this...

The same retards who celebrating this will be crying in the near future.

[SR]

Clearly people dont understand how demerit works around the world.....draconian laws to penalise the sheit outa motorists to the pt where they dont want you to go anywhere

[greggle71]

I figure if I stay within the law, I shouldn't have much to worry about

[streetbeastINC.]

u talking shyt...u know when a light going to blow out? or a stone going to chip your winscreen u carry a spare screen in your trunk???? jan 2nd 2017 20 mins after a truck missile crack my windsheild i got a ticket in a roadblock on my way home.........as i say some asses political asses celebrating confinement...

[pugboy]

the heavier demerit points should be for the intentional breaking of the law

ie speeding(speed based), overtaking on shoulder, no seatbelts, cellphone talking,
driving up oneway st, reversing around a corner

[greggle71]

u talking shyt...u know when a light going to blow out? or a stone going to chip your winscreen u carry a spare screen in your trunk???? jan 2nd 2017 20 mins after a truck missile crack my windsheild i got a ticket in a roadblock on my way home.........as i say some asses political asses celebrating confinement...

Wow, you real unlucky. Happened to me twice but no roadblocks

[car]

the heavier demerit points should be for the intentional breaking of the law

ie speeding(speed based), overtaking on shoulder, no seatbelts, cellphone talking,
driving up oneway st, reversing around a corner

You forget parking in handicap parking. I fed up see people park and come out the car giggling like if the park was reserved for them. And it seem that they honestly didn't know that they can't park there.

[vaiostation]

^^^ true. People need to know that handicapped parking spots are for police vehicles or government vehicles only, similar to tinting laws.
The privileged few...

[RedVEVO]

unless the nation protest just accept these.
A better way to collect monies is to cut minister salaries and allowances
prime minister should get 10 k a month government ministers and senators with portfolios 9 k
and opposition members and and members of the govt with out portfolio 8 k
if you collecting a pension which is more than this zero pay
ministers should drive their own cars and be paid mileage by the industry standard for business trips and not to and from work
pay your own cell phone bill .

I think the time for protesting past long time now. If man protest it go get hijack by kams and it will turn into an Indian Vs negro thing, as you usually see on this forum or real life, and nothing gets done.
It's time citizens take matters into their own hands.
We need a che in this country...

Why we need Che ? Explain.

Actually I am a fan of Che G.

He said " Silence is argument carried out by other means"

Protest will always work .

[RedVEVO]

u talking shyt...u know when a light going to blow out? or a stone going to chip your winscreen u carry a spare screen in your trunk???? jan 2nd 2017 20 mins after a truck missile crack my windsheild i got a ticket in a roadblock on my way home.........as i say some asses political asses celebrating confinement...

You just unlucky - Need a bush bath and 2 panadol.

The Law is not for extremely unlucky people - it is for the average person who knows
his windshield is cracked and know his tail lights are blown - and continues .

But busy drinking Bush Rum . It is for the stone cold law breaker . The Ranker.

I waiting for a Law to ban ALL those diesel polluters in the City .

That thick black smoke need a $20,000 fine . And take away the Taxi Badge.

[aaron17]

Same thing goes for a light bulb .If at the moment ur driving, a bulb goes out and you know it by indicator on dash.What do in that situation? Can you put on ur warning lights while you go driving to buy the lights? So when you get pulled over you can tell the police what happened and reason with them.But would they still charge you?

[Average]

Have a good friend who does tinting and signs etc, and he told me that all officers who came to do their private cars requested 5%. ALL.
So everytime he cautioned them they still insisted that he do it only saying, "nah doh worry about that, we have it covered man".
People are fed up and this gov't just driving the stick into our eyes now.

[ingalook]

Anyone can explain the rationale of the speeding fine being 7X higher when caught by a speeding camera as opposed to being caught by a speed gun?

[hong kong phooey]

u talking shyt...u know when a light going to blow out? or a stone going to chip your winscreen u carry a spare screen in your trunk???? jan 2nd 2017 20 mins after a truck missile crack my windsheild i got a ticket in a roadblock on my way home.........as i say some asses political asses celebrating confinement...

You just unlucky - Need a bush bath and 2 panadol.

The Law is not for extremely unlucky people - it is for the average person who knows
his windshield is cracked and know his tail lights are blown - and continues .

But busy drinking Bush Rum . It is for the stone cold law breaker . The Ranker.

I waiting for a Law to ban ALL those diesel polluters in the City .

That thick black smoke need a $20,000 fine . And take away the Taxi Badge.

Redveve
i await you coming here and crying about your first ticket.
The thing is you can get a cracked windscreen any where at any time , Yes if your windscreen cracked to the point where it is obscuring your vision yes that should be a ticket even better remove the vehicle from the road until it is fixed .
But this law is another opaque law where it is up to the police discretion some idiot is going to give a person a ticket for a chip .

Same goes for a blown light bulb it could happen any time . again if you driving around at night and it blown yes but during daylight hours they stopping you and asking you to turn on your lights to check that is sheit.

[RedVEVO]

u talking shyt...u know when a light going to blow out? or a stone going to chip your winscreen u carry a spare screen in your trunk???? jan 2nd 2017 20 mins after a truck missile crack my windsheild i got a ticket in a roadblock on my way home.........as i say some asses political asses celebrating confinement...

You just unlucky - Need a bush bath and 2 panadol.

The Law is not for extremely unlucky people - it is for the average person who knows
his windshield is cracked and know his tail lights are blown - and continues .

But busy drinking Bush Rum . It is for the stone cold law breaker . The Ranker.

I waiting for a Law to ban ALL those diesel polluters in the City .

That thick black smoke need a $20,000 fine . And take away the Taxi Badge.

Redveve
i await you coming here and crying about your first ticket.
The thing is you can get a cracked windscreen any where at any time , Yes if your windscreen cracked to the point where it is obscuring your vision yes that should be a ticket even better remove the vehicle from the road until it is fixed .
But this law is another opaque law where it is up to the police discretion some idiot is going to give a person a ticket for a chip .

Same goes for a blown light bulb it could happen any time . again if you driving around at night and it blown yes but during daylight hours they stopping you and asking you to turn on your lights to check that is sheit.

Gringo - I have gotten lots of tickets from idiots who call themselves Police ..with 2 CXC Grade 8 .

I can handle them in Court . Laws are made for a purpose . If you not like - Organize & Protest .

My point is that you have broken windshield or a blown light - regardless - you will be charged .

To say that you get broken windshield / blown light - then 2 minutes you get caught by Police -

Well you just fu..ed . And you blight . As simple as that Gringo .

[redmanjp]

This would probably increase bribes. instead of paying the state a 6k, the officer would take a lil 1500 for themselves. Many people gunna reason that its cheaper and that would set a trend

Either way u now have to fork out more money.

And how do you bribe a red light camera? No police around in this case.

[redmanjp]

Wtf an increase of a fine of $300 to $10000? Is that a typo?

And when exactly are they going to increase the speed limit? Or will they lose out on revenue from fines from most of the drivers who in the 80-100 kph range? In which case we shouldn't hold out breath for this

[RedVEVO]

Wtf an increase of a fine of $300 to $10000? Is that a typo?

And when exactly are they going to increase the speed limit? Or will they lose out on revenue from fines from most of the drivers who in the 80-100 kph range? In which case we shouldn't hold out breath for this

It is a proposal . No law in effect at this time.

[hong kong phooey]

Wtf an increase of a fine of $300 to $10000? Is that a typo?

And when exactly are they going to increase the speed limit? Or will they lose out on revenue from fines from most of the drivers who in the 80-100 kph range? In which case we shouldn't hold out breath for this

It is a proposal . No law in effect at this time.

Are you sure ?
http://www.looptt.com/content/10-things ... ndment-act

so i guess once the president proclaims it it becomes law

[andre123]

I say. Dis is not our country n e more... Everything is abt law dis law that.. And yet still crimes still on a major rampage... All these laws doin mainly is trappin the law abiding citizens and getting extra money to the govt to waste it on dem friends And family.. We really need to stand together and show the govt wat is necessary and wat we want as a ppl..

[streetbeastINC.]

Is anyone in power positions reading this, demerit point for major traffic offenses DUI DANGEROUS DRIVING BAD TYRES , non for petty offences simple...

[Redman]

The proposed act was online for perusal and suggestions, how many of you ever raised any of your concerns? The bill has been passed and you all can expect it to be in full effect after the budget is read later this year. Some of the fines ate draconian but think about the drivers who do not maintain their vehicles and drive around with defective fittings for months. Its not a Christmas tree you are driving there is no need for all the fancy lights, stock bulbs are inexpensive to replace, keep a few handy in your vehicle.
There is no issue if you simply obey the law and also maintain your vehicle, for those with the 'cant afford' argument......travel or walk

Basic common sense...we want to drive but dont want the responsibility of simple maintenance...

[SR]

Most of the people pushing for these laws in parliment do not cross the lighthouse. Arrive alive...batson....and those in government now mostly stay in the west and do not have first hand experience on what the rest of the country has to deal with. Arrive alive on her own personal agenda. Some of those traffic violations penalties are ridiculously stupid and allows no leeway. A fixed penalty ticket should be issued instead of a ticket allowing a certain time frame to repair the issue such as non working lights and cracked windscreen. Tint law remains as vague as possible and up to the discretion of the officer. Power given to traffic wardens who are not police officers but can easily victimize motorists as a form of bullying.

[novastar1]

So when is this going to be in effect?
Tell me it isn't right away

Usual ridiculous fines to scare people.
Imagine if you either have to pay your 81km/hr speeding ticket or buy groceries for your family
Banks need to come out with a speeding ticket loan

Cops giving out tickets for driving sub 100km/hr are a special level of moron and the personification of everything wrong with Trinidad today. The law or not..... It's just not practical and doesn't hurt the citizens of Trinidad at all. Of course they could do some real work and solve some"serious" crimes or even prevent some.
Was doing 110 on the highway yesterday and had to cruise on the slow lane.... Most people cruise at 120-130 again.


Only thing there that is constructive is the red light cameras
And the child car seats

[car]

So when is this going to be in effect?
Tell me it isn't right away

Usual ridiculous fines to scare people.
Imagine if you either have to pay your 81km/hr speeding ticket or buy groceries for your family
Banks need to come out with a speeding ticket loan

Only thing there that is constructive is the red light cameras
And the child car seats

Anything to make money.
Soon when they realise they bussing from the no tax with hybrid vehicles they will implement a hybrid tax. Wait for it. It coming.