Motorists with tinted windscreens will be targeted

Jamaica’s Island Traffic Authority is getting tough on motorists with non-issued licence plates.

Kenute Hare, director of the Island Traffic Authority (ITA), is issuing a stern warning to drivers in Jamaica not to affix licence plates that that are not legally issued on the island.

Declaring that such practices would never be tolerated in future, Hare is adamant that action will be taken against offenders.

“We have noticed the trend where there are different types of license plates on motor vehicles,” said the ITA director.

“Only the Jamaica-issued driver’s licence plates are to be on the motor vehicles, so please, those of you who have put other plates on your motor vehicles, please remove them.”

REMOVE MULTICOLOURED LIGHTS

The ITA is now trying to bring a halt to newly emerging trends, with Hare appealing to motorists, especially those who are driving at night, to take off their multicoloured lights.

“You don’t want us to take them off during the road spot check operations because it will mean that you could be issued an E1 Certificate, which is a certificate of defect, and you’ll have to take funds out of your pocket to get back your plates,” Hare advised.

Along with the matter of ‘unissued licence plates’, the ITA is also concerned that heavily tinted windscreens are becoming a significant issue on the island.

Pointing out that a tinted windscreen is not legal and violates the road traffic rules, Hare appealed for motorists to desist from such practice.

He promised that, with the help of the Jamaica Constabulary Force, the ITA will be clamping down on this practice because it affects visibility and represents a potential risk factor for traffic crashes.