Kenute Hare, Director of the Island Traffic Authority, warns the drivers in Jamaica not to affix license plates that the administration does not legally issue on the island.
While speaking in an interview with a media house, Mr Hare said that such practices would never be tolerated in future.
Kenute Hare added, “We have noticed the trend where there are different types of license plates on motor vehicles. Only the Jamaican-issued driver’s license 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.”
The Director of Island Traffic Authority said they would be trying to halt these newly emerging trends. These trends are significantly intervening in the Road Traffic Acts.
Mr Hare added, “I’d like to appeal to persons, especially persons who are driving at night, to take off the multicolored 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.”
Along with this issue of license plates, Director Hare highlighted that the tinted windscreen is also becoming a significant issue on the island. According to Mr Hare, a tinted windscreen is not legal and violate the road traffic rules.
Director Hare, while concluding, said that with the help of their machinery at the ITA while collaborating with the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), machinery would be ensuring that such activities stop on the island because it affects visibility and it is a potential risk factor for traffic crashes.
Mr Hare said that the ITA, which he described as an entity for road safety good, is “working assiduously to improve all of our processes”.
