Georgetown : The Traffic Department of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has been continuously intensifying its campaign against heavily tinted windows on vehicles and other slogans; using the tintometer to ensure that the stipulations set out in the Trade Act are adhered to.
The regulation allows for 65 to 35 percent light penetration and states that, “no person shall import into Guyana after the 4th day of April 1999 any motor vehicle which has fitted to it any glass or safety glass, or any other material used in the place of such glass or safety glass, which is so tinted or otherwise treated or coloured, in such a manner or to such extent, as would result in obstructing or in any way preventing the identification of the driver of the motor vehicle or any other person travelling in the motor vehicle by any person from outside the motor vehicle.”
When vehicles are registered, the Licence Revenue Office (LRO) is responsible for conducting the reading of tint on the glass of vehicles; the results are then forwarded to the Ministry of Home Affairs for the relevant approval to be given by the Minister.
At a meeting with minibus and taxi drivers recently, Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee emphasised the stipulations of the law that vehicles imported with manufacturer’s tint should not be used on the streets in Guyana
However, since more cars with tints are being imported into the country, Government instituted a provision where the Minister could use his discretion to grant a six-month waiver in order for the owner of the vehicle to acquire a fitness.
This provision notwithstanding, there have been instances where the Minister’s signature has been forged and where persons darken the tint on their vehicle after acquiring the waiver.
In 2011 the Traffic Department recorded an alarmingly high number of road fatalities and has since been appealing to citizens to heed the rules when using the roadways; particularly since it is virtually impossible for traffic ranks to maintain a 24 hour presence at all the locations.
This year, the traffic department of the Guyana Police Force plans to enlist the assistance from persons in the entertainment industry to get the message of road safety across to the wider population; particularly targeting minibus and taxi drivers, as well as intensify its education programme on safer road use in schools.
Only Sunday last, three persons lost their lives and several others injured in four separate road accidents. Dead are Qadir Arkhan of Crabwood Creek, Teddy Persaud of Goed Intent, West Bank Demerara, and 50 year-old Rajendranauth Rambinjan of Perseverance, Mahaicony.
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