Jerome Reynolds, Assistant Editor-Online
Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has indicated that efforts are being made to iron out issues surrounding the promulgation of new regulations governing the use of technology in prosecuting road traffic offences.
“To the best of my knowledge, provisions are being put together to allow vehicles [to be] ticketed based on video or photographic evidence,” Chuck tweeted this afternoon in reply to concerns raised about the police’s handling of the case of a bus driver who was photographed making an illegal U-turn on a pedestrian crossing along Constant Spring Road, St Andrew.
The viral image has stirred debate about the prosecution of traffic violators.
The police yesterday indicated that the driver was located and questioned and that the vehicle was seized.
Contacted today by The Gleaner, the police’s Corporate Communications Unit said that the matter was still being probed by the Transport Authority.
In a series of tweets today, the police force appealed to individuals who capture videos or pictures of traffic violations to come forward and give statements so that the matters can go before the court.
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