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DIGITIZED TRAFFIC TICKETING SYSTEM GOES LIVE
The Government’s end-to-end digitised Ticketing System officially went live on February 1, Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang has advised.
In a statement during the January 10 sitting of the House of Representatives, Dr. Chang said that the system will “not only increase the efficiency of the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB) officers by ensuring that motorists who break the law receive with immediacy, the prescribed consequence, but importantly it will nullify speculations of corruption and avoidance.”
He declared that tickets would be issued using a handheld device, making the information immediately available to the relevant stakeholders. In addition to the printout, the motorist will receive an electronic version of the ticket via email.
The ticket can then be paid online via the Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) portal, and the process concluded “quickly, conveniently and non-contentiously,” Dr. Chang said. In addition, Dr. Chang noted that the Traffic Ticket Web lookup portal, already launched, will allow motorists to check the status of their tickets, print their records and use this to attend the courts.
He pointed out that the portal will also show the demerit points accumulated by a driver, allowing employers to “assist in good road behaviour” by keeping track of the conduct of their drivers.
Furthermore, the Minister outlined that under the New Road Traffic Act, “it will also be an offence to employ a driver whose licence has come up for suspension. So, the employers not only have the incentive to have better discipline around them but, in fact, they too can be fined.”
In the meantime, Dr. Chang has also implored motorists with outstanding tickets to make arrangements to have these paid by January 31, ahead of the new Road Traffic Act, which also takes effect on February 1.
He reiterated that the Ministry of Transport would expunge all demerit points accrued from February 1, 2018, to January 31, 2023.
“As of January 31, you will not be able to hide from being held accountable. Pay your tickets now,” Dr. Chang warned.
