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Warner backs new traffic fines but wants focus on pedestrian behaviour as well

02 January 2026
This content originally appeared on Trinidad Guardian.

For­mer Min­is­ter of Works and Trans­port Dr Jack Austin Warn­er has praised the gov­ern­ment’s 100 per cent in­crease in traf­fic fines, but warned that road safe­ty ef­forts must al­so ad­dress pedes­tri­an be­hav­iour and the road­wor­thi­ness of gov­ern­ment ve­hi­cles.