How Will a Traffic Officer Tell If Motorist Is Using Cell Phone While Driving?

Adele Catzim-Sanchez

C.E.O. Sanchez says the new road safety regulations are currently with the attorney general and should be enacted by the end of the year. She noted that the Ministry of Transport will launch an awareness campaign to inform motorists what is expected under the new laws.

Adele Catzim-Sanchez, Chief Executive Officer, Ministry of Transport

“We are using speed measuring devices but what we are doing is strengthening the legislation to allow us to use all types of speed measuring devices, not limit us to just using one brand and that has been the issue with previous instruments.

They are at the Office of the Attorney General now. We have a collaborative relationship with them and us just waiting for those to come back to us. So, it should be within the next month or six weeks that we will be able to sign off on those statutory instruments that will help us to improve road safety across the country.”

Reporter

“Will the officers have cameras to see that when a vehicle passes them the motorist is in fact on their cell phone?”

Adele Catzim-Sanchez

“Well this is a part of the entire move to modernize the transport industry and transportation in general. So the first step is putting in place the requirements by law and then we will have to do the public awareness so that drivers and passengers will know what is required in legislation. For this we will need a combined effort from those who drive those who are the passengers in those vehicles as well as people to report others who are not abiding by the law.”