15 Region 2 drivers fitness revoked over coloured lights on vehicles

Police from the Anna Regina Station District, Essequibo Coast, conducted a “White Light Campaign” where a number of vehicles were stopped and examined for coloured lights.

The exercise was conducted on Saturday night, along the Anna Regina Public Road between 19:00h and 21:30h.
As a result, motor vehicles were stopped and examined for coloured lights by the Divisional Licensing and Certifying Officer.
During the examination, 15 drivers were served with a Notice of Revocation of Fitness and 25 for Prohibition of Tinted Glass.
According to Police, the exercise is to ensure other road users are not affected whenever they have reason to use the roadways, and to have preventative measures in place for accidents and other incidents.
The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has started to intensify its campaign against vehicles with coloured lights.
Commander of the East Coast Demerara (ECD) Division, Khali Pareshram had previously said vehicles affixed with coloured lights were considered unfit and warned that defaulting drivers would be prosecuted.
“We do have special operations to target those defaulters, especially in the nights across the division. Once they are found culpable, their certificate of fitness will be revoked,” the Commander had said, noting that defaulting drivers could face the courts for this offence.
Meanwhile, Commander of East Bank Demerara (EBD), Mahendra Siwnarine had also noted that ranks in his Division were conducting similar operations.
“If the vehicles came with those lights…. after a period of time, you go in for fitness…so once you have (coloured lights), then you will not be given a fitness and once you are caught on the roadways with those lights, you are arrested and placed before the court,” the Commander made clear.
There has been an apparent increase in the number of vehicles affixed with coloured lights, which pose a danger to other road users. These lights can be blinding and distracting to other road users and can lead to major accidents.
Regulation 34 (1) (a) of the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act, Chapter 51:02 states: “Every motor vehicle, the width of which does not exceed seven feet, other than a two-wheeled motorcycle not having a sidecar attached thereto and an invalid carriage, on any road, during the hours of darkness shall carry two lamps, each showing to the front a white light visible from a reasonable distance.” (G9)