Some 27 motor vehicles were on Tuesday impounded in Georgetown by ranks of the Guyana Police Traffic Department, which were found to have prohibited obscured Identification Marks (number plates).
Some of the vehicles which were impounded on Tuesday
After being impounded, the vehicle owners were all reprimanded for the violation and were later released.
Traffic Chief, Superintendent Linden Isles is urging owners and drivers of motor vehicles to comply with the law as it relates to number plates or face the consequence of being prosecuted.
As such, a reminder is now being sent out to the public advising that all motor vehicles driven on the roads must have a distinctive identification mark consisting of a figure or figures and a letter or letters. The figures must be inscribed in white on a black surface and no letter or figure should be capable of being detached from such surface. According to the Traffic Chief, all letters and figures must also be three and a half inches high; every part of each letter and figure must be five-eighth of an inch broad and the total width of the space taken by every letter or figure must be two and a half inches.
