Traffic cameras to eventually detect offences such as expired insurance, fitness certificates

The traffic cameras currently being utilised under the new Automated Speed Ticketing System would be programmed to detect offences such as expired insurance and fitness certificates.
This is according to Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo during his press conference on Thursday.
“…it’s going to expand, and it will cover more activities…you’ll be able to track vehicles that don’t have their fitness up-to-date, maybe even eventually their insurance. So, from the time you move past a camera, they will flag all of these things,” he explained.
The system was launched on April 7, and within its first month, more than 2,000 speeding tickets were issued.
The system is implemented with the use of speed cameras installed on major highways in various administrative regions.
Jagdeo noted that although many people had opposed the system at first, it is now gaining public support.
“You know you can’t negotiate with a camera, so if you’re a politician or you’re Commissioner of Police and you speed, you’ll get a ticket. You can’t go and say ‘I’m an important person or not’,” he noted.
This state-of-the-art system, powered by advanced speed cameras, is part of the Safe Road Intelligent System (SRIS) Project – a collaborative effort between the Guyana Police Force and the National Data Management Authority (NDMA). It is aimed at combatting speeding on the roadways, and increasing overall safety.
Jagdeo disclosed that once the highways and other major areas are covered with the cameras, more such devices would be installed in communities.
“As soon as we cover the highways, and the command centres are built out, then all of the villages and different wards in the city and the towns will get these cameras,” the Vice President said.