Thursday, November 12, 2015

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr Morais Guy, gives his remarks as he opens the debate on the Report of the Joint Select Committee on the Road Traffic Act in the House of Representatives on  June 9.

A new Road Traffic Act was passed by the House of Representatives on Tuesday.

The Bill was piloted by minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing Dr Morais Guy.

The Government took the decision to repeal the existing Road Traffic Act, promulgated in 1938, and replaced it with a new Act that is in keeping with international best practices for road safety.

Also, since the old Act was promulgated, there has been phenomenal development in the design of motor vehicles and roads, thus rendering various descriptions and requirement in the Act obsolete.

Opening the debate on the Bill recently, Dr Guy noted that there was need for a new Road Traffic law that will “ensure that we have something that is modern, that addresses some of the issues that have been plaguing us on the road, and to bring this Act into the 21st century”.

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/auto/House-passes-new-Road-Traffic-Act_19238117