2022 Ticketable Road Traffic Offences - Arrive Alive Message - Act 9 of 2017

Sep 19, 2026

2022 Ticketable Road Traffic Offences explains Trinidad and Tobago’s road safety direction under the World Health Organisation’s Global Action Plan for Road Safety 2021-2030 and the national shift toward technology-enabled enforcement. It highlights Act 9 of 2017, including the UTURN Digital Traffic Enforcement System, demerit points, and electronic ticketing. The booklet calls on drivers to pursue education courses, drive defensively, and supports measures such as spot speed cameras while emphasizing a collective goal of zero road traffic deaths.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryHealthcare

FormatPDF

Pages38

Reading Time1 h 36 min

AccessFree to download

MESSAGE FROM ARRIVE ALIVE

Driver education and defensive driving appeals

Technology-enabled enforcement and demerit points

THE DEMERIT POINTS SYSTEM

Objectives and how points are accumulated

| | | | | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | Arrive Alive Cover 2022. indd 1 REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 2022 TICKETABLE ROAD TRAFFIC OFFENCES MESSAGE FROM ARRIVE ALIVE The World Health Organisation (WHO) launched the 2nd Global Action Plan for Road Safety 2021-2030 to encourage member countries to continue efforts aimed at reducing the tragic loss of lives and sadly far too often, the destruction of families due to loved ones being lost to road traffic collisions. We must all work towards the adoption of these internationally recognised policies and practices which are based on a comprehensive analysis of all factors contributing to road traffic crashes and the resulting fatalities/injuries. We must all try harder to reduce these serious collisions that are all preventable. Arrive Alive recognises the hard work of key stakeholders responsible for road safety such as the Ministry of Works & Transport (MOWT), the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) and the Judiciary on the operationalisation of Act 9 of 2017 which amended the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act, Chap 48:50 and introduced the UTURN Digital Traffic Enforcement System, which includes the Demerit Points System and Electronic Ticketing. Now under the law, drivers will not only be fined but will have Demerit Points lodged against their driver’spermit/license record of violations and offences. This means that drivers will lose their ‘privilege to drive’ if/when they exceed the number of Demerit Points within a specific time frame. Arrive Alive is confident that this new system will bolster our law enforcement agencies and be a true preventative measure in the saving of lives on our roads. We therefore urge all drivers to take a Driver’s Education Course to learn hazard perception and to drive defensively—to change driver behaviour. This new law increases the ease of enforcement through the use of technology and brings greater support to the Law Enforcement Agencies. We continue to appeal to the Licensing Authority to make a Driver’s Education Course mandatory, prior to the privilege to drive all classes of vehicles. We also look forward to Spot Speed Cameras being installed along our main roads and highways, particularly where serious collisions and fatalities have occurred and the implementation of the law to ticket by camera. Arrive Alive is cognisant of the fact that past achievements indicate a continued downward trend in road traffic deaths in Trinidad and Tobago and this would not have been possible without the hard work and dedication of the various stakeholders of road safety. We also wish to thank all our partners and sponsors for their consistent commitment to road safety and their ongoing support of Arrive Alive. Our collective goal must always be ZERO road traffic deaths and we hold strong to the belief that until this target is achieved, no effort or expense should be spared to save lives on the roads. Disclaimer:-By this booklet, Arrive Alive has sought to provide general information surrounding road safety and the road traffic laws of Trinidad and Tobago . To the best of Arrive Alive’s knowledge, the information contained herein is accurate and reliable as of the date of publication. The information contained herein is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis without warranty of any kind. Arrive Alive does not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this booklet. No warranties, promises and/or representations of any kind, expressed or implied, are given as to the nature, standard, accuracy or otherwise of the information provided in this booklet nor to the suitability or otherwise of the information to your particular circumstances. In particular, the information provided on this site is not legal advice or professional advice of any other kind, and should not be co

FAQs

What is the purpose of the Demerit Points System introduced under Act 9 of 2017?

It aims to improve drivers’ behaviour and discourage abuse of the driving permit privilege by accumulating points for specific traffic law violations.

How does electronic ticketing and the UTURN Digital Traffic Enforcement System affect drivers?

It enables enforcement through technology and results in demerit points being lodged against a driver’s permit/license record for violations and offences.

What actions does Arrive Alive urge drivers to take?

Arrive Alive urges drivers to take a Driver’s Education Course to learn hazard perception and to drive defensively, changing driver behaviour.

Sep 19, 2026

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