New high-tech number plates coming to Trinidad

By year’s end every vehicle on the Trinidad’s roads will have to be equipped with a new high-tech number plate which will only be issued by the Motor Vehicle Authority, says Works and Transport Minister Jack Warner.

The new number plate will have a special micro chip which will help in the fight against crime as police would be able to quickly access vehicle and owner information.

In addition, these new plates will allow police to catch those who break traffic laws and therefore parking tickets, tickets for breaking the red light, etc, will be mailed to the owner of the vehicle.

The plates will come complete with Radio Frequency Identification (RFI) which will allow police to read them from 30 feet away.

The modernisation and transformation of the Licensing Authority which will now be known as the Motor Vehicle Authority and which will be completed by the end of November.

The new licence plate will be manufactured by a foreign company and issued only by the Motor Vehicle Authority.

The plates, which could be customised, will come in 16 different classifications including private, commercial, new/used vehicle dealers, off road, trailers, construction among others.

New drivers licences will also be issued under the new system.