List of vehicle inspection stations in Trinidad & Tobago

[I spann]

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

There will be no extension!

CNC3 - Works and Transport Minster Rohan Sinanan says citizens have gotten enough time to have their vehicles inspected.

Today, lines trailed outside inspection service centres and licensing offices across the country.

The minister says the inspection is not a revenue earner for the country but more a safety issue.

Otto Carrington tells us more.

[hydroep]

No one fined for stickers
Drivers get tickets for defective vehicles
Rishard Khan

De­spite li­cens­ing of­fi­cers be­ing out in full force con­duct­ing road checks, no mo­torists have been tick­et­ed for out-of-date in­spec­tion stick­ers and cer­tifi­cates.

“My in­for­ma­tion is no ve­hi­cles have been charged for not hav­ing in­spec­tion…the of­fi­cers (Li­cens­ing) have to work so when they were check­ing and they…charg­ing for oth­er vi­o­la­tions. Mean­ing, some peo­ple didn’t have lights, wipers, they had smooth tires—that sort of thing,” Min­is­ter of Works and Trans­port Ro­han Sinanan told Guardian Me­dia in a tele­phone in­ter­view.

He said that for the most part, the pub­lic has been com­ply­ing with their oblig­a­tion to have their ve­hi­cles’ in­spec­tion up-to-date and of­fi­cers on the roads have been us­ing their dis­cre­tion; al­low­ing mo­torists a “bligh” with the un­der­stand­ing they were go­ing to get it done.

The min­is­ter, how­ev­er, ad­mit­ted that dri­vers may be tak­ing al­ter­nate routes to avoid check­points. “Some peo­ple will do that be­cause they know their ve­hi­cles can­not pass in­spec­tion and those are the ones the of­fi­cers are look­ing for,” he said.

Mo­torists have been giv­en sev­er­al warn­ings from Sinanan to get their ve­hi­cle in­spec­tions done or face a steep $5,000 fine that was en­forced Jan­u­ary 1.

There have been many spec­u­la­tions, how­ev­er, as to the mo­tive be­hind this clamp down on ve­hi­cle in­spec­tion vi­o­la­tions as some say the Gov­ern­ment stands to make more than $90 mil­lion from the in­spec­tion fees.

Sinanan has dis­put­ed these claims as he said, “a part of it (the fees) would go to the garages and part would go to the Gov­ern­ment for things like the stick­ers or so on. Gov­ern­ment does not make mon­ey on it. In­spec­tion on ve­hi­cles is not a rev­enue earn­er”.

Sinanan was adamant that ve­hi­cle in­spec­tions were done sole­ly to en­sure cit­i­zens’ safe­ty while on the na­tion’s roads.

The min­is­ter was un­able to pro­vide a break­down as to how the fees are di­vid­ed be­tween the Gov­ern­ment and the garages that per­form the in­spec­tions. How­ev­er, Trans­port Com­mis­sion­er Bas­deo Go­sine ex­plained the process fur­ther. He said, “An in­spec­tion book has 50 pages so that’s 50 cer­tifi­cates. Plus we give you a check­list with 50 pages. So the pri­vate garages would pay $3,750 for this pack­age. Out of the $300, they would have to pay VAT on the in­spec­tions, and the rest is theirs.”

This means that every time a mo­torist pays $300 for an in­spec­tion, the Gov­ern­ment gets $75 while the rest goes to the garages.

Pres­i­dent of the T&T Au­to Deal­ers’ As­so­ci­a­tion Visham Bab­wah es­ti­mates there are 700,000 ve­hi­cles in the coun­try over five years old which are due for in­spec­tion. This means that at $300 for each in­spec­tion, the to­tal rev­enue to be earned would be $210 mil­lion. Gov­ern­ment would draw in at least $52.5 mil­lion TT just from the sale of the in­spec­tion pack­ages to garages, VAT ex­clu­sive. Garages will re­ceive $157.5 mil­lion TT.

http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/no-one-fined-for-stickers-6.2.748377.6bb2c4eb51

[shake d livin wake d dead]

it's a money making thing....gov't out to fck the public good and proper this year...Imbert said no new "taxes" but we will take it in other forms

[assassin]

Not having a vehicle inspected is not a fixed penalty offence
There is no "$5000 ticket"
You have to be summoned before the court and upon conviction the max fine is $5000

[*$kїđž!™]

Not having a vehicle inspected is not a fixed penalty offence
There is no "$5000 ticket"
You have to be summoned before the court and upon conviction the max fine is $5000

I believe this is correct...

[shake d livin wake d dead]

I have to do a vehicle transfer and dem mc lines in Caroni fcking up the scene....

[pete]

I have to do a vehicle transfer and dem mc lines in Caroni fcking up the scene....

Same here.. hopefully the transfer line is not affected by the inspections..

[shake d livin wake d dead]

I have to do a vehicle transfer and dem mc lines in Caroni fcking up the scene....

Same here.. hopefully the transfer line is not affected by the inspections..

pressure bai.....I'd have to try again next week, the cashier line is a scene by itself

[Dizzy28]

Not having a vehicle inspected is not a fixed penalty offence
There is no "$5000 ticket"
You have to be summoned before the court and upon conviction the max fine is $5000

It is a fixed penalty charge but $1000 according to the 9th Schedule that is attached to the MVRT Act (see below)

[sMASH]

this morning on morning brew, some fella was the guest, and was saying that u not getting ticketed 5k, but u gonna get a summons to go to court, and present ur case.
what allyuh say making sense. what that man said, not making sense.

but, i mix up a lot of things.

[K74T]

[computercentral]

Caroni license office is in a mess at the moment

[The_Honourable]

[meccalli]

Has anyone experienced inspection garages asking for transfer slips? My father's vehicle next inspection is in July. He was turned away by Ramps last time he had it done, and had to return with it in order to be inspected, despite having his certified copy. He was looking for it tonight in light of all this inspection woes, thought I'd ask about it.

[MaxPower]

^ yuh father like he blank Ramps the racket price

[shake d livin wake d dead]

Not having a vehicle inspected is not a fixed penalty offence
There is no "$5000 ticket"
You have to be summoned before the court and upon conviction the max fine is $5000

It is a fixed penalty charge but $1000 according to the 9th Schedule that is attached to the MVRT Act (see below)

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How come no important person aint see this yet??? Everybody still on 5k...the law says 1k...wtf

[meccalli]

^ yuh father like he blank Ramps the racket price

I guess it's no surprise people in this mess now... hmmn.

[kamakazi]

Are there any recent amendments

[shake d livin wake d dead]

Are there any recent amendments

That amendment was 2017...not seeing anything after that

[timelapse]

Motorists had six months advance notice, what's the government excuse for not having any stickers and a shortage of inspection documents at the stations?

[shake d livin wake d dead]

still ROHANI talking in he mc...I went for my sticker this week and was told they don't have...I did my inspection in June at P.O.S

[Rory Phoulorie]

Why all the badjohn gangsters here who cussin Rohan don't call him and cuss him on the phone instead of getting on like a set of little girls on a website? Righ pyscho Devant put up all them PNM people cell phone numbers?

Okay, so they don't have stickers. Boo hoo! Don't you have the certificate? I have my sticker, certificate and receipt all in the car. I have a scan of the certificate and receipt and a photo of the sticker. What's the issue?

Is it they don't have certificates now? This is a serious question, I really don't know. But in all seriousness, whose fault is that? The PNM or all the lazy ass people who wait until the last minute to go for inspections and overload the system?

[shake d livin wake d dead]

Why all the badjohn gangsters here who cussin Rohan don't call him and cuss him on the phone instead of getting on like a set of little girls on a website? Righ pyscho Devant put up all them PNM people cell phone numbers?

Okay, so they don't have stickers. Boo hoo! Don't you have the certificate? I have my sticker, certificate and receipt all in the car. I have a scan of the certificate and receipt and a photo of the sticker. What's the issue?

Is it they don't have certificates now? This is a serious question, I really don't know. But in all seriousness, whose fault is that? The PNM or all the lazy ass people who wait until the last minute to go for inspections and overload the system?

you missing the point...don't go on national tv and say your house in order when in reality your house falling down...daz the point

[*$kїđž!™]

still ROHANI talking in he mc...I went for my sticker this week and was told they don't have...I did my inspection in June at P.O.S

Cant understand how they dont have since June and private garages how they in stock

[2ndchance]

Am I correct in thinking that a car can be inspected at any time regardless of the current inspection status (expired or not) and if successful, the inspection is valid for 2 years from the date of inspection?
For example, if my car's inspection is expiring in June 2019, I can go for re-inspection in March 2019 and the new inspection if successful will expire in March 2021?

[timelapse]

Why all the badjohn gangsters here who cussin Rohan don't call him and cuss him on the phone instead of getting on like a set of little girls on a website? Righ pyscho Devant put up all them PNM people cell phone numbers?

Okay, so they don't have stickers. Boo hoo! Don't you have the certificate? I have my sticker, certificate and receipt all in the car. I have a scan of the certificate and receipt and a photo of the sticker. What's the issue?

Is it they don't have certificates now? This is a serious question, I really don't know. But in all seriousness, whose fault is that? The PNM or all the lazy ass people who wait until the last minute to go for inspections and overload the system?

They getting about 50 certificates or so to the stations I went to per day. Some places are issued less.They do not have certificates for all the vehicles that go to the stations.And they run out very quickly.

[*KRONIK*]

Am I correct in thinking that a car can be inspected at any time regardless of the current inspection status (expired or not) and if successful, the inspection is valid for 2 years from the date of inspection?
For example, if my car's inspection is expiring in June 2019, I can go for re-inspection in March 2019 and the new inspection if successful will expire in March 2021?

Yes
At any time

Inspection is 2 years from the date of the certificate whether you have a current valid one or expired

[pugboy]

yeah, otherwise there would be a rush every january 1st like this rounds
so anybody who in the present rush should move smarter and inspect around mid year or third quarter 2020

[2ndchance]

Am I correct in thinking that a car can be inspected at any time regardless of the current inspection status (expired or not) and if successful, the inspection is valid for 2 years from the date of inspection?
For example, if my car's inspection is expiring in June 2019, I can go for re-inspection in March 2019 and the new inspection if successful will expire in March 2021?

Yes
At any time

Inspection is 2 years from the date of the certificate whether you have a current valid one or expired

Thanks Kronik.