{"id":21332,"date":"2024-07-16T20:50:37","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T20:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21332"},"modified":"2024-07-16T20:50:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T20:50:38","slug":"surveillance-cameras-to-enforce-road-traffic-laws-implemented-in-guyana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/surveillance-cameras-to-enforce-road-traffic-laws-implemented-in-guyana\/","title":{"rendered":"Surveillance Cameras to Enforce Road Traffic Laws Implemented in Guyana"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In a bid to curb speeding and enhance road safety while reducing traffic violations, Guyana has amended the Motor Vehicle and Road Traffic Act to incorporate the use of surveillance cameras. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Guyana undergoing significant infrastructure developments aimed at improving accessibility and reducing congestion, motorists have increasingly taken advantage of these new roadways for speeding, leading to a surge in road accidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The amended legislation now mandates the installation of 24-hour surveillance cameras on major roadways. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These cameras are designed to capture instances where drivers exceed speed limits or fail to wear seatbelts while driving. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Home Affairs, Hon. Robeson Benn, emphasized that the use of surveillance technology will enable law enforcement to identify offenders accurately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Minister Benn, the National Data Management Agency (NDMA) will oversee the storage and management of surveillance footage, ensuring its admissibility in court proceedings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He pointed out that road accidents have claimed hundreds of lives annually, with 175 fatalities recorded in 2023 alone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a bid to curb speeding and enhance road safety while reducing traffic violations, Guyana has amended the Motor Vehicle and Road Traffic Act to incorporate the use of surveillance&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21326,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21332"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21333,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21332\/revisions\/21333"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}