PHILIPSBURG:--- St. Maarten police force is executing its year-end enforcement program that includes several traffic controls in which whereby vehicles and persons were stopped and checked.
Operations were carried out on Sucker Garden Road, Welfare Road, and A.Th.Illidge Road (Belvedere section).
A total of 77 vehicles stopped and 113 people were checked in connection with unpaid fines.
Fifteen fines were issued to motorists for different infractions. Thirteen vehicles were inspected in connection with tinted windows and two were towed for unpaid road tax.
Another traffic control was conducted on Union Road in which 53 vehicles and three motorcycles were stopped and checked by police.
Twenty fines were issued to drivers. Fifteen vehicles were inspected in connection with tinted windows and three people were taken to the police station due to their outstanding fines.
During another road, control was held a few days later in collaboration with French side law enforcement at the border at Union Road. Forty-six vehicles were stopped and checked by police. Twenty-four of these vehicles were inspected for having tinted windows; 16 fines were issued and six people were detained in relation to outstanding fines.
These traffic controls will continue until further notice. Police urge all drivers to keep their vehicle documents with them at all times while driving on the road.
People with outstanding fines are advised by police to remedy this or face the "pay or stay" rule.
KPSM Press Release.
