00:00DTPS is gold commander for Carnival also spoke about the large number of vehicles that have been wrecked during the parade of the bands
00:07And the number of Carnival music trucks pulled off the road by law enforcement
00:13Shared information on social media
00:14We had some of the restrictions posted and yet persons decided to park on the routes as well as in restricted areas
00:22So these vehicles were wrecked because we had to ensure that we had clearance for these bands to pass through
00:27So 280 vehicles were wrecked. We had four trucks
00:32being taken off the roadway because of non-compliance
00:37ACP Richard Smith said there was a compliance unit comprised of police and licensing officers
00:44We had four trucks pulled off between on Carnival Monday and Tuesday as well as one truck pulled off on Carnival Saturday
00:50During and during kiddies carnival at salty weather. There was an incident where the truck was too high
00:57Non-compliance again and some lines were pulled on by the truck during our preparation
01:02We know when we met with the band leaders
01:05We spoke about sanction and that has been a discussion that they said has been on the burner for some time
01:13Unfortunately, it didn't it wasn't anything wasn't put in place at this stage
01:18The ACP also explained the process for the issuing of permits for trucks operating in mass bounds
01:25No licensing authority did not inspect these vehicles prior to
01:31Issuing them the permit. However, they place stipulations the reason being whenever they inspect these vehicles at their yard
01:37These vehicles are not mounted with a box or musical equipment at that stage
01:41So it doesn't even make any sense at that stage
01:43However, they give them the stipulations to ensure that they comply with them as well as they would have had to present
01:52Inspection certificate which would in fact state that these trucks were
01:56Inspected prior to them being placed on the roadway for the specific period
02:00still
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