[WATCH] Wardens to hand out warning tickets for minor traffic offences

Local wardens will, as of tomorrow, start issuing warning tickets to drivers who commit a range of minor traffic offences.

The offences in question include having a broken silencer, having broken lights glass, or if the car’s lights are not working, illegal parking that does not cause obstruction, the vehicle licence not being attached to the windscreen, or if the car is not in a road-worthy condition.

The ticket will be a one-time warning, meaning that the warden would hand out a ticket if the driver is caught committing the same offence again.

The warning ticket will be logged in a system by LESA, the Local Enforcement System Agency, allowing wardens to identify repeat offenders.

Parliamentary secretary for local government Stefan Buontempo denied that the move would encourage more indiscipline in the roads, arguing that people will be fined if they repeat the offence.

“I’ve heard of many cases of people who park illegally outside a pharmacy for two minutes, return to their car and find that they have received a ticket. We don’t consider this just, and this will show that we are listening to people’s complaints.”