Works and Transport Minister Jack Warner said yesterday that the cellphone ban for drivers will be effective on February 2 this year. He said he made an error when he said last Thursday that the ban would become effective today.
He said the order was given on November 2 last year and under the law three months must elapse before the new regulations would take effect. He said, however, that motorists should use the one-month grace period to practise doing the right thing and use their hands-free devices instead.