Six­teen dri­vers were is­sued fixed penal­ty no­tices dur­ing a speed en­force­ment op­er­a­tion on Thurs­day, as po­lice con­tin­ue to warn mo­torists about the height­ened risks of dri­ving in wet con­di­tions.

The ex­er­cise, con­duct­ed by the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS), took place be­tween 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. along the north­bound lane of the Sir Solomon Ho­choy High­way, near the In­di­an Trail over­pass. All 16 tick­ets were for ex­ceed­ing the speed lim­it.

The TTPS says the op­er­a­tion is part of its on­go­ing ef­forts to ad­dress a re­cent rise in road traf­fic fa­tal­i­ties, co­in­cid­ing with the start of the rainy sea­son.

Po­lice are urg­ing dri­vers to slow down, not­ing that wet roads in­crease brak­ing dis­tance and re­duce re­ac­tion time—fac­tors that can lead to se­ri­ous or fa­tal col­li­sions.

Mo­torists are al­so ad­vised to check the road­wor­thi­ness of their ve­hi­cles, es­pe­cial­ly tyres, which are crit­i­cal for trac­tion on wet sur­faces. Worn tyres, po­lice warn, sig­nif­i­cant­ly raise the risk of skid­ding and hy­droplan­ing.

Speed en­force­ment ex­er­cis­es will con­tin­ue across the coun­try. The TTPS is call­ing on all road users to “obey the speed lim­its and slow down.”