Trans­port Com­mis­sion Clive Clarke says those with ex­pired dri­vers per­mits may get a few more weeks to get their re­newals done. 

In an in­ter­view with Guardian Me­dia on Tues­day, Clarke said claims be­ing made in a now vi­ral video on so­cial me­dia about li­cens­ing of­fi­cers tar­get­ing er­rant dri­vers on the first work­ing day of the year were not true. 

The au­thor of the video al­so claimed the of­fi­cers would be check­ing for ve­hi­cle in­spec­tions. 

And while Clarke said it is usu­al for li­cens­ing of­fi­cers to be on the na­tion’s roads do­ing checks, he said there will be no “heavy hand­ed” ex­er­cis­es- yet. 

“While we are en­cour­ag­ing per­sons to have their ve­hi­cles in­spect­ed as soon as pos­si­ble, what we are not do­ing is con­trary to what you are hear­ing on so­cial me­dia, com­ing down with a heavy-hand­ed ap­proach and is­su­ing tick­ets to per­sons whose ve­hi­cles are not in­spect­ed,” Clarke said.