On Friday November 5, 2021, an emergency briefing over amending the 1938 Road Traffic Act took place in the Jamaican parliament. The issue was brought to light by a class action suit brought by software engineer, Maurice Housen, against the attorney general and the commissioner of police, that he had been denied due process as set out in the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms. Housen is contending that fixed penalties for road traffic offences under the 1938 Road Traffic Act have not been increased by the Parliament or the Minister of Transport in accordance with Section 116 of the Act. The Yard spoke to one of the attorneys of Mr. Housen, Gavin Goffe, on the issue at hand, the events that led up to the emergency parliamentary session and what the amendments to the 1938 Road Traffic Act means for vehicular road users. 

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