Government has announced that legislation that governs the use of sirens and flashing lights will be expanded to cater for appropriate users including senior government officials and members of the diplomatic corps, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported yesterday.
Home Affairs Minister, Robeson Benn, who was at the time responding to questions raised by an opposition Member of Parliament in the Committee of Supply, yesterday morning, said, “All members of the diplomatic corps … are required to have the light, both on the vehicle of the Ambassador or the High Commissioner and perhaps on an escort vehicle … We have to tweak the legislation to take account of the changed situation, we have more traffic on the road and people can’t get to where they want in time, or when there’s a situation but we have to deal with that issue.”