A REPORT, on a survey research on the use of tint on vehicles in Guyana has been submitted to Cabinet for review and approval. The report was submitted by Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan.

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, made the disclosure at the Ministry of the Presidency on Friday January 18, 2019, during his first 2019 post-Cabinet media briefing.

“The survey research was conducted to facilitate a review of the policy by which vehicles’ tint permits are issued,” Minister Harmon explained. It was noted too, that the survey was intended to solicit the views of citizens as regards the use of vehicles with tinted windows in Guyana. The report also included the information on best practices in a number of countries with regard to the use of tint on motor vehicles.

According to the state minister, Cabinet accepted the report and undertook to examine its full content before its approval.

The Motor Vehicle and Road Traffic Act states: “No person shall have fitted to his motor vehicle and glass or safety glass or any material used in the place of such glass or safety glass which is so tinted or otherwise treated or coloured in such a manner or to such extent, as would result in obstructing the identification of the driver of the motor vehicle or any other person travelling in the motor vehicle by any person from outside the motor vehicle.”

In the past, the public security minister had underscored the need to have a survey conducted on tint on the glass of motor vehicles. At the time, he pointed out that many persons suffering from a range of health conditions had been granted approval to use tint on their vehicles.

“As it is, I have restricted it to people who suffer skin disease and ultraviolet rays affecting their eyes and also for certain public officials who, for security reasons, need it and some businessmen,” he had explained to the media.

Citizens had questioned his decision to grant permission to some persons and not others. He said that while many people approached his ministry with health issues as the reason for their need to use tint, the police have pointed out that some persons were using tints so dark, it had become a threat to security.