Increasing fine for drunk driving likely to make greater impact than naming and shaming – Kissoon

The fine for drunk driving ought to be increased, anti-alcohol abuse activist Vidya Kissoon says, opining that the publication of photographs and names of those found guilty of this offence will not make much of an impact.

Since the start of this month, the Guyana Police Force has been on a campaign against drunk driving and has so far published via the media the names and photographs of 12 men who were fined for driving under the influence of alcohol. Concerns have been raised in some quarters about the $7,500 fine, which is said to be too meagre