A police officer’s driver’s license has been suspended for one year after driving a motorcycle with a toddler in the front basket.
In a tweet on Sunday, the police service stated that his driver’s license was suspended for violating Article 63(c) of the land transport act.
April 2 vana dhuvahu kuda kujjaku cycle ge vashigadah laigen dhuvvi faraaiy - Mi faraaiy vany Eggamu dhathurufathuruge qaanoonge 63 vana maadhaage (Noonu)ge dhashun 1 aharu dhuvahah license hifahattaafa. (4/4)
— Maldives Police (@PoliceMv) April 14, 2019
The transport authority also penalized drivers according to the same law in other cases, including the incident on February 17 when a car travelling at high speeds from Hulhumale’ to Hulhule’ lost control and broke a fence and a lamppost and crashed into the outer barrier of the highway. The driver’s license has been suspended for two years.
Another driver’s license was also suspended for two years after he injured a pedestrian while driving a van in Thimarafushi on March 12.
At the time, the media cited the victim's family saying that her skull was fractured in three places and she suffered internal bleeding in the brain and had been left in a coma.
March 12 vana dhuvahu Th.Thimarafushygai higi accident gai van dhuvvi faraariy- Mi faraaiy vany Eggamu dhathurufathuruge qaanoonge 63 vana maadhaage (Noonu)ge dhashun 2 aharu dhuvahah license hifahattaafa.(3/4)
— Maldives Police (@PoliceMv) April 14, 2019
Police Commissioner Mohamed Hameed has said that they are working to prosecute drivers involved in potentially life-threatening incidents.
