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[00:00:08] Speaker A: Antonio Prescott Boy, good morning to you. How are you?
[00:00:13] Speaker B: Hey, good morning to you, David.
[00:00:15] Speaker A: Yeah, you're on one time. You know we are sticking this morning inside one time. What's happening? What's happening?
[00:00:20] Speaker B: All is good here. I just concerned about these hefty fines, these, these doubling.
[00:00:27] Speaker A: But why are you concerned? Why are you concerned?
[00:00:29] Speaker B: I concerned because that is not that we should try to alleviate the situation because.
[00:00:37] Speaker A: Alleviate what situation?
[00:00:39] Speaker B: The situation with road fatalities, with road accidents.
I think that like if it is we want to alleviate that the best option is to maybe every era to have cameras for those who are driving fast because you're not going to say get an well die if it is that you going under let's say 100. If you're going over 100.
Yes, it's possible but it's not to say that the police officer will be every point when it is someone maybe leave a fet or leave an event per se, a house lime and they're driving over the speed limit and get an accident. So hefty fines is not the solution.
It's something that it misguided the citizens as to. This is the solution that we the government trying to bring into effect to help the citizens of the country.
[00:01:40] Speaker A: Well, my thing about it is I agree with the fact that the Prime Minister neglected to stick to her promise in terms of providing a property rehabilitation program for errand drivers as would have been happening under the previous administration where the U turn system entered. The thing about it is while the U turn system and the demerit point system was a good system and it did start to make people conscious of their driving. My thing about it is the way in which it was done under the pnm, the harsh draconian measures that was meted out. The short time frame for you to reach 10 points, it could happen one ticket or a ticket or two tickets and they want to deem you habitual. And the then on top of that the 2,500 it was required to pay to these two entities which was something Logistics training Logistics Training center and Arrivalive, the only two in the country where when Wade Mark did some research on that 2500 was an exorbitant price to pay for that course that they were offering and the government at the time said it was offered that you had to do and then they drop it to 13. I think it was 1350 or 1250 to drop it by half. All right, still very high But. But much mandatory. So the thing is, those were the concerns I had, Antonio.
And when you, when you look at what is taking place with the current administration and how they dealt with matters when they were in opposition, that is where my concern lies. You remember you just said it. That is not the way to rehab a driver by doubling on fines. They said it was, you know, it was what the prime minister said as an opposition leader. And then when she got into power, what she did is what. Is what I'm peeved about. But we could stand on opposite side of the fences this morning, Antonio, because with the doubling of the fines, it would. It should serve as a deterrent. Let me ask you something.
When the fines were $200 to drive on the people on them bus route, you used to drive on it.
Yeah, well, let me tell you, I use the Blazey bush route at 200. And here I used to tell myself I'm actually paying 600 for the year. If I get three tickets for the year, I pay for my use.
That's how I used to look at it. I pay for my use.
So you know what?
[00:04:11] Speaker B: I have a big problem with 2.
[00:04:12] Speaker A: What is the big problem?
[00:04:13] Speaker B: Those, for example, defines for like vehicles that may be, you know, I find that is.
That is draconian because sometimes you could just drive out and one light could blow and you don't know. And then after you're in a roadblock and then you get a ticket that is exorbitant, you cannot pay for four. And then.
[00:04:34] Speaker A: But, but let me ask you, what if, what if the fine was 200 for the blown bulb? Will you find out?
[00:04:41] Speaker B: That is fair because it's an electrical issue and these things sometimes.
[00:04:46] Speaker A: But Antonio, if it's an electrical issue that you're trying to fix, you a car trainer, sometimes you're trying to find this problem, you're troubleshooting, troubleshooting, and the bulb's still blowing, you find $200 is a fair ticket in price for a person who light bulb just blow unknowing to them and they get them a $200 fine, you find that's justice?
[00:05:11] Speaker B: Well, you see compared to the fine that it's present right now. And if we get any opportunity for it to be lowered to $200, so be it. But personally, I find it shouldn't be any fine for that because anything could happen. Electrical is very funny.
[00:05:28] Speaker A: Agree.
[00:05:28] Speaker B: You know, so if it is, we had to like lobby for something and we lobbering for a lower cost. I would go with the 200. But obviously, if I think about it logically and have the opportunity to say, hey, I don't want any amount for this blue light. Definitely no amount fit.
[00:05:49] Speaker A: I understand. The thing about it is it's beyond the, the, the price a bulb is $5 in most instances.
[00:05:57] Speaker B: Right.
[00:05:57] Speaker A: $5 for a double contact bulb, depending if it's LEDs where they pay a little more. But the bulb, the ticket on the bulb is, is night and day.
[00:06:06] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:06:06] Speaker A: East meet east, east versus West. It's far apart. Right. But my thing is this.
It's not the price for the ticket is what's concerning to me, you know, is the people that you put in charge to carry out that law is what is concerning. Because that's right. Police officers, license officers and traffic wardens. These are the individuals that are not adequately trained to deal with the public in a customer oriented environment. Because like it or not, police officers that serve on a roadblock, they are customer service representatives. You are customer service of the state.
[00:06:43] Speaker B: And on a regular basis they're supposed to have every six months, let's say like an emotional intelligence training, something they could just come out from a bad day from home and decide to give you numerous. Yes. So X amount of tickets equivalent to 20,000, 30,000.
[00:07:00] Speaker A: That is the problem. The problem is not a ticket or. No, the problem is the, the errand drivers one. But is the law enforcement officials charged with the responsibility. You see the, the finance minister made a statement, Antonio. He said I pass it. This tax is to the landlords who rent in this one off registration and I hope that they absorb it and not pass it on to the consumer.
Now I don't know if Tanku believe in Santa Claus. I don't know if he's a Easter bunny fanatic, if he does. When he was growing up he really believed the tooth fairy used to bring the money that he's pay. Yeah, I don't know because I don't know which magical world he come from that when you put taxes on a business owner that he going on, oh my goodness, you know what? In good spirits. Okay, I'll pay the taxes and continue. No, I had to pay more. You had to pay more because I had to pay more.
[00:07:58] Speaker B: So it's like the Maxi Taxi association as well too, right?
Yeah. So I want to see if they are wicked enough to raise to $3 or if they're going to raise the.
[00:08:09] Speaker A: $1 because they want to see if they're wicked enough. But they're wicked enough, they're going to do it. Don't get to happen, fellas, you know. But you see, it's more than just what it is handing for the Maxi. Remember, the Maxi requires maintenance insurance to the Maxi. And for those of you who don't know, the, the, the you who might pay a little 4,000, $5,000 for your car at the end of the month, them facing monthly mortgage has 20,000, 19 5, $22,500 and 21,000 mortgage for a 25 seater maxi and stuff like that.
But for me, the whole ticketing price thing is neither here nor there with it. I'm not upset with the Prime Minister because she doubled down.
We need to stop and assure Antonio.
Yeah, driving Bush should know that it's 4,000.
[00:08:56] Speaker B: I wasn't driving.
[00:08:58] Speaker A: Exactly.
So it did deter you. It deter me. I am doing it. But you know what one policeman tell me we gonna catch some clone. So if we used to catch.
If we used to catch three people to get $6,000, all we had to do is catch two and we have eight.
Yeah, you're going to catch that too. That is what he bought. This man telling me, you know, he said we couldn't catch them.
[00:09:27] Speaker B: You understand?
[00:09:28] Speaker A: Let me listen to this voice Note from Mr. Rima here.
[00:09:30] Speaker C: I think if the issue of a fine for things like electrical, like bulbs and that kind of thing is to ensure compliance and ensure safety, then perhaps if an officer finds you with a blown bulb or a defective headlight, or let me just say a mirror that broken, or those kinds of things that you really do have much control over because they could bring camera on the road while they're driving home, or a crack on your windscreen could happen while.
[00:09:55] Speaker A: You'Re on the way home. I think if you're caught with it.
[00:09:58] Speaker C: You could get some kind of a compulsory thing where you have to visit that station within three days or within five days and show that it was repaired. And if you're not able to do that, then you get a fine.
[00:10:11] Speaker A: Yeah, because right now we expect the government is operating on the goodwill of police officers to do the job and do so in a respectful manner and be courteous to citizens. And I say, boy, if the Prime Minister fertilize the case, as Kadeem is saying, a citation, issue a citation that you either get it repaired and report to the station. You know, make that mandatory. Because if you're saying it's at the discretion of the law enforcement official at the time of the stop, you really setting up your citizens the same order. Listening, stopping by any truck, I decided to stop this man.
[00:10:43] Speaker B: Any truck for spreading propaganda and what food prices drop.
[00:10:47] Speaker A: What we already had sugar and floor.
[00:10:50] Speaker B: And them thing was zero.
[00:10:51] Speaker A: All right, pal? Yeah, Kadeem said the same thing. You know what grocery was dropped? You know. Hello, Good morning.
[00:10:58] Speaker D: A pleasant good morning once more.
Yes, Davy? Food prices have dropped.
[00:11:02] Speaker A: Which part way in Apollo by you?
[00:11:04] Speaker D: No, the Groceries Limited.
[00:11:06] Speaker B: Which groceries?
[00:11:07] Speaker A: That way.
[00:11:08] Speaker D: Listen, the 7,000 food items that were.
When Kamala Prasad was prime minister between 2010 and 2030. She discontinued the taxation on 7000 that was put on later on when the PNM came into power. And many of those food items the taxes have been dropped.
Check it, you will see.
[00:11:31] Speaker A: But anyway, that is not what I call back for.
[00:11:34] Speaker D: Devi. I agree with you and your guests. If it's your guest or whatever, whoever.
I agree with all of the things. My understanding is that maybe the Prime Minister should change the whole system whereby the lights and so on. There should be no additional charges. But I guess that the objective was reckless driving, bad overtaking, driving on the shoulder, overtaking a long line of traffic. I guess that was the objective in increasing the fines. I think we are focusing too much on the horn stop working and a light bulb break and that kind of thing.
I don't think that that was the objective. At least I hope so.
You know, I take no cue for the Prime Minister and I hold no brief for her. But I think that that is where the objective was. For safer driving instead of these minor violations. I thank you.
[00:12:33] Speaker B: Enjoy.
[00:12:33] Speaker E: All right.
[00:12:34] Speaker A: Thank you very much. Hello. Good morning.
[00:12:37] Speaker E: Morning, gentlemen.
Safer driving. You just reported that this is a prison officer.
That gentleman with a car wash. I thought both of them was in the same car. But after listening to you reading the news. Morning to the gentleman. Dear Cody, gentleman next to you, Antonio Prescott. Yeah, Antonio. Good morning, my brother.
[00:12:58] Speaker B: Good morning to you.
[00:12:59] Speaker E: I thought was two gentlemen in the said car.
[00:13:03] Speaker A: No, there are different cars.
[00:13:04] Speaker E: Two different cars.
And I'm trying to explain to carry on to the citizens.
And fines is not going to stop people from pressing gas.
Because as I explained, Davy, when I started to drive, I had a taxi at that time. And the law came out that seat belt was mandatory and cars was coming into Trinidad without seat belts.
So we have to run to the Bamboo and buy a pair of seat belt and install it in the car in order to go for inspection.
And seat belts save lives. That was the. That was the concept at the time, which it does.
And to this day we carry the find up to two toes.
And we still. And it's not Trinidad alone, it's a Worldwide it is human beings so carrying up the fine in solving the problem. You know what was solving the problem? If you listen to the report that from the same article that you read the accident went down by from 120 or 140 to 112 or somewhere there right before the 20th or the 29th your license when you got at 12 points you would lose it.
That was a deterrent because if you're going down the shoulder and you already get it twice and you had nine or you are eight, you used to think I don't want to get 12.
So that was more of a deterrent than anything else.
[00:14:49] Speaker A: I agree with you. I agree with you.
[00:14:51] Speaker E: I could now go down the shoulder 10,000 times if I had the money. I pay the ticket.
[00:14:56] Speaker F: Yeah.
[00:14:57] Speaker E: Consequence from a repeated action unless I am drawn before the court.
You understand my point?
So we didn't solve a problem. We create a monster instead. Because as I tell them as they get into office and they remove that the increase in accidents went up immediately.
The first thing was the young man run off the road with the car.
I think the, the, the. The. The Lancer that somebody converted into an evolution with the girlfriend. Ian Allen I was to tell you well look the demand didn't know what you bought again because you're able to do almost anything. It's not every lawless you know is that there are no checks and balances in certain places. Some people allow things to pass. If you could pay your money to get it passed. It boils down to the individual.
The laws are in place.
Trainer KFC box out. Your car window is at charge. Litter in is at charge.
But we talk about Singapore.
[00:16:05] Speaker A: All right. All right. I don't want you to go too much again further. We hear the point. Thank you. We give somebody else a chance. Yeah, let's give somebody a chance. Hello. Good morning.
[00:16:12] Speaker G: Hey Davey.
[00:16:14] Speaker E: You know I want.
[00:16:19] Speaker H: Assets.
[00:16:19] Speaker G: I grew up in a culture to be honest with you. I know years that be I'm a person. I will advocate for safety and so on. But back in. Back in.
Back in the close to 2000 just after 2000 there in those days I.
[00:16:34] Speaker A: Can Easter I used to run north.
[00:16:37] Speaker G: South and the morning and the ticket of 200 and I mean I had to be added. You had to be honest. I. I run the show that twice I got two tickets in one morning but 200 and then like 400 but I divide up that by the time I save and the I put. I divided up by the I think what I want to pay something so I divide up, I say well, so much money I did I'll put on I cater for ticket fee impact. But as you know guy knows that knowing that it have knowing I could lose my license. That's examining points now how they said people who could pay.
So that is, I mean certain fines we need certain offenses we need to have that, that, that tickets that point to seven place in order to checkpoint because there are also there are certain guys that people give them peak at a pull page and they may be nobody on the road.
[00:17:27] Speaker H: I know it's an awful lot of.
[00:17:28] Speaker G: Truck of 14 tickets. But he lost the license when the point system came in to inquire the days at fad dealer tickets. So we really need to revisit that point system for certain offenses. And as I want to lobby again as I said earlier, any electrical fault in our vehicle, give that give you a citation and give it time to fix it. You can't charge a man for electrical fault. I mean not can. It's unfair. I'm a control over electrical. Have a blessed one. As we look on listen to the conversation.
[00:17:54] Speaker A: All right, thank you very much. Yeah, Antonio, you're there.
[00:18:01] Speaker B: Yeah, no, what I wanted to say is that in terms of how I look at it as what the government is doing is more about really generating revenue than actually making these citizens be more law abiding. And it really helps in terms of the demerit points where it have some deterrence. But the same time the demerit point system in place in such a way that certain fines the demerit points is too high. So by the time, let's say three, four offenses you could reach up to the point where it is your license could be withheld from you. So that is a problem that needs to be revisited. So if it was revisited and lower down then after it would serve as it benefits, but it just completely removes. So it's like, you know, we're going back to square one.
[00:18:51] Speaker A: All right, tell her good morning.
[00:18:53] Speaker H: Good morning gentlemen.
[00:18:55] Speaker A: Good morning.
[00:18:56] Speaker H: As you see, every caller has a little variation to what they think is the best way to go.
So everybody except one person is going to be happy and that is the person that makes the rules.
And that's why we don't have the whole country in consultation for every little thing. Because working on the first thing from 1962 now, I too agree that we could fine tune what we have in front of us.
The electrical aspect of it is a valid argument because a ball will only blow while it is in operation.
So my indicator will only blow while I'm using it. And I don't use it at home.
Right. I might test it at home, but it will only blow in use and therefore I'll be out on the street somewhere.
So. And then I could get charged. So they need to retain that part of it.
All of the bulbs in fact, including the horn and the wipers and anything that has a fuse, in fact.
[00:19:59] Speaker E: Right.
[00:20:00] Speaker H: The fuse could also blow.
And some people can't change a fuse. I know how to change the fuse.
But the way some of these fuse boxes are made, you will break the fuse. You need a special tool and all of that.
Now, concerning the increased fines for willful violations like going on the bus route one way street, breaking traffic lights, people are going to do it and they are going to pay the fine in the first instance, as your policeman told you. But after the third time they would stop.
If people can't learn that, listen, if I break this light, I'm going to pay more. And they break it and they pay more and they didn't learn and they break it again and they pay more. They go on the bus route and they pay more. Pretty soon they're going to learn. And yes, they are billionaires and so on who could break the light every day. But something else will happen. At some point they will run into an accident. Thank you.
[00:20:57] Speaker A: All right, thank you very much for sharing your thoughts. Good morning.
[00:21:01] Speaker F: Good morning to you, Mr. Davey. Good morning to your entire host and audience.
[00:21:06] Speaker E: I only want to wish God's blessings.
[00:21:09] Speaker F: Upon all of Trinidad and Tobago. In particular the callers of freedom 106.5 FM and more particularly the callers of this morning program that I call the more intelligent program.
Davy, I want to thank you for your patience. And although I normally highlight Morales as our most balanced, I want to also highlight our most improved caller on the program. In my opinion, who is Mr. Barataria. He has been improving all the time and I actually have no problem in listening to him. And I want to thank you, David, for always having patience with him. David, you are like the speaker of the house. You encourage dialogue and I really, really have to thank you. And may God bless you and your family and may this radio station and all its callers continue in Jesus holy name.
[00:22:03] Speaker E: Amen.
[00:22:04] Speaker A: Thank you very much. I think we need award for that. You know, Antonio, we gotta do award most improved caller. The man say bartaria.
So your main concerns this morning is the fact that they double down on the fines and these things did not do well. Somebody says please read My text.
They should ban fireworks completely. All noise pollution. Why add to public nuisance? We're not talking. Good morning, David. Do you know that the vehicle light bulbs that are sold to us as replacement bulbs, especially the brake light bulbs, is not good quality bulbs. These bulbs blow very fast and most times we drivers would think it's some electrical problem. If you can speak to a car dealer, you would come to know that those bulbs are not good bulbs. They're cheaper, but blows much faster. Always purchase the original bulbs. My son has a new vehicle. It's four years old now. His brake bulbs blew and he replaced it with a bulb that was sold to him in a couple of days. The bulb blew, he changed it again and it blew again. After getting advice from the car dealer, he got the bulb and I guess all is well so far.
All right, so that's good. I mean, in all honesty, in a future subsequent show, I know we will talk about brakes.
You know, Antonio, excuse Antonio would mention that there would be brake pads that you would buy at a car dealership and you might pay 400. 400 for it or maybe 3, 200. 300 for it for the brake pads for the front of the vehicle. And then you go by the dealer to buy the same brakes pad and you spend 900.
[00:23:40] Speaker B: Correct? Yeah.
[00:23:41] Speaker A: And you're wondering, is it the same, but then is it the original? You know, it's a lot.
[00:23:45] Speaker B: So let's take everything that you purchase. It always have the original substitute. So it's like you don't know exactly who's selling what.
And that sometimes is a big problem because like my experience with a fuel pump, I purchased like about one today, final mirror that I had, and within two weeks, three weeks, that fuel pump went and I purchased another one. So sometimes you may be looking at purchasing a good quality fuel pump, like Bosch, for example, and then you might go and purchase a cheaper one. And cheaper one might work better than the Bosch because the Bosch is maybe not the original.
Right now, everybody trying to bring substitute in order to hike up prices to make a exorbitant profit.
[00:24:27] Speaker A: Well, all right. There you go.
[00:24:30] Speaker I: Good morning, brother Davy. And your host name is Anthony. I want to know if the increasing fines for peer drivers. And this is a call to all taxi drivers we need. I want them being charged $5,000 for the thing or they get a taxi badge.
Another thing, when you get these tickets and you filter thing, I find the shade. After a year, you fill the pit. A summons should be said and sent to you and you should make some Jail if you're refusing to pay ticket because you know you commit your crime on the road to get your ticket but you had to write a contest.
So yeah, Ph drivers, we need to pull up on them because we get some bad drives. Some peer drivers here up in San Diego.
[00:25:16] Speaker A: All right. Now, I don't want no Ph driver to things to go up, all right. Because we rely on the PA driver.
[00:25:23] Speaker B: Sometimes after 8, after 9pm yeah.
[00:25:25] Speaker A: Allow them. Allow them. Good morning.
Morning.
[00:25:29] Speaker J: I know you're on one topic here, but here I know.
[00:25:31] Speaker A: So then why you want to change it?
[00:25:32] Speaker J: Yeah, I know that's not. Let's see something on the road.
Listen, I see about 30 people cutting grass. If they come back.
[00:25:40] Speaker A: Well, the. You can't remember that Julian John and them. Well, not Julian John, but the government had hired some kind of 1500 workers or something like that for some road maintenance work.
I don't think it's a regional corporation, but I think they were hired.
[00:25:56] Speaker J: Some of them have one regional corporate.
[00:25:58] Speaker A: Well, some of them. Well, I guess.
Yeah, they have. Yeah, the government hired back some. Hired some 1500 workers recently to come and do some. Yeah, I can't remember what they call it. Some program they have going right now with roads. Good morning, Davey. Seasons greetings unifamily.
Some messages coming in through as well.
All right. Good morning.
[00:26:24] Speaker E: Yes, David, morning.
Yes, they have that going on. But anyhow, you know something? I am answered Charles. PA driver. You know, we had this conversation about maxi taxi because they paid 1200 every six months.
So for the year going up to 2400 dice to maintain an app.
A max. Yeah, a maxi taxi owner. And you said 1200.
But you need. You know, Davy, it is illegal to have a man driving a maxi taxi. More or less.
[00:26:59] Speaker A: No, we're in the Lord that says it. It's illegal.
[00:27:05] Speaker E: A maxi taxi is supposed to be owner operated, pal.
[00:27:09] Speaker A: Let me tell you something. When they.
Well, the law had. Well, clearly. Oh God. Oh God. Relax now I'm gonna tell you now.
Somebody now big up and tell you is that the finance are much improved.
[00:27:21] Speaker E: All right, I just point out to you. I don't know if you know, change that is all.
[00:27:24] Speaker A: Well, if it was illegal, right. Since under the last administration. Administration's past and present, they give you a Bushwood pass and on the Bushwood pass you just have the three, sometimes two persons that could operate. I've seen bushroot passes on the maxi taxi fronts where three pictures are on it. Which means that these three persons are allowed to drive this bus and ply it for hire. Once you have your taxi barge. Right. So it is not something illegal if I am the maxi taxi owner and I hire you. So some days I work it, some days you work it. And then in the night I have our next person working it. That's. That is not illegal. If it was Ministry of works would not issue up a permit to allow use an operation of a vehicle that you're not authorized by another individual. So that what you just said is not true.
[00:28:15] Speaker E: Well, I don't listen to what I'm saying to you. From the inception of a man getting a maxi taxi to operate a maxi taxi.
[00:28:24] Speaker H: You see that right?
[00:28:26] Speaker E: That right is the owner is supposed to. That is how it was in the initial stages. The owner of that right is the man who owned the bus is supposed to like how a man have a fleet of us. That is not how it was supposed to be, you know, Davy.
[00:28:41] Speaker A: Well, maybe so, but that's how it is now.
[00:28:44] Speaker E: All right.
[00:28:44] Speaker A: Soever it was intended to.
[00:28:47] Speaker E: If they increase the.
The fee, I want to see if the law where that is concerned how that is going to work out. Enjoy.
[00:28:54] Speaker A: No, well, you can't. Well, all right, cool. You can't increase your fleet. As far as I understand, Antonio, in order for you to get a maxi on the road, one other come off.
So it's not to say you. If you and I want to buy our red band, especially on the road too. It's saturated. I think there was a cap. So if what I understand it. If you and I decide we put enough monies, are we gonna invest in a big bus? We could buy a brand new bus. Hhe hez whatever brand new thing on the road. But to get the rights, the band and the H rights and all of that, we have to buy. Buy it from another person who is coming out of the business or buy it. Yeah, the right and the right is about 150000 yeah dollars TT so you have to buy it.
[00:29:39] Speaker B: Taxis owners, they don't drive their buses. Most of them they hire persons.
[00:29:44] Speaker A: Some of them drive it, some of them don't. Some do. I know a couple that does.
I say good morning going out to mush.
Brenton Knights Shines Frosty. These fellas. These fellas are somebody's. Yeah, these fellas, they drive their own thing, you know. And they have persons driving for them. Good morning. Morning.
[00:30:05] Speaker J: Let me help you.
[00:30:06] Speaker A: Roger Rabbit is our next one, you know.
[00:30:08] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:30:09] Speaker J: Let me help you a little bit about the maxi situation.
[00:30:13] Speaker E: Before right.
[00:30:14] Speaker J: For small maxi don't talk that I sword right is not to sell. But they sell, right man. I write the transfer from one person to the next. But not a pbr.
[00:30:28] Speaker H: You understand?
[00:30:29] Speaker A: No, you can't sell the PBR permit to next the next person.
[00:30:34] Speaker J: No, listen, but rights could change from hand to hand.
[00:30:39] Speaker A: No, we, we established that. We established that it's not the PBR pass. We're talking about the rights.
[00:30:45] Speaker J: The right the atrax can talk.
I can't tell you go lice office and tell license office. I selling this money, right? They don't sell, right?
[00:30:54] Speaker A: No, I understand, I understand. I. I think I understand.
But remember on this radio show, right While you cargo license office and tell them that I reserve the right to tell people that's what has happened. Yeah, good, good, good.
[00:31:09] Speaker J: That what has happened.
[00:31:10] Speaker A: So you might know something.
[00:31:12] Speaker J: The bank does want to give me a little trouble because I as a farmer from sometimes I as a little boy I squatting a piece of land. The bankers want to give me trouble when I make a little club to deposit my money because I don't have a farmer's badge. But no, listen, my point, listen up on you the maxi.
[00:31:31] Speaker E: One maxi per person.
[00:31:33] Speaker J: You can have two, three maxi on your name. Holy bank.
[00:31:36] Speaker A: That's true.
[00:31:38] Speaker J: How do you bang don't give them trouble to deposit that big money, boy.
[00:31:42] Speaker A: That's true. Yeah, that's a good point. That could be money laundering.
The thing is I know some persons they own multiple but it's in the wife name a son. Yeah, just like hoes. Yeah, yeah. So Antonio his final bid and send off to us for 2025. He's going to tell us his wish list for the next and upcoming year. One person says Davy, I agree Bataria has improved. He's more irritated, more aggressive, aggravating and more vexing and mobility.
But all the all the same barataria you're getting you're coming in with some high commendations from some whatsappers here that saying that you have improved in your contributions a lot and they want to congratulate you. Now this is what I love about the program. Antonio. You know we could agree to disagree quarry like siblings pel2mother pluses across the place sometimes and everybody would be would be nice, you know. But the thing about it is what I love about it and I you know in conclusion you know I would say to you I want to thank you very much for joining the Freedom family team. And you know being making yourself available every week on a Wednesday for car care segment talking about Cars, the upkeep of cars, anything to do with traffic and the, and laws. You know, I know in the coming year we most definitely will be more researched when we come out. Not that we're not researched now, but we're going to continue to be researched and informed about the topics and what we're going to discuss and share our personal views as well. That is a guarantee why we entertain others. So with that being said, I did promise to get Antonio back with us for a few minutes into the 8 o' clock hour before we go to the NPTA. What is your wish list going forward into 2026? If you have any at all.
And I want it personal and business, eh? Okay, I'm minding your business, so give me the business side. Where's your personal, where's your business? You know, in car care. What, what would you like to see in 2026?
[00:33:43] Speaker B: All right, so firstly, I must say thank you, Davey, for everything. And thank you for the Freedom Family as well too.
So personally, next year I would like to see in the car business that persons be really informed because like Mr. Babwan, Mr. Rondell, they was lobbying for the vehicles to be six years old and not eight years.
And yes, you could be lobbying for these six years. But I just hope that persons when it is that they're looking to purchase their vehicles, order for themselves or let someone order it for them, that when it is that the vehicles come, that they understand that sometimes vehicles is more auction sale is more about demand and supply. So it don't necessarily mean that you'll get a cheaper vehicle, it could be more expensive, it don't have to be as roadworthy as you may think. And personally, my goals, I would say, is that I wrote a book recently launched. Sales is like dating, because everyone dated, everyone understands sales may not understand it as effectively and efficiently per se. And my goal for 2026 is to educate persons not just on car care, but on sales generally. Because once it is that you can sell, let's say one commodity, which is cars, you could be able to sell, let's say appliances or anything else, because the processes, these systems are the same. It's just that the product will be a bit different.
So my goal for 2026 is to educate persons as much as possible and provide help as well. Because it's not always about a financial transaction, but it's about helping someone and they could create a chain reaction to help another person. And in that way, Trinidad and Tobago and Extension Caribbean International could be a better place.
[00:35:34] Speaker A: I like how you're song in man. You're song in good. You're songing good.
So with going forward as well, you know, what about you? What are some of the personal changes you look towards making in the new year, if any at all?
[00:35:46] Speaker B: Well, to focus more on business because it's always good working for a company for sure. Definitely you need that momentum, you need that finances coming in. But to focus on something where it's more I would say service based because right now in terms of the fluctuation with freight costs and freight administration costs and these different things, you can't go wrong with a service because it has something called sas, which is software as a service, which is like selling anything that is service based, whether it be a service like Facebook or any AI automation tool that you may have to put in place to better the sales process, appointment setting for companies understanding the know how issues that the company might be faced with and acknowledging it, you put a system in place, something considered as an AI tool. So I focus in more on the service base because of the reason that the investment is not that heavy because the overheads is not that much and you could scale more which basically earn more.
[00:36:55] Speaker A: Interesting. I like that. Well, thank you very much Antonio for your your participation on the Morning Rumble.
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