More than 17,000 traffic tickets that were handed out to drivers last year have been declared expired due to mistakes that were made by investigators. Police Commissioner Humphrey Tjin Liep Shie indicated that 46,000  traffic tickets were handed out last year. Most of the traffic violators do not pay the fine immediately which is why the documents are sent to the Public Prosecutor’s Office. Many of the official reports were taken from the pile due to mistakes made by the officer who handed out the traffic ticket. The police commissioner pointed out that this year a lot of improvement must be made. He also pointed out that last year 22,200 traffic collisions were listed and that this is a high figure. Most of the traffic collisions happened in Paramaribo namely 15,412…[+]