Police Announces Measures to Curb Traffic Indiscipline During Festive Season

Traffic police announced has strengthened deployment and announced new measures to help curb indiscipline during the festive season, December 1, 2021, to January 15, 2022.

Below are the measures announced by Traffic Police spokesperson ASP Faridah Nampiima.
 
1. Establishing barriers at identified black spots and speeding zones which will be manned day and night the checkpoints will be manned 24 hours /7 days a week.
 
2. Increase motorized patrols [vehicles and motor cycles]
 
3. Strengthening operations on speeding using the already deployed speed guns.
 
4. carrying out operations on reckless driving and other offenses that are largely responsible for road carnage.
 
5. Sensitizing road users against drunk driving all drivers are reminded not to drink and drive.

6. Ensuring that only competent drivers are on the roads by checking for the validity of their driver's license. All drivers are reminded to drive on roads with a copy of a valid driving license.
 
7. Inspect vehicles to ascertain their roadworthiness and all drivers are reminded to avoid driving vehicles that are in a dangerous mechanical condition on the roads.
 
8. Enhance operations on boda boda.
 
9. Using CCTV cameras to arrest offenders.
 
10. We are to strengthen the fika salama operations at our fika salama checkpoints which operate 24 hours/7days.
 
11. Enhance community policing which is already being done by Traffic.  
 
HOW OFFENDERS WILL BE HANDLED
 
 
1. offenders will be issued with express penalty ticket except for offences of will failing be produced in courts of law.
 
2. The EPS tickets shall be paid instantly before the offender proceeds on his or her journey.

3. All offenders who flout covid 19 SOPs shall be handed over to CID for prosecution and their vehicles impounded.