8.4.4 About traffic control, regulation and legislation
The government should review legislation
regarding employment of drivers both in
government, parastatal and private companies.
Drivers employed must be well trained or
those already employed should be trained at relevant institutions like the National
Institute of Transport and Voca
tion Training Authority (VETA),
The National Institute of Transport should be
given a statutory mandate to train the
aspirants of instructorship, and accordingly, th
e relevant provisions in the act should be
amended to incorporate a mandatory pre-regi
stration training as a condition before one
applies for driver instructorship.
The government should improve the conditions of police force, instituting better working
conditions and pay them well (to deter corr
uption), they should also be provided and
maintained modern equipment such as
breathalyzers, video and speed camera.
A new driving license system should be implemented, and priority should be given to
international harmonization. A driving licen
se database should
be developed and
implemented. It should be noted that prope
rly educated drivers will have a positive
impact on traffic safety. Efforts must focu
s on the young future driving license holders.
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Any person seeking to
acquire a driving license should
sit for a written test prior to
issuance of learner’s license and upon completio
n of training each individual has to apply
for practical testing on his/her own without
any assistance from
the driving schools.
In order to rack down cell phone
-related road accidents, police should be required to
record among other factors, whether or not a
cellular phone was present at the time of the
accident. And laws should be imposed to rest
rict the use of cell phones when driving.
The traffic police should strengthen survei
llance and enforcement to net drivers who
drink alcohol beverages and th
en drive their vehicles to
reduce those accidents which
occur during weekends and at nigth