Wednesday 11 April 2012

Traffic Laws and Impunity

Impunity means that perpetrators of serious human rights violations are not prosecuted; they can go free, although their responsibility is widely known. This is true in Kenya when it comes to traffic laws and basically 90% or road users in Kenya.


Drivers of public transport vehicles, private motorists driving on the road with passengers can be classified as perpetrators of human right violations. Why? Because they most of the time while behind the while care not for their passengers.


Lets start with the basic day to day traffic jams and matatus that overlap other vehicles to try and get ahead, this has never happened but God forbid should one matatu over turn and can you imagine the pile up? the number of people who would be injured and those who would lose their lives? 


As you drive on the roads, many of those who flaunt traffic laws have their number plates with GK (Government of Kenya) or international organizations with diplomatic number plates. 


The basics need to be followed to avert traffic impunity:

  • Attitude change among Kenyan drivers
  • Simple road courtesy: give way not to the over lappers but those who genuinely need to get in line
  • Traffic police simply stop taking bribes
  • Traffic offenders will only be put to book if bribes are not taken by the court system and the police
What road policies need to be put in place to reduce the number of road accidents on our roads?


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