InnovateGuy wrote:It is very unfortunate that all this is happening in less than a year since the the new traffic act became law.
We need two things: enforcement of the law and drivers to be careful on the roads.
The best of laws without proper and consistent enforcement are just that: useless words not worth the paper they're on. As anyone who has had an encounter will probably tell you, the new laws have just resulted into an increase in the amounts of bribes given and made cops more brazen at demanding the same.
If you were to accompany your matatu driver pal for just a coupla hours on the road, especially on long distance daytime journeys, you'd realize on thing very fast: what cops practise isn't traffic law enforcement by whatever stretch of imagination, what they practise is, unfortunately, legally sanctioned extortion pure and simple.
Jifanye msafi sana na utakipata, those guys will literally run you out of the road, and ensure you spend a coupla days at industrial area remand while at it. It really is a jungle on our roads. Too bad that the people expected to remedy the situation, the cops, are on the take. Sad but the harsh reality.
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