...@bwenyenye,Elder and WWJD...i partly agree with you...but allow me to ask,I have driven for close to 10 years,i dont overlap,jump traffic lights ,obstruct other cars or drive dangerously not only me but countless other kenyan motorists also play it right...what makes us different when compared to those who do such things and break the law???its not like we will get a presidential award for doing the right things,we do the right things coz we are considerate about others,i dont need a written law to force me to put my car on the side when am offering someone a lift or dropping them off,i dont need a written law to force me to stop when the lights are red and pedestrians are crossing or use the appropriate lane when am on a roundabout...we need to grow up,courtesy and being considerate are things that we have thrown out of the window these days thats why we are forced to have stiff penalties that will ensure we tow the line...in my short lifetime i have seen good matatu drivers,the ones who signal when turning,dont speed,dont obstruct other motoriststs and generally dont behave like they own the roads...in the same lifetime i have also seen bad/rogue matatu drivers,those who cut infront of you whenever they want or deem it appropriate,those that tail gate you flashing their lights while also honking just coz u are driving at 80 kph on a road designated for that speed limit,those that chew miraa,mogoka,take kuber and tots of kenya king or napoleon while at the wheel or just before taking the wheel,those that break any imaginable traffic rule written or unwritten...if the bad cant be coerced into doing good by nation wide sensitization programs,govt funded seminars,consultative discussions then just like a potters clay let the whip be unleashed and by its cracking let them be shaped into doing good.

Have you ever been stopped on the highway while doing 80 KPH and told that you were driving at 120 KPH?

That is a very common occurrence and many drivers are going to fall victim to rogue cops.

And yes I support the new laws but the fines are contrary to the canons of a good taxation system - that a tax has to be reasonable otherwise no one will pay.

With the proposed fines, I see the government releasing murderers from prisons to create room for motorists who cant afford the fines.

Have you ever been stopped on the highway while doing 80 KPH and told that you were driving at 120 KPH?

That is a very common occurrence and many drivers are going to fall victim to rogue cops.

And yes I support the new laws but the fines are contrary to the canons of a good taxation system - that a tax has to be reasonable otherwise no one will pay.

With the proposed fines, I see the government releasing murderers from prisons to create room for motorists who cant afford the fines.

Read again bana, Had to drop a close one!!!!