Follow these new traffic rules as amended by the President of Kenya or else…
By / Published May 25, 2015 | 3:39 pm
President Uhuru Kenyatta signed the traffic rules amendments on 20th May 2015, which are to be followed with immediate effect. The drastic new traffic rules were caused by the amendment of section 12 of Cap 403 of the Traffic act under the laws of Kenya, they read as follows:
- Number plates: When you sell your vehicle, you should surrender the number plates to the registrar of motor vehicles. Remember to surrender the number plates to the registrar otherwise you risk being arrested and fined.
- Overlapping, obstruction, driving on pavements or through a petrol station to avoid traffic: You risk a fine of Kshs 100,000 -300,000 or 1 year in jail or both.
- Over speeding: When you over speed, you risk a fine of Kshs 10,000 or 3 months imprisonment or both.
- Careless Driving: Penalty of Ksh 500,000 or 10 years imprisonment or both.
- Careless driving causing death: Life Imprisonment. This is being treated like murder.
- Driving under influence of alcohol: A fine of Ksh 500,000 or ten years in jail or both.
- PSV Operators: Should adhere to the uniforms and badges rules.
- Motor Cycle operators: ONE PASSENGER only. The passenger and rider must be in reflective vests and helmets- otherwise you risk a fine of Kshs 10,000 and 12 months imprisonment.
Other changes include:
Road blocks are to be gazetted prior to being mounted by the police.
Driving licenses of speed limit violators shall be suspended for not less than 3 years if the person has exceeded speed limit by more than 10 kph and if offence is repeated 3 or more times.
Mandatory eye test every 3 years for licensed drivers. And if you fail the test then license is withdrawn.
All law enforcement officers (regular police and Administration Police) are now effectively mandated to deal with traffic issues with the abolition of the Traffic Department under the Kenya Police Service Act.
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