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SUNDAY NEWS REPORTER / 01 OCTOBER 2017
AS drivers continue to complain over frequent penalties imposed by traffic police even for pardonable errors, law enforcers have made their position, saying it is not their duty to educate any person who is qualified to drive.
With the stance maintained by traffic police, drivers will definitely continue to bear the brunt of law enforcers’ wrath, as, according to them, such a noble duty is supposed to be performed by
instructors and teachers at driving schools.
Exclusively speaking to the ‘Sunday News’ over the weekend, Traffic Police Commander, Senior
Assistant Commissioner of Police (SACP), Fortunatus Musilimu, said the role of traffic police was
to enforce laws, rules and regulations when on duty on the road, not to educate drivers.
“At no point of time traffic police will put aside their core duty of enforcing laws, rule and
regulations while on the road and instead embark on offering road safety education to drivers,”
SACP Musilimu insisted.
The head of the traffic police department acknowledged receiving complaints from drivers on
penalties imposed on them even for pardonable errors they committed.
SACP Musilimu placed the burden on driving schools that keep on emerging every day, saying
such institutions were duty bound to ensure they produced drivers who are competent enough to thoroughly follow road safety laws, rules and regulations.
According to him, some driving schools lacked qualified instructors and teachers, a factor that
contributed to production of half-baked drivers.
CHANZO : DAILY NEWS 01/10/2017
It’s not our duty to educate drivers on roads - Traffic police
It’s not our duty to educate drivers on roads - Traffic police
AS drivers continue to complain over frequent penalties imposed by traffic police even for pardonable errors, law enforcers have made their position, saying it is not their duty to educate any person who is qualified to drive.
With the stance maintained by traffic police, drivers will definitely continue to bear the brunt of law enforcers’ wrath, as, according to them, such a noble duty is supposed to be performed by
instructors and teachers at driving schools.
Exclusively speaking to the ‘Sunday News’ over the weekend, Traffic Police Commander, Senior
Assistant Commissioner of Police (SACP), Fortunatus Musilimu, said the role of traffic police was
to enforce laws, rules and regulations when on duty on the road, not to educate drivers.
“At no point of time traffic police will put aside their core duty of enforcing laws, rule and
regulations while on the road and instead embark on offering road safety education to drivers,”
SACP Musilimu insisted.
The head of the traffic police department acknowledged receiving complaints from drivers on
penalties imposed on them even for pardonable errors they committed.
SACP Musilimu placed the burden on driving schools that keep on emerging every day, saying
such institutions were duty bound to ensure they produced drivers who are competent enough to thoroughly follow road safety laws, rules and regulations.
According to him, some driving schools lacked qualified instructors and teachers, a factor that
contributed to production of half-baked drivers.
CHANZO : DAILY NEWS 01/10/2017
It’s not our duty to educate drivers on roads - Traffic police
It’s not our duty to educate drivers on roads - Traffic police
