The Directorate will carry out the following measures to curb indiscipline on the road.

1. Establishing barriers at identified black spots and speeding zones which will be manned day and night the checkpoints will be manned 24 hours /7 days a week.
2. Increase motorized patrols [vehicles and motor cycles]
3. Strengthening operations on speeding using the already deployed speed guns.
4. Carrying out operations on reckless driving and other offences that are largely responsible for road carnage
5. Ensuring that only competent drivers are on the roads by checking for the validity of their driver’s license all drivers are reminded to drive on roads with a copy of a valid driving license.
6. Enhance operations on bodaboda especially carrying more than one person in addition to the rider and riding a motorcycle without wearing a crash helmet on the road the operation is already on.
7. We are re-launching the Fika Salama operations at our Fika Salama checkpoints which will operate 24 hours/7days.
8. Enhance community policing which is already being done by the different officers in charge of traffic in the different parts of the country.

 HOW OFFENDERS WILL BE HANDLED

All offenders will be issued with express penalty tickets except for offences of failing to stop, drink-drive, and causing bodily injury where offenders and any repeat offenders will be produced in courts of law.

A total number of 40,760 traffic violators have been arrested and issued with EPS tickets on various traffic offences at various checkpoints in the whole country from 01^st to 31^st MAY 2022 among these Speeding 1,855, Reckless driving 6,978 DMCs 8,979, Not wearing Seat belts 3,156, Invalid driving licenses 3,644, Driving without Third-party insurance 3,403 among others.

Road safety tips.

1. Be careful when opening the door of a vehicle it may hit someone.
2. Never sit at the front if carrying a baby or young child.
3. Vehicles of less than 3500kg maximum permissible weight must never exceed 100km/h speed.
4. Wait for buses, taxis and bodabodas to pick you up at safe places such as proper bus and taxi stops.
5. Don’t travel in the back of trucks and vehicles meant to carry goods only.

The traffic directorate reminds all road users to be vigilant while using the roads and we call upon all road users to change their attitude while using the road.

The public can report traffic violations on our Toll-free number Tel: 0800199099.

ASP NAMPIIMA FARIDAH

PRO

DIRECTORATE TRAFFIC AND ROAD SAFETY

UGANDA POLICE

Source: Uganda Police Force website: https://www.upf.go.ug/traffic-police-introduces-measures-to-curb-indiscipline-on-the-road/