Defective vehicles to be impounded in NCD, Central

Defective vehicles on the road have been a topic of discussion, with the public wanting to see responsible authorities take action by arresting vehicle owners and drivers for traffic offenses.

The Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police, Benjamin Turi, who is in charge of NCD/Central Command, has met with other government agencies to start arresting drivers and owners of vehicles for operating vehicles that are unroadworthy or for permitting such vehicles to be on the road.

ACP Turi, said the concerns raised by the public, met with the RTA, NCDC, MVIL, Transport Department, and Traffic police officers, and they agreed that officers from these agencies will work together to begin arresting drivers and vehicle owners who commit any traffic offenses. He stated that they will start with the defective buses that are taking up space and causing traffic jams around the city.

Turi, while stressing the challenges that police face daily with the enforcement of these traffic laws, said he is now happy that the support from other agencies will make the implementation of the traffic laws effective.

"We have to start somewhere to make those who breach traffic laws aware that there are laws to punish traffic offenders," Turi said. "We will profile vehicles and drivers and circulate this information within the agencies involved to ensure that defective vehicles do not return to the road once caught.

"This media statement is part of an awareness campaign that will begin in late May and continue going forward. To vehicle owners, please ensure your vehicles do not breach any traffic offenses. Your drivers must have licenses from MVIL and CPTA .To bus owners and taxi owners you are given one month to start fixing your car registrations and other defects,"

He said many awareness campaigns had been made, but the police, RTA, MVIL, NCDC, Transport Department, Central Provincial Transport Board, and others responsible for the movement of vehicles had failed to enforce them. He said the team would start somewhere, and that would be next month when the police will start arresting traffic offenders.

He mentioned that those with a permanent residential address can be issued Traffic Infringement Notices [TIN] depending on the offense they commit.

Turi will be talking on FM 100 on Wednesday about how they will go about enforcing the traffic law. He said police media team and other media platforms would be used to disseminate information on the awareness and progress of the work they will be doing regarding the operation of cleaning the city of defective vehicles and other traffic offenses.

Warning to PMV owners, Taxi owners and any vehicle owners to get your vehicles fixed or you will face the full force of the law.