The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) and the National Police Service launched a joint crackdown on non-compliant vehicles and a sensitization campaign aimed at taming rogue drivers as children returned to schools.
The crackdown held at Thika along the busy Thika superhighway saw over 100 vehicles flouting traffic regulations netted and passengers sensitized on the importance of fastening their safety belts.
During the crackdown led by Peter Mwanzo a police boss from police headquarters accompanied by Kendi Mutuma who is the NTSA Thika region manager, many unroadworthy vehicles others with defective speed governors and drivers found without valid driving licenses were arrested.
Mwanzo said most road accidents were a result of human error by failure to adhere to traffic rules. He said this exercise was all over the country and no stone would be left unturned until sanity was restored for Kenyan road users.
The NTSA boss Kendi Mutuma said NTSA will continue its road safety awareness campaign urging drivers to be extra careful at this time when children are going back to school. He further said the crackdown would continue.
She emphasized that road Safety remains a shared responsibility between all road users including passengers and pedestrians.