Police Launch Crackdown on Pedestrians after the Latest NTSA Directive.
Police Launch Crackdown on Pedestrians after the Latest NTSA Directive: National Traffic Commander, confirmed that the Nairobi base commander deployed his officers to enforce traffic rules.
Several people were on Thursday arrested along major highways in Nairobi for not using designated footbridges.
The commander cited that pedestrians were notorious for crossing busy highways instead of using the footbridges, to save time, which she underscored as one of the ways Kenyans put themselves in harms way, leading to fatal road accidents.
She stated,”It was an operation where the base commander deployed his officers to restore order and nab those pedestrians who were flouting traffic laws.”
Video that are making their way around the social media platforms, confirmed that several individual were arrested around Nyayo Roundabout.
The Authorities are stationed at Nyayo Roundabout, Bellevue, Mtindwa, and Thika Road among others.
“It’s not just Nyayo footbridge, the police officers have been to areas where footbridges are. Footbridges are erected at blackspots so that’s why they are enforcing these rules. Most of the time, pedestrians risk their lives trying to cross these highways,” A driver confirmed.
According to the latest data by the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA), over 84 people lost their lives to road accidents in January, whereas 234 sustained serious injuries, meanwhile those who sustained slight injuries were 190, bringing the total number of road accident victims for the period under review to 508.
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