HIGHWAY PATROLS

Officers on the highways conduct motorized patrols using motor bikes and motor vehicles. They also:-

• Prevent or minimize road traffic accidents on highways
• Clear obstruction on any part of the highway
• Ensure that Passenger Service Vehicle drivers abide by the regulations
• Educate motorists and other members of public on the highway
• Warn and charge erring motorists violating the Road Traffic Act
• Set up speed traps and charge motorists exceeding speed limits on the highways
• Deal with Road Traffic Accidents on highways and give prompt attention and care to victims of accidents
• Remove unroadworthy motor vehicles on highways

SPEED TRAPS

Excessive speed is one of the major causes of Road Traffic Accidents where lives have been lost. Officers conduct speed traps and charge motorists exceeding maximum speed limits of the roads so that there is reduction in Road Traffic Accidents, eg 15.5% of the Road Traffic Accidents were caused by excessive speed in 2013.