Police launch festive season road safety campaign

Public transporters have been urged to ensure passenger safety this festive season

Zim Now Writer

Harare Metropolitan Provincial Affairs and Devolution Secretary Tafadzwa Muguti yesterday announced that the police were launching a traffic safety operation targeting unlicensed public transporters with the aim of reducing reactive crime.

Speaking at the official launch of the Christmas Road Traffic Safety Campaign in Harare, Muguti urged motorists to exercise safety during the festive season.

“We want an accident-free holiday, and zero fatalities is our target for the protection and safety of our passengers.

“Essentially, we are checking for all the paperwork in terms of age as the law restricts persons under the age of 25 from being transporters. We are checking for defensive drivers’ licences for big buses, the wearing of seat belts and for vehicles that are not roadworthy and have worn out tyres, or are overloaded,” Muguti said.

He also said the police will check for drivers using mobile phones while on the road.

Police Assistant Commissioner Wonder Tembo said the police will ensure that all law breakers’ vehicles are impounded and that those found in contempt of the law are charged.

He also said they had deployed police officers throughout the country’s roads to enforce sanity and avoid accidents.

Meanwhile, Zimbabwe Passenger Transporters Organisation chairperson Samson Nanhanga has urged transporters to be responsible and observe safety precautions.