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The
Government may have ordered all passenger vehicles to be fixed with
speed regulating devices, but as long as irresponsible drivers are
still running amok, the directive will remain useless. Most drivers
here have driving licenses without first getting the required proper
training. Others drive for a long period of time thus getting choked
by fatigue. We should find a way of checking drivers.
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The Government
can still control local drivers and bring accident toll under control.
In Arusha, we have this problem of
tractors with trailers, which lack back lights and other forms of
illumination, being driven at night and getting parked recklessly.
There is also the question of cattle
being herded at night to escape municipal officials and these also
cross the road at dusk causing accidents. |
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We were
relieved when the Government recently called out all the drivers with
licenses which were obtained through dubious arrangements to return
the documents immediately.
Most town bus drivers fall under
this category, they are not qualified but bus owners let them drive
their vehicles as they pay these fellows little amounts of money. |
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