Strictly enforce order on rogue State drivers

Road indiscipline remains a major headache in the country today. Over the years, there have been attempts to restore order on the roads; from the formation of the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) in 2012 to the introduction of mobile traffic courts in 2013. The latter, however, were discontinued following hue and cry that they were merely conduits for corruption.

To some extent, NTSA has infused some semblance of sanity in an industry that had become a law unto itself. Still, more needs to be done. The enforcement of traffic rules has over the years targeted mostly private and Public Service Vehicles (PSVs), and for good reason. A greater percentage of road accidents and death has been blamed on PSVs known for notoriously flouting the Highway Code. Often, PSVs are overloaded, are driven carelessly at high speed by a drunk-sodden driver. In most cases, the vehicles are defective and God forbid, uninsured. In 2015 alone, there were 3,057 deaths from road accidents. Yet all this has been going on with the full knowledge of a seemingly inept, complicit Traffic Department.