Government mulls gazetting new rules on tyre pressure, alcoblow, and speed

The Government will gazette a new set of rules which will ensure the equipment used to measure and monitor vehicle speed, alcohol levels in Breathalysers, tyre pressure, and weight conform to world standards in order to enhance safety in the transport sector.

The Cabinet Secretary for Industry, Trade and Cooperatives Dr Adan Mohammed made this disclosure in a speech read on his behalf by the PS for Industry Patrick Nduati. This was during this year’s celebrations to mark World Meteorology Day at the Kenya Institute of Business studies. The move comes after the Court of Appeal said the use of breathalysers to charge drunk drivers in court was illegal, with a three-judge bench observing that the laws introduced by National Transport Authority were inconsistent with the Traffic Act. The ruling means alcoblow can be used to measure levels of alcohol consumed but that police cannot charge anyone under the rules which established alcoblow.