Police have impounded more than 15 commercial vehicles for breaking traffic rules as part of a crackdown on dangerous and reckless driving. 

Three days ago, police launched operation road safety to help reduce road traffic accidents in the country. 

According to the police, since its operation improvements have been registered “on our highways” as drivers are now respecting highway and traffic codes.

“The operation has seen tremendous improvement on the roads, drivers are now sure of seeing police personnel every two kilometres, therefore the issue of overloading and over speeding are becoming history on our roads.

“Accident prevention squad teams are now dispatched from all hotspots, starting from Kalagi to Pakaliba in LRR, where more than 15 vehicles were impounded for breaking traffic rules and drivers fined whilst others were processed,” the police said.

“In the CRR, the operation is in high gears and drivers are now cooperating with ground rules. URR is no exemption and the NBR, a region that’s working hard under the regional police commissioner, Ansuman Kinteh, has registered great strides in accident reduction in the last one week.

“Police in NBR are doing it in a holistic way and with a joined security taskforce, more than a hundred fog lights were confiscated from motorists in that region and over 25 motorcycles and vehicles are grounded for some being unregistered and others not roadworthy,” it added.

Reporting by Adama Makasuba