Seychelles which has been operating on traffic rules which were published back in 1983 will now operate under new rules. The set of rules published by the road transport department were presented to the cabinet minister who later on approved them. The policy is aimed at addressing issues like introduction of speed laser or radar cameras, the introduction of clamping and towing and the issue of licenses. The rules are expected to be operational as from March 2018.
Principal Secretary of the Department of Land Transport Patrick Andre talked of the need of the country to have policies which will ensure that the country meets the international standard on road safety and the document should be in line with the United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 that was signed by the authority.
Police will be issued with speed cameras that will help them in tell the speed of the vehicle. It’s not a must that those who found over speeding to be arrested within the same day, they can receive a letter specifying the offense within a day or two. To prevent drivers from over speeding where they know there are no cameras, the police have got portable cameras which they can move with from a place to another.
Those drivers who wrongly park their vehicles will be clamped or drugged. The moment the vehicle is clamped it will be taken to the yard where one will have to pay fine to take the vehicle. For those vehicles that have been drugged to the yard, the owner will have to pay fine for the drugging cost plus that of using the yard calculated per day. In case the vehicle stays in the yard for more than six months, the last reminder is sent to the owner fails to which the owner fails to take the vehicle the authority auctions it. The authority will then deduct their due from the money and give the remaining amount to the owner.
The authority is thinking of introducing the driving school to improve on how the drivers drive their vehicles and also enhance safety while using the roads.
