Taxis should have a route chart

Dec 30, 2008

EDITOR—Your editorial of December 23 noted six basics the public needs to bear in mind to reduce road accidents. <br>I would like to add to that list. The police should work out something like a route chart and have traffic officers stationed at intervals of say 100km on that route.

EDITOR—Your editorial of December 23 noted six basics the public needs to bear in mind to reduce road accidents.
I would like to add to that list. The police should work out something like a route chart and have traffic officers stationed at intervals of say 100km on that route.

As a taxi or bus leaves the park, it should be issued with a pass (in triplicate) indicating time of departure, number of passengers, destination, expected time of arrival at the various intervals along the route. The calculation would be made based on an average speed of say 100km per hour and the condition of the road.

At each interval, a traffic officer signs off indicating the time the vehicle arrived and left that place. The driver moves with that chart and on arrival at the final destination, hands it over to the last traffic officer.

Where the driver exceeds the speed limit, he is fined for the minutes that he arrived earlier than expected. This would indicate speeding.

This should be a 24-hour arrangement.
Drivers who drive without the route chart should be severely punished. A cheerful holiday and a fruitful New Year.

Andrew Musiitwa
Lira

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