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AfricaPress-Tanzania:<\/strong> DRIVERS and other road users who ignore traffic signs will now be slapped with an automatic fine and points on their licence, Minister for Local Government and Regional Administration Mr Haji Omar Kheri has warned.<\/p>\n

\u201cPolice and revenue authorities now have the power to punish, which include fines and imprisonment, to those who drive or park in closed lanes, ignore road traffic signs, and trespass,\u201d Mr Kheri said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Following the successful installation of CCTV cameras in most areas of the Zanzibar city and other towns, the Minister said the modern cameras will help in identifying lawbreakers.<\/p>\n

The cameras were installed during implementation of the \u2018safe city\u2019 project.<\/p>\n

He did not mention the amount of the fines, but the enforcement of the law by using the Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) comes in the wake of increasing road accidents due to reckless driving and disobeying road safety regulations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe safe city project is going on, as we are committed to keep the city and all areas of Zanzibar safe for all residents, visitors, and road users,\u201d Mr Kheri emphasized as some drivers commented by welcoming the use of CCTV in law enforcement.<\/p>\n

Mr Omar Ali- a driver in the city said \u201cLet us hope that the CCTV will be used to nab reckless drivers and fine them without asking for bribe. Giving the police the ability to use cameras to catch drivers flouting the law is a necessary next step, we support the move.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms Asha Mohamed- a resident and normal pedestrian says majority of road users are supportive of the improvement which aims to curb criminals, including burglars and youths who attack and rob tourists and drivers who violate traffic regulations.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNormally, we witness drivers ignoring traffics signs, causing accidents, some of which lead to deaths. Reckless driving is another big problem that the CCTV may help to address,\u201d Asha said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-Tanzania: DRIVERS and other road users who ignore traffic signs will now be slapped with an automatic fine and points on their licence, Minister for Local Government and Regional Administration Mr Haji Omar Kheri has warned. \u201cPolice and revenue authorities now have the power to punish, which include fines and imprisonment, to those who drive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":12794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,8],"tags":[1072,3850,5064],"class_list":["post-12816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","tag-cctv","tag-haji-omar-kheri","tag-lawbreakers"],"yoast_head":"\nCCTV SET TO REIGN IN RECKLESS DRIVERS - Tanzania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"DRIVERS and other road users who ignore traffic signs will now be slapped with an automatic fine and points on their licence, Minister for Local Government\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/community\/cctv-set-to-reign-in-reckless-drivers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CCTV SET TO REIGN IN RECKLESS DRIVERS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"DRIVERS and other road users who ignore traffic signs will now be slapped with an automatic fine and points on their licence, Minister for Local Government\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/community\/cctv-set-to-reign-in-reckless-drivers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tanzania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-07-29T16:22:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sites\/17\/2020\/07\/71cf6f49a50e0d3a500d8b18726f96d2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"508\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/community\/cctv-set-to-reign-in-reckless-drivers#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/community\/cctv-set-to-reign-in-reckless-drivers\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"CCTV SET TO REIGN IN RECKLESS DRIVERS\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-29T16:22:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/community\/cctv-set-to-reign-in-reckless-drivers\"},\"wordCount\":320,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/community\/cctv-set-to-reign-in-reckless-drivers#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sites\/17\/2020\/07\/71cf6f49a50e0d3a500d8b18726f96d2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"CCTV\",\"Haji Omar Kheri\",\"lawbreakers\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"homepage-english\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/community\/cctv-set-to-reign-in-reckless-drivers#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/community\/cctv-set-to-reign-in-reckless-drivers\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/community\/cctv-set-to-reign-in-reckless-drivers\",\"name\":\"CCTV SET TO REIGN IN RECKLESS DRIVERS - 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