Fri, 13 Jan 2017 09:00:00 +0000 No single death at night reported since PSVs were banned by SI 76 By SANDRA MACHIMA IS THE Government’s decision to introduce Statutory Instrument (SI) Number 76 of 2016 that restricts the movement of Public Service Vehicles (PSV) between 21:00 hours and 05:00 hours a solution to the road carnage? Hardly did a day pass without a report of a serious road accident somewhere in the country, and it had become a source of great worry, but with the arrival of SI 76 of 2016 that prohibits PSVs from operating in the night, there has not been a single death on the road resulting from an accident so far at night. Of late, the nation has witnessed a horrible road carnage involving mainly passenger service vehicles travelling in the night, resulting in staggering numbers of fatalities and serious injuries. As a result various stakeholders in the transport sector […]
