{"id":2673,"date":"2023-12-07T08:43:37","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T08:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mgdmedia.live\/?p=2673"},"modified":"2023-12-07T08:43:45","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T08:43:45","slug":"police-impounded-2354-motorcycles-and-523-vehicles-last-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mgdmediaug.live\/?p=2673","title":{"rendered":"Police  Impounded 2,354 Motorcycles And 523 Vehicles Last Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Timothy Lukanga<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Police have impounded 2,354 motorcycles and 523 vehicles in the last seven days in operations intended to ensure road safety during the festive season. The boda-bodas and vehicles were impounded after the riders as well as drivers were found lacking driving licenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Micheal Kananura, the Traffic Police Spokesperson, said many drivers and riders do not have the basic skills of safe driving because they have never been in a driving school while others last visited a driving school decades ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kananura explained that out of the 523 impounded vehicles, 121 drivers did not have driving licenses commonly known as permits, 181 had expired driving permits and 290 had licenses not meant for the vehicles they were driving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/mgdmedia.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2ec4d87f-5bac-47cc-b1d2-8773841bc6c3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2674\" style=\"width:771px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mgdmediaug.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2ec4d87f-5bac-47cc-b1d2-8773841bc6c3.jpeg 681w, https:\/\/mgdmediaug.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2ec4d87f-5bac-47cc-b1d2-8773841bc6c3-300x198.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><strong>Micheal Kananura, the Traffic Police Spokesperson<\/strong><\/em>. Courtesy picture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOut of 2,354 motorcycles, 1247 did not have driving permits, 726 did not have crash helmets, 177 did not have reflector jackets and 82 were carrying more than one passenger on their motorcycles,\u201d Kananura said.<br>\u201cOut of 2,354 motorcycles, 1247 did not have driving permits, 726 did not have crash helmets, 177 did not have reflector jackets and 82 were carrying more than one passenger on their motorcycles,\u201d Kananura said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Godfrey Ojiambo, one of the bodaboda leaders, and Susan Tumuhairwe, a road safety expert at Safe Way Right Way say many riders haven\u2019t realized the importance of wearing crash helmets a reason they are reluctant to wear them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf all these riders knew that a helmet saves life, they would not be reluctant about wearing them. Many lives have been lost in bodaboda crashes and in most cases, the victims who are the riders and their passengers are not wearing crash helmets,\u201d Tumuhairwe said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said they have gone to all the five divisions of Kampala sensitizing riders to wear crash helmets and they found them giving minor reasons. Some riders said the helmets cause them a lot of heat yet that is not comparable to hitting the head on the tarmac.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Timothy Lukanga The Police have impounded 2,354 motorcycles and 523 vehicles in the last seven days in operations intended to ensure road safety during the festive season. The boda-bodas and vehicles were impounded after the riders as well as drivers were found lacking driving licenses. 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