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Kenya Road Safety : Creation of volunteer under-cover civilian mobile units to enforce road safety during the festive seasons....
by aki 03 Jan '11

03 Jan '11

While this year I want to limit my contributions to the list, I'd like to share this with you. Its tragic that so many precious lives have been lost over the last days of December through greed, sheer stupidity and recklessness. I've been a kenyan road user since 86 and can tell you the situation gets bad around the festive seasons. I also think it is an impossible task for the Kenya Traffic Police to police every road to enforce the laws on safety. I've just wound up on my almost 2000km kenyan drive and can tell you this : There are plenty of dangerious drivers on the roads. - The number one offenders are the public transporters, whether passenger or goods. - The number two offenders are private vehicle owners who are far more reckless than public transporters - The number three offenders are now motor-cyclists who are dangeriously invading the highways, carrying all sorts of goods on their bikes The point of creating the civilian under-cover mobile units is this : - All road users know where the traffic police are. This is evident from exchanges between drivers of PSV vehicles who use hand signals or flash head lights to know the locations. If you follow a PSV vehicle, it can be doing upto a 110km/h and once they exchange the signals, the driver of the vehicle will slow down to even 70Km/h and within a short distance you will see the road blocks manned by the Kenyan Police. How can one defeat this system of abuse? The Mobile Team Unit: - Each civilian vehicle is provided with a speed detection radar, a camera, a laptop and internet connection - The same vehicle will have a team of 4 people : a) Driver b) A Police person, preferrably from HQ c) Photographer who edits and mails the images d) Ministry of Transport official The flow of information: ( Operation Highway Sting ) - The driver of the civilian vehicle will maintain the legal speeds as per the highway code. This route opener will start the journey say from Nairobi to Nakuru. - Any vehicle that exceeds the speeds and passes the route opener under-cover unit will have its photograph taken with the number plate, radar speed detection and gps postion with date and time stamp. - The Police person will make a note of the number plate of the vehicle and relay the information via radio or cellphone to the Kenya Police who will be manning the road blocks. - The photographer will edit the image size and mail it immediately to the section controllers - The MOT official will provide any tips of un-roadworthiness of the vehicle to the stationary team. The Stationary Team Unit: - Each Kenya Police Road Block along the highway eg Nairobi-Nakuru will have a stationary team to assist them with the information. - Will have a laptop, printer and an internet connection. A technology person will operate the system. - MOT Official to check roadworthiness of the offending vehicles. The flow of information: - With a hard copy printed of the offense of over speeding or reckless driving, the Police can stop the vehicles at the road blocks and issue tickets to offenders with hefty fines to follow or block unroadworthy vehicles completely. The benefits : - None of the highway users will know the under cover vehicles - Save Lives. This above is just a summary, the system can be done with a central database that can track future offenders.

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by Eva Kimathi 03 Jan '11

03 Jan '11

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Dstv Outage !!!!!
by Space-Networks 03 Jan '11

03 Jan '11

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Yvonne Muinde: The Kenyan Avatar Gal
by Peter Muchemi 03 Jan '11

03 Jan '11

http://kimaniwawanjiru.wordpress.com/2010/06/07/yvonne-muinde-the-kenyan-av… She is coming to kenya!

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Re: [Skunkworks] Land Cruisers Vs Patrols
by cheez.mode 02 Jan '11

02 Jan '11

My preference would be a toyota. I have driven the landcruiser (am talking about the 70 series)and it has never let me down. I have seen a 1980 landcruiser with 600 K on the odomoter and its still running like a charm! If you want to drive to those parts, i would advice the older models, since spare parts and fundis are readiy available there. Both have the same basic diesel engine (4.2 ltr) generating about 150 bhp. Wheelbase and clearnce are also comparable. Goodthing with both is that they are very manual which is helpfull deep in the bush, where you dont have to worry about electronics failing. Sent from my HTC -----Original Message----- From: Collins Areba <arebacollins(a)gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 0:31 To: Skunkworks forum <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Subject: [Skunkworks] Land Cruisers Vs Patrols Happy new year skunks... generally speaking, how do these models compare in terms of service costs, endurance, parts and resale value in the Kenyan market. How hard is it to get on your feet if you say, burn the clutch in Merti, or burst your gasket in doldol...

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Online Accounting Software
by Roy Michoma 02 Jan '11

02 Jan '11

Hi, Can someone please direct me to a good FREE online accounting software Regards, Roy

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How To Write Unmaintainable Code
by Dennis Kioko 01 Jan '11

01 Jan '11

http://freeworld.thc.org/root/phun/unmaintain.html -- with Regards: The big question is what the poor eat for the rest of the year when it's not Christmas for kind Christians

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OT: Online Purchase
by Sukali 01 Jan '11

01 Jan '11

Happy Holidays! I want to make an online purchase but they require a US shipping address. Ways to handle this? Thanks. -- Regards, Kennedy Sukali

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First post 2011
by Mr. Lawi 01 Jan '11

01 Jan '11

Just for statistics' sake :)

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