On 1/2/11, Josiah Mugambi <
jmugambi@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sounds interesting.. I'm also really concerned with the road carnage.
>
> Question: How would one get the Police and MoT on board? The issue isn't
> really the technology or implementation of it.
> --
> Josiah Mugambi
>
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> 2011/1/2 aki <
aki275@gmail.com>
>
>> 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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