Passengers warned of reckless drivers

Jun 15, 2017 National 95
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Police have encouraged Malawians to be calling out public transport drivers whenever the motorists are driving recklessly.

According to the police, reckless driving is the major reason for road accidents that claim lives of innocent people in the country.

James Kadadzera
James Kadadzera says passengers need to report reckless drivers.

These remarks have come following several accidents that occurred in the country last weekend and claimed over 10 lives.

National Police spokesperson James Kadadzera has disclosed that these accidents occurred due to excess speeding of the vehicles and he has appealed to passengers that they should be questioning misbehaving drivers.

“As a police we are appealing to passengers that they should be cautioning the drivers when they are misbehaving for example when they are overspeeding,” he said.

Kadadzera added that drinking beer while driving is prohibited in this land and therefore he encouraged passengers that if they fail to caution driver by themselves they should be calling the police for the assistance.

On Monday, Members of Parliament (MPs) observed a minute of silence before starting the proceedings and later they asked the government to put measures in order to reduce occurrences of such accidents.

Meanwhile engineers have expressed their worry over the accidents that are happening on the roads of the country.

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95 Comments

  4. NEW TRAFFIC FINES SPEED TRAP KIOO, SEAT BELT KIO, EXCEEDING K9O, WRONG PARKING FREE, (chosapo galimoto) ROUTE FREE . ABNORMAL LOAD FREE (tseka boot) MACHEZA. A POLICE GWIRANI NTCHITO YANU AT ITS BEST. KEEP ON SAVE LIVES. ANTHU ENA SAYAMIKA PAKACHITIKA ZABWINO.

  5. PROFESIONALS AT THIER WORK . TRAFFIC POLICE HAVE BEEN THERE EVER SINCE AND ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN THERE. SO IT MEANS THE TRAFFIC ACT WAS WRITTEN BEFORE ROAD ACCIDENTS . VEHICLES ARE INSURED BECAUSE OF ACCIDENTS . LETS TALK OF INSURANCE COVERING VEHICLES

  10. The police should have toll-free numbers in all the regions which can be used in case a report has to be made.

  11. That will create enemity amongst people, will be witnessing fights in the roads btween drivers n passengers, and even if we do that police men are full of corruption, I second buying of speed detectors as government and engage special officers not those corrupt police men.

  13. if they detain speeding bus the passengers are on the forefront insulting police officers . why should police work under panick with passengers while its them who are at risk. police dont bother yourselves protecting people who doesn’t want to protect themselves

  15. What if the police chose not to take any action or in case the police are not picking up your call? What should the passengers do themselves? Calling police for reckless driving is not a solution because a passenger will call the police and sometimes before reaching the police territory or before police react the bus will already have been involved in a disastrous accident and the passenger who called the police will have either dead or injured pamenepo ndekuti tathandiza anthu ngati? The reckless drivers are supposed to be mob justified once caught simple.

  16. i will call if is it for free not using my airtime. #thieves you want to make money through peoples airtime now after all your plans has failed eish.

    1. Ndichifukwa chake tsiku ndi tsiku tizimva ngozi pa msewu chifukwa ma passenger nawoso ndizitsiru zimathandizira ma drivers kuti azizemba a police akayima ngat bus imene akwera yili ndi milandu.ndie ngoz sizingachepe just bcoz of mkalidwe umenewo

  18. Best way Anytime mkawona wa police akayimisa wa Galimoto or Minbus or Bus kumene anthu angapo mzisika mu bus mo ma Phone anu mumanja ndikumawajambula Vedio ufulu ulipo,basi mwayitha

  19. Aàaaaaa zopousah how do we call police yomwe yalandila ziphuphu kwa drivèr yemweyo amene wadutsa pa checkpoint yawo yomwe.msamatitenge opusa ife si ana owauza zochitamwanva eti???
    #pokhalila panu!!!

  26. Ndiye zingathandize? Pakuti pamenepo ndiye kuti mwaitanira pumbwa ku tsabola wakupsa bwino, adzangobwera kudzatolera kangachepe, yawo ija basi.

  27. Peter Mthalika ndiyo wakupangiska dango iyo wandawaphase wa Police lakuphwelera umoyo wa wanthu,Iyo walikuwaphalira kuti katolani ndalama pamusewu so makamera wangagula yayi ,kuti wa wapase yakukwana . Malawi yose mbwe makamera yatatu ,so wa police na umuvinthu vikudulira pa Malawi nawo pala wakutolapo kangachepe ,kuti wakukhumba ngozi yayi kweni masuzgo ayo wakuyaona ndimo wakupangila nthena ,malipilo ,magalimoto,yunifomu, nimasuzgo pelaa,pala waku mbuzi yikurya apo wayikakilila ninthena ,nadi akwamba ni mulara Peter Mthalika uyo ,Pulezideti kukuwa ngati palije ka walute nanjala kuntchito no tea kumwa apo ku ofesi nako tea kulije ,so pala wakupokapo kachoko ako ,ntchiwemi kuti nawo pala wakuweluka waweleko nakadoko ,mukumanyakuti usange munthu wananjala wakuwanga mukalii !

  32. penapake we people we hve ploblem wapolice kungomanga galimoto kuti wapanga exceeding and akutiuza kt titsike tikwere ina timayamba kumulalatira and ndikumunyoza kwambiri officer so how can he perform beta pamene timayamba tokha kuwapanga kuti asagwire ntchto mwaukadaulo wawo

  33. penapake we people we hve ploblem wapolice kungomanga galimoto kuti wapanga exceeding and akutiuza kt titsike tikwere ina timayamba kumulalatira and ndikumunyoza kwambiri officer so how can he perform beta pamene timayamba tokha kuwapanga kuti asagwire ntchto mwaukadaulo wawo

  35. First all police uniforms must not have pockets. Because that is where they want to put money. Second they must be speed traps. Lastly the must be a unit like PSPTT( Police,Special,Protection, Tactic,Team. That must work undercover

    2. Look to be honesty in Africa they is no enough salary. But a basic pay just to get life not to get rich. If you want to be rich business is the only way out.

  36. amachita kudzichemelera ma driver kuti bus iyi ndi ya company palibe angaimange olomkuimanga takaitengela ku wire komweko. ati mabwana awo anagula police yonse kuyambira ku likulu

  39. Ma galimoto amadzadza mo opsya Ku kasungu komanso Ku msewu wa mchinji koma amadutsa pa a traffic police……traffic police officers are also involved in causing accidents in the roads of Malawi

    1. amatilanda ndalama a police ndiye timachita kuti tipeze zokapereka kwa abwana ku chamama amayima pa shayona t-off iliyonse ndi 500

  41. Which traffic officers vimbundi too much zulo anamulanda 5000k doctor akuthamangira ku emergency ku central ndi mbava heavy eeee mwandiziwa so whatttt kubera anthu too much

  43. Is it going to be free? Why with this corrupt police.All what,they do is to allow,the vehicle pass by them and stop at a distance and never go to check on the vehicle but only call the drive to give them some money and let it go.Standard of corruption by Malawi Police

  44. I can assure the public that all road blocks are full of corruption pipo MRA & Road traffic officers.
    Over loaded vehicles they pass road block the stop 100mts after driver board off and go to road block officers giv them money amounting between 1000 to 2000.
    Officers not very strict with their jobs.

  45. A police ake akatangalewa? Amalora galimoto yoti ili ndi milandu kudutsa atawafumbatitsa K200 yeniyeni bola agule gelewa wa memo risking miyoyo ya anthu because of 200 kwacha eeeeeish Kaya. Malawians are not safe ndikayika ngati zingathandize zimenezo

  49. As much as u blame police officers on drivers’speeding,do passengers know their duties,how many have reported to apolice officer on the drivers behaviour or how many have insulted the same officer for cautioning thr drivers behaviour.It is gud to blame them but also look the behaviour of some passengers.

  51. Choyamba tisayang’ane bvuto lama driver lokha tionenso miseu yathu abale ,mwachitsanzo mseu ochokera pa Benga kukafika ku Dwangwa ndiwo dandaulitsa kwambiri ngakhale ma bus amayenda usiku kupita ku Mzuzu.

  55. Iiiii tilipire bus…ithamange kwambiri tichosenso ya airtime kumuimbira wa police. Ndye pakhalenso povuta network ikudyerenso airtime pomwepo.

    Government shld buy speed trap cameras basi

  69. Where is the number.? Which police officers?? How will they respond??? I wonder how happy these so called police officers are when they hear that lives of innocent people have been lost in a road traffic accident whilst they know for sure they received just very little money in bribe to let the passenger vehicles with some issues pass. May God purnish them because even their bosses are happy doing the same corrupt work. A witch bewitches one at a time but these satanists sales the whole bus with only K500. Ingandichimwitse nkhani iyi….

    1. Siilani pompo bwana mungachimwe, but there is sense in what yu have said…our police officers are too corrupt….and un fortunately our ACB is a sleeping dog…but our lord God him self is watching.

  70. Police (traffic section) should introduce a toll-free # to report these careless drivers! All the radio stations in Malawi should announce this toll free # for quick impact!

  73. hehehe the problem is the road traffic department 2 much chinyengo popeleka ma COF amadya zakuba n nawo a traffic police chinyengo ,a boma nawo chinyengo popeleka ma contract opanga upgrade misewu ma driver alibe vuto amayengetsa mosamala

  74. Malawi is behind indeed,just buy speed detectors as our neighbouring country,Tanzania.
    Scatter traffic officers with these machines. The issue is over.

    1. Malawi will not change just because the political leaders are short sighted that they dont learn from other leaders all what they know is kubera amphawi

  79. Then RTD should make it a point that every passenger bus should have police phone numbers on display in the buses as a preliquisite for cof certification.

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