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The general purpose of this study was to make an “Assessment of Road Traffic Act
Cap 168 R.E 2002 on curbing of Road Traffic Offences in Shinyanga Municipality”.
The study aims purposely towards identify the legal gap existed within the Road
Traffic Act Cap 168 R.E 2002, and meanwhile suggested out the possible
alternatively necessarily steps to be taken by the government towards curbing Road
Traffic Offenses in Tanzania Mainland. Therefore, the study has endeavored to
answer the question as to what extent individuals residents of Shinyanga
Municipality are knowledgeable and aware of “Road Traffic Act Cap 168 R.E 2002
towards Curbing of Road Traffic Offences in Tanzania Mainland”.
The researcher used a qualitative method which has inter-alia enable the researcher
to gather or collected the mere appropriate data, which are very relevant to the study
at hand forthwith. The sample size selected comprised of 20 respondents, as namely;
Pedestrians, Motor-Vehicle Drivers, Magistrates, Tanzania Revenue Authority
(TRA) Officer, Magistrate together with Police Traffic Unit (which includes RTO
and DTO). Data were collected using in depth-interview as well as questionnaires.
Meanwhile, the Research results has to a great extent show largely that knowledge of
Road Traffic Act Cap 168 R.E 2002 towards Curbing of the Road Traffic Offence,
varies greatly amongst the key interviewed respondents, especially on the side of
Pedestrians, but Motor Vehicle Drivers scoring highest least knowledgeable of all
pertaining to the problem under observation. Thus, accordingly from the
aforementioned findings, the researcher makes some recommendations that, Road
Traffic Act Cap 168 R.E 2002 should be amended seriously to cater for these Road
Traffic Offences in Tanzania Mainland forthwith. The researcher further
recommended that, the laws also should be specific and adequate ones when deals
with matters pertaining to the later circumstances, and thus provided appropriates
penalties or sanction depends on each material surrounding case, which will be just,
fair, reasonable and equitable to rescue the presiding situation accordingly. |
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