Uganda cops want everyone slowing down after another nightmare year on the roads left over 4,400 people dead. The traffic directorate guy is pushing for highways to drop from 100 to 90 km/h, but the actual signs won't change until the transport ministry gets around to swapping them out. They're also rolling out some electronic penalty thing to catch speeders and lane-hopping drivers.
The whole campaign got sparked by some absolutely brutal crashes, like that Kampala-Gulu disaster that killed 46. One commenter backed up the new limits by sharing how he almost pancaked a boda rider who cut across traffic, and he was only doing 25 km/h at the time. The police spokesperson keeps hammering the same line about how pedestrians hit at slower speeds actually survive, which seems pretty basic but apparently needs repeating.
The whole campaign got sparked by some absolutely brutal crashes, like that Kampala-Gulu disaster that killed 46. One commenter backed up the new limits by sharing how he almost pancaked a boda rider who cut across traffic, and he was only doing 25 km/h at the time. The police spokesperson keeps hammering the same line about how pedestrians hit at slower speeds actually survive, which seems pretty basic but apparently needs repeating.
