Public Service Vehicles (PSVs) have until March next year to upgrade their speed governors so they can relay real-time speed information to the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) servers. The upgrade will mean that the speed governors will be able to transmit data on the speed at which the car is moving, the location of the car, the driver and the Sacco the vehicle belongs to. ALSO READ: Motorbike deaths increase by 17.7 per cent as riders lack licenses, safety gearsAll vehicles weighing above 3048 tonnes are also required to be fitted with a speed governor. NTSA Director General Francis Mejja on Monday said that motor vehicle owners were now required to upgrade their speed limiters to the latest device standard KS 2295:2018. Meja observed that the current speed governors were prone to tampering by unscrupulous drivers but the new devise would help curb the same.

Source: Standard Digital November 26, 2018 15:00 UTC