Malawi road traffic fines hiked over 200% to reduce accidents
From driving a vehicle without a driver’s licence, underrating traffic police officers to dangerous overtaking, there are lots of things you can be fined for in this day and age as Malawi government has increased amount of money motorists can be fined.
The Directorate of Road Traffic and Safety Services (DRTSS) released their adjusted fees for road traffic services and fines the introduced in an apparent attempt to reduce increasing cases of road accidents largely blamed on reckless driving.
Some of the new fees and fines are as follow and will be with effect from November 13.
1 Driving a vehicle without COF is now at K30,000 from K10,000.
2. Driving a vehicle without a driver’s licence or professional driving permit is now at K100,000 from K10,000
3. Dangerous overtaking is now punishable by a fine of K50,000 from K10,000
4. Exceeding speed limit (speed trap) is at K50,000 from K5,000
5. Underrating traffic police officers will be punishable by K200,000 from K20,000
Road traffic authorities said in earlier a statement that the adjustments have also been necessitated by an increase in cost of service and materials that the Directorate uses in order to serve the general public efficiently.
“On the other hand, the continued increase in violations of road traffic laws has shown that the current fines and penalties are not deterrent enough hence the increase,” reads a statement.
Malawi has recently seen an increase in road accidents in which many people have died and several others seriously injured.
One of the accidents happed recently in Mzimba district in which 21 Malawi soldiers died and many others seriously injured after the vehicle they were traveling in overturned at a bend due to over speeding.
The DRTSS rolled out the Malawi Traffic Information System (Maltis) which comprises Electronic Traffic Law Enforcement component which was adopted in 2000, to capture, process and store traffic information and is used for the issuance and renewal of drivers’ licence, motor vehicle licences and permits, road permits and weighbridge data.
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Who travels with that kind of cash? Invitation for bribary or carjackings. Cops must be smiling though. Same as if MPs voting for a 1000% increase in sitting allowance.
This is daylight robbery at its best. This amounts to stealing from the poor. If you heard of kukama yowonda until it breeds Ndiye zimene mwapanga apazi. Musanamizire kuchepetsa ngozi. This is fundraising. Koma ndiye a traffic police alemeratu chaka chino
Good move….100% in support….
Pliz consumers association of Malawi help us by taking injunction so that these new penalties must not be implemented
I dont think these fines will reduce accidents. We should go back to the drawing board and see pomwe zikulakwika.
1. Choyamba, let the road traffic give zitupa zoyendetsera galimoto kwa anthu oyenera. As long as anthu akugula ma licence ngozi zizichitikabe because ogulawo sakudziwa bwino zoyenera kuchita pa mseu.
2. There are many vehicles which are not roadworthy koma amapezeka ali ndi COF. Amapereka ndani zitupa zimenezi. This has to be checked
3. Pamene wina wapezeka ndi mlandu wa exceeding of passangers, amangolipiritsidwa nkumusiya kuti adzipita ndi anthu akewo and he uses the receipt as a licence to carry more people. I think if one is found ndi mlandu umenewu, kumulipilitsa komanso kutsitsa anthu owonjezerawo will make the drivers feel the pain and wont exceed anymore.
So these fines wont change anything if we dont change our mindset.
Ndangodutsamo ine
Instead of adopting measures that are founded on research findings, the silly directorate is making decisions based on emotions and assumptions.
Pano nde tidzipangana race mmu mseumu. They’re IS NO WAY I will play those fines. And apapa mungolimbikitsapo katangale. Idiots!
200% is too much, when it comes to raising civil servants salaries MW gvt. Can never increase by that much. This will only lead to corruption. What about punishments for traffic officers who have always been corrupt? Can we legally film them?
Much power given to the already most corrupt officers on the land. This is day-light robbery. U mean someone paying 200,000 as a fine? Do you know average salaries or monthly incomes of average Malawians. This is complete stupidity.
You don’t need to refer to Army accident. Can Road Traffic fine Malawi Army???
Why not? No one is above the law you retard!
ASK THEM. AS WE ARE TALKING A VEHICLE FOR MDF IS AT ROAD TRAFFIC FOR 3 DAYS NOW. NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.
You seem not to understand. That’s the effect. That’s why the vehicle has been impounded but the cause is over speeding. Have you ever seen speed trap officers stopping a Malawi Army or Police or Ambulance or Presidential convoy because of over speeding??? Or when a Malawi solder in civilian attire is caught overspeeding and then he or she produces an Id to a Traffic police , Can he or she be penalized?? Mukunama inu
Dpp should be careful. Already malawians are complaining. .the manifesto you sold us is gathering dust. No cash. There files will make people bitter. This is bad and unwelcome. 2019
ENA MPHAKA ZOMWEZI KUZILOWETSA NDALE,THATS WHY BUSHIRI ASKED U TO CHANGE UR MINDSET. AYI NDITHU BUSHIRI SAMANAMA
That’s not a solution guys. dd you receive another surprise visit? The nature of our roads is pathetic and you are busy punishing us. Its a shame???
This government………… 2019 Tiwonana. Stupid
I agree Mahera, this will only bring corruption on a much higher level !
The higher fines will do nothing to the bankruptcy in our beloved country. Its getting only more dirty!
Where is the upright caller in the desert whoo can rescue us from the tyranny of this rotten state apparatus?
Pofuna kubela amalawi… Zoona izi inu boma la Alomwe? Mbomamotu tsiku lina mudzatulukamo ..muzazipeza izi… One day u will be called “ex president” ex minister, ex MP ex counsillor…..
You raised fees ku university to K950,000 ya tchuwa mkuthetsa ma private university thru NCHE….hmmm kodi inu muli ndi abale anu? Mumabeleka inu?
This is being completely absurd, makwera mpakana 1100%. We Malawians are already suffering with these blackouts and now these hefty fines, we cannot afford these unreasonable fines, We will march and protest against these sufferig. At any time the increase should be no more then 100%
Alemela ndi a traffic
1. Apa nde mungolemeretsa a Traffic police.
2. Ngozi sakupanga ma civillian okha. A police, a army, convoy ya president, andale, tonse tikupanga ngozi.
3. Konzani miseu yathu ikhale yapamwamba. ikani zikwangwani mmalo moyenelera.
4. A traffic asiye kupemphapemha ngati ndi amasikini.
5. Boma likwezeko malipiro a anzathu a police mwina angasiye nkhalidwe lopemphapemha.
6. Parliament ilowelerepo pa nkhani ya mitengo imeneyi.
7. A Escom sikuti takuiwalani. Wake Up. Plse!
8. Apo bii…. Tingothamagisanapo apa!!!!!
Not smart. This will have the converse of reducing accidents as it will fuel enforcement officers to prey on offenders with fat kickbacks. Corruption fuels cars without or dodgy COF to be on the roads, as well as cars without insurance and drivers without valid and dodgy licences to be on the road.
koma izi kulangidwa dziko lililathu ndithu ma fine wa its too much komanso speed trap eee ayi atraffic police iyi nthawi yanu kupanga khobidi basi
kodi kukwezaku apanga approval ku parliament mungozipangila mwanokha basi kodi olo mukukweza ngozi sizingathe eeee koma ndiye dictatorship
This is being irresponsible.
mmmmmmm…..kaya, tiye nazoni!!!
That is not solution to road accidents. In fact accidents originates from corruption at road traffic. If you want to get a license at road traffic, you go through a very painful process if you don’t dish out cash. Examiners can deliberately fail you for not giving you money.
I personally am not amused with this development, Let DPP government employ other means of fundraising for its campaign ahead of 2019 election.
attrafic tilemela, chipeleganyo chasitha, from kumasokha ma 5 000 pa tsiku takweza tizisokha ma 50 000 kwacha pa tsiku. hahahahaha ngati siwe wa police wa traffic uzipysa mtima!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kkkkkkkkkk.. crazy
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and you are very proud kuti u are a thief? Mulungu akulangire pansi pompano kapolo iwe…
This will enrich traffic police officers the fine any objection to there poor judgment will be attracting k200,000 penalty really Mr President? You have given traffic officers too much power and because you don’t use public transport or private vehicle you don’t know how traffic officers harass us. Mind you if DPP is loosing popularity one of the reasons is the behavior of police officers at numerous road block scattered in Malawi. Mr Duncan Mwapasa please intervene on road blocks if you want DPP to win again in 2019.