GASABO - 80 percent of vehicles in the country are in dangerous mechanical conditions (DMC), a police report has revealed. The report states that of the 3,421 vehicles inspected countrywide in a period of four months, 1,378 were unfit for the roads. The chief inspector of police and head of the Remera Inspection Centre, Nicolas Kalisa, said that to prevent road accidents they advise and encourage owners of vehicles in DMC to repair them.

"We want all the vehicles in the country to meet the traffic required standard so that we prevent accidents that could result in the loss of people’s lives,” he said.

The centre opened in early January as part of the government’s initiative to reduce the number of road accidents. 

Kalisa said that the exercise targets all types of vehicles operating in the country and that much emphasis is put in technical and mechanical problems of the motor vehicle.

"The centre inspects orientation head lights, axle play tester, and the brakes,” he said. He further said that all vehicles countrywide will have to under go this inspection exercise before the end of this year.

The centre has the capacity of inspecting 161 vehicles a day. Cars which pass the inspection are issued with a sticker and a certificate. Kalisa cautioned the public to be vigilant; vehicles without such stickers could be dangerous.

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