Repeat offenders who have exhausted their points will permanently lose their licences, have them confiscated temporarily, pay spot fines or attend refresher driving classes.
Breaches like overlapping will see drivers lose a single point from their accounts and get fined.
A driver will have a week or so to recover this lost point if he or she doesnt commit other offences.
Serious offences like drunk driving and speeding will result in deductions of more than 10 points, fines and a raft of other disciplinary measures that could see one lose their licence for life.
NTSA will also share the information on rogue drivers with insurance firms, which could see such drivers premiums rise as they will be deemed risky clients.
NTSA estimates that more than 5 million registered drivers in Kenya will be hosted on its digital platform when the government retires the red booklet DL.
According to NTSA Director General George Njao, the system that the authority has adopted in road safety management considers five elements - safe road users, safe vehicles, safe speeds, safe roads, and post-crash care.
The five elements must integrate, be optimised across, and operate holistically to deal with this safety concern. With a safe system approach, players must not take a silo approach in developing road-safety interventions.
NTSA is pressing for the development of the national speed management policy, the use of cutting-edge technologies in compliance assessment, inter-agency system integrations and stakeholder engagement with parties within the sector, he says.
Some of the projects in the pipeline relate to implementing the Intelligent Road Transport Management System, installing speed cameras along major corridors, black spot mapping, putting up road signs and piloting the demerit point system to encourage safe and responsible driving.
National speed management policyNTSA is pressing for the development of the national speed management policy, the use of cutting-edge technologies in compliance assessment, inter-agency system integrations and stakeholder engagement with parties within the sector.
The authority is currently undertaking public participation in the Draft NTSA (Operation of Commercial Service Vehicle) Regulations, 2024, and the Draft Traffic (School Transport) Rules, 2024, as part of its mandate to regulate the transport sector.
The Draft NTSA (Operation of Commercial Service Vehicle) Regulations 2024 aim to regulate all commercial service vehicles with an unladen weight exceeding 348 kilograms.
Similarly, the Draft Traffic (School Transport) Rules 2024 outline regulations for schools to ensure compliance with traffic laws regarding their vehicles.
