National Road Safety Policy of 2009 - Uwaba.or.tz

(b)
Objectives
• To produce safe drivers trained in defensive driving
techniques and attitudes;
• To streamline driver testing and licensing in order to
have competent drivers on public roads;
• To comply with regional protocols.
(c)
Policy Directions
• The Driver and Vehicle Examination and Licensing
Agency in collaboration with the Road Safety Board shall
initiate new driver education and testing (which leads to
certification) to expose learner drivers to the principles
of road safety. These principles would include defensive
driving; the roles of speed, alcohol and drugs in crashes;
the value of safety device use; road rage coping skills;
night driving; the importance of route planning and time
scheduling;
• The Government shall facilitate the standardization of
the training manual for drivers;
• The Government shall streamline driver examination and
licensing, and facilitate the transfer of the certification
and supervision of driving schools from the traffic law
enforcement institution to the new Driver and Vehicle
Examination and Licensing Agency. In tandem with
this, the Government shall separate driver testing and
licensing from traffic law enforcement and tax collection
institutions in order to institute accountability and to
comply to requirements of signed regional protocols on
road safety, and establish an independent Driver and
Vehicle Examination and Licensing Agency;
• The Government shall introduce a more effective and
efficient licensing procedure and vigorously pursue the
creation of a computerized National Roster for all driving
licence holders;
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