By Manas James<\/p>\n
Traffic police in Jonglei State capital, Bor, have launched a crackdown on commercial motorcyclists, operating without following road safety and traffic regulations.<\/p>\n
The state traffic police director, Major-General Samuel Bidik Puot said they have impounded 62 motorcycles and rickshaws since 7th June.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo far, we impounded 55 motorbikes and seven rickshaws,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
According to the traffic officer, some motorcyclists have also fixed a very bright light called \u201cGas,\u201d that are being used to confuse pedestrians and to rob people.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are targeting motorcycles that have been operating without number plates, licenses, or logbooks,\u201d the police officer said.<\/p>\n
The traffic police boss pointed out that the exercise would continue until all those operating illegally are apprehended to ensure road safety.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will continue until when we are satisfied that the Boda-Boda operators are abiding by safety rules and regulations. We are doing this for their own safety, and that of residents of Bor,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, head of the Boda-Boda association in Jonglei State, Gai Atwel Ayom, lauded the exercise, saying cyclist should abide by road safety requirements.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose who heeded our calls went and got the required documents while those who were defiant are the ones being targeted,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Gai Atwel also called on traffic police officers not to overcharge owners of impounded bikes because some of them are breadwinners of the family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Manas James Traffic police in Jonglei State capital, Bor, have launched a crackdown on commercial motorcyclists, operating without following road safety and traffic regulations. The state traffic police director, Major-General Samuel Bidik Puot said they have impounded 62 motorcycles and rickshaws since 7th June. \u201cSo far, we impounded 55[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jonglei-state","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15996"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15997,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15996\/revisions\/15997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}