The Road Safety Association of Kenya (RSAK) has urged motorists to stop paying instant speeding fines issued by the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) following a court order dispute.

🇰🇪 Breaking It Down

The association maintains that the fines are illegal due to a conservatory court order issued on May 29, halting the system’s implementation.

“The NTSA instant fines that are still being collected are illegal, and we are urging Kenyans to refrain from paying the instant fines even after being sent the tickets, because we have the court order that suspended NTSA from collecting the fines,” stated RSAK.

Motorists who have already paid the fines have been advised to contact the RSAK office and provide their payment details for review and possible refunds.

📌 What You Need to Know

Another point of collision between the association and NTSA concerns speed cameras, where RSAK notes that some cameras are located along expressways and highways, where small cars can reach speeds of up to 110 kilometres per hour.

The association calls speed cameras "revenue traps" rather than safety tools,  citing that sudden drops to 50 km/h zones  could cause fatal collisions, and argues that modern vehicles' safety features make such limits unnecessary.

The associations also blame poorly marked signage for unfairly penalizing drivers caught by the cameras, emphasizing that the instant fines system relies on unproven algorithms and bypasses due legal process.

Beyond the placement of cameras, questions have also emerged over how motorists are expected to settle the fines in the first place.

RSAK maintains that no law compels drivers to send money straight to NTSA, arguing that all payments should instead flow through eCitizen for proper audit of public funds directed to the association.

“There is nowhere motorists are mandated to send money directly to NTSA. Anytime one sends money directly to NTSA its supposed to go directly to eCitizen, part of the reason why we went to the courts last week,” stated RSAK.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke