A vehicle database is in the process of being established to counter the ongoing traffic infringements committed by public transport operators in Port Moresby city.
The National Capital District (NCD) Metropolitan Superintendent Silva Sika, said this is part of police efforts to address the continuous breaches of traffic laws on a daily basis in the capital city of Papua New Guinea (PNG).
He told Public Motor Vehicle (PMV) and taxi operators that this new database will keep a record of individuals who break the traffic rules.
“If you are arrested for any particular case, you will be entered into that database and we will monitor you from there. We want to know who are the people who have become too stubborn.”
He said the main focus here is the safety of the public and these new measures taken now by police and its stakeholders, should put back some guarantee of safety.
Meanwhile, it has been a week now since the police, along with its stakeholders like the Road Traffic Authority (RTA) and the Motor Vehicle Insurance Limited (MVIL), commenced the crackdown of public transport operators defying the traffic rules.
A look around the city today saw some buses still defying those rules like transporting passengers along unauthorized route for PMVs, double parking, not parking at the actual bus stops and stopping in the middle of road just to pick up passengers.
These scenes show the continuous complete disregard portrayed by most of public transport operators, of the simplest traffic laws despite numerous calls from the authorities to them to abide by the law.