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Zimbabwe Passengers Association remembers accidents victims
04 Sep 2017 at 07:41hrs | Views
The Zimbabwe Passengers Association Secretary General Paul Makiwa has said his organisation takes its time this year to remember all those who perish in road accidents in Zimbabwe's highways.
In a statement he said it is another episode of the matters relating to our safety as passengers.
"Remember all living souls are passengers ,so there is no one who classify him or her as a passenger.To those who have seen or have our fliers, on our first point we said."We cater for passengers ,before, during and after." So this week is the matter on the table,taking it on before we are looking what is to be on place to the operator,he must register his vehicle under the"Vehicle Registration Act," stating the type of duties carried by that vehicle thus it can be a taxis, "Commuter omnibuses, school buses" he said.
"After it should have a route authority, depending on the routes it will be operating. It should have a valid fitness,on this fitness it will state the number of passengers it is certified to carry,this is why we say overload is the violation of the acts while endangering the lives of the public,it should have passenger insurance which is equal to the number of passengers on the fitness certificate on this as operators are not complying they will be defrauding the state and the members of the public."
He said other operators have time tables whereas others do not have time tables depending on types of operators licence ,they should have fare tables and these fares will only change when the Minister of Transport and the Minister of Physical Planning have made some fare hikes nation or passengers take a note that there no fare hike during the public holidays it is high time to fight for our rights as passenger we were robbed for a long time.
"These particulars are valid only if the vehicle is not sold to someone before the valid date but if it is sold the new owner should change all the particulars in his name.On this note all operators should reach to their respective destinations," he said .
"If the operator is terminating his service he should inform the ministry of Transport.To those operating stage carriage should service all passengers on their routes.In short this is what we have today but as our moto you are free to contribute on views.remember to circulate this information to other groups. individuals, social media, radios and eve televisions sometimes other people are looking for this information either for the past , present or on future it is powerful to be informed. To those who would like to have more information than what you are reading be free to contact your saving servant."
In a statement he said it is another episode of the matters relating to our safety as passengers.
"Remember all living souls are passengers ,so there is no one who classify him or her as a passenger.To those who have seen or have our fliers, on our first point we said."We cater for passengers ,before, during and after." So this week is the matter on the table,taking it on before we are looking what is to be on place to the operator,he must register his vehicle under the"Vehicle Registration Act," stating the type of duties carried by that vehicle thus it can be a taxis, "Commuter omnibuses, school buses" he said.
He said other operators have time tables whereas others do not have time tables depending on types of operators licence ,they should have fare tables and these fares will only change when the Minister of Transport and the Minister of Physical Planning have made some fare hikes nation or passengers take a note that there no fare hike during the public holidays it is high time to fight for our rights as passenger we were robbed for a long time.
"These particulars are valid only if the vehicle is not sold to someone before the valid date but if it is sold the new owner should change all the particulars in his name.On this note all operators should reach to their respective destinations," he said .
"If the operator is terminating his service he should inform the ministry of Transport.To those operating stage carriage should service all passengers on their routes.In short this is what we have today but as our moto you are free to contribute on views.remember to circulate this information to other groups. individuals, social media, radios and eve televisions sometimes other people are looking for this information either for the past , present or on future it is powerful to be informed. To those who would like to have more information than what you are reading be free to contact your saving servant."
Source - Byo24News
