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VID accused of not checking private unroad worth vehicles
19 Jun 2016 at 07:18hrs | Views
The Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) has been accused of abandoning to check small private vehicles on the roads but concentrating on checking trucks, Kombis and buses.
This was said by Senator Chief Fortune Charumbira in parliament.
"Currently, VID – the condition of vehicles on the roads is also an issue. Even these old cars are always on the road and you will be surprised to see some of these old unroadworthy vehicles on the road, especially at night and people perish and you end up crying. We see all this happening but we have done nothing about it," he said.
"These are issues that we can address. The VID inspectors no longer check on the small vehicles but only check the kombis, trucks and buses because that is their cash-cow. The small cars are told to pass and what they want are the trucks, bus and kombi drivers because that is where they get cash. So, we need to talk about that."
He said he heard members speak of the mushika-shika (pirate taxi) and the people who drive mushika-shika vehicles do not have licences but they travel on the highways from Harare to Masvingo and go through the police roadblocks.
"Long back, without a driver's licence you could not go on the road. Mr. President, this is an interesting issue to debate," he said.
He challenged his colleagues to act on the issued they discussed in the house so as to stop the problems faced by the nation along the roads.
This was said by Senator Chief Fortune Charumbira in parliament.
"Currently, VID – the condition of vehicles on the roads is also an issue. Even these old cars are always on the road and you will be surprised to see some of these old unroadworthy vehicles on the road, especially at night and people perish and you end up crying. We see all this happening but we have done nothing about it," he said.
"These are issues that we can address. The VID inspectors no longer check on the small vehicles but only check the kombis, trucks and buses because that is their cash-cow. The small cars are told to pass and what they want are the trucks, bus and kombi drivers because that is where they get cash. So, we need to talk about that."
He said he heard members speak of the mushika-shika (pirate taxi) and the people who drive mushika-shika vehicles do not have licences but they travel on the highways from Harare to Masvingo and go through the police roadblocks.
"Long back, without a driver's licence you could not go on the road. Mr. President, this is an interesting issue to debate," he said.
He challenged his colleagues to act on the issued they discussed in the house so as to stop the problems faced by the nation along the roads.
Source - Byo24News
