LAW ON CHILD RESTRAINTS IN TANZANIA: A SAFETY IMPASSE OF CHILDREN ON COMMUTE
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Road safety, Child restraints, Child fatalities, Road traffic Act, TanzaniaAbstract
Road safety is one of the main critical issue of concern globally. This is so because, road clashes and clash-related fatalities topples the margins of death-causing factors not only in Tanzania but also in many parts of the world. The factors for road clashes and clash-related fatalities are said to be inter alia; over speeding, drink-driving, nonuse of helmets and protective head gears, non-use of seatbelts, nonuse of child restraint systems when carrying children, and destructed driving. This article attempts to discuss the safety quandary of child on commute in Tanzania. It brings to the fore the fact that, though, Children belong to the class of ‘’vulnerable passengers’’ who deserve special legal protection, the road traffic Act Cap 168 R.E 2002 does not provide for provisions for mandatory use of child restraint systems in both private and Public passenger vehicles. The article concludes that, the law needs to be revisited, and amended with the view to incorporate mandatory child restraint systems for private, and public vehicles as well as school buses. This will help to mitigate a great deal child fatality arising from road clashes.
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