The ministry of works and Transport has come out to curb down the rampant road traffic accidents caused by ill equipped vehicles on the road.

The ministry now wants all drivers, owners of motorcycles, road users and the general public to comply with the following measures. All vehicles including motorcycles must be fitted with reflectors.

The reflectors should be fitted symmetrically to each side of the rear of a motor vehicle, trailer or engineering plant. For motor cycles, the reflectors should be fitted to the rear of the motorcycle.

A reflector may be a lens fitted to a rear lamp or any reflective material of not less than twenty five square centimeters in area and at least two and one half centimeters in width.

According to the permanent secretary of the ministry of works, C. Muganzi says that a reflector shall return a red reflection when light from any following vehicles is projected on it.

By Moureen Nakyanzi