However, some holders use them to drive unauthorized vehicle categories, which is a serious traffic offence. Some of the drivers have been arrested or penalized for this violation.<\/p>\n
One of them is Jean Baptiste Harerimana, who was arrested Saturday, January 21, in Gikondo, Kicukiro District driving a trailer. <\/p>\n
Harerimana holds a Category B driver’s license, which only entitles him to drive a passenger vehicle. <\/p>\n
“Harerimana had brought a trailer for mechanical inspection in Gikondo, where the mobile lane is stationed. Trailers or trucks are driven by people with valid category E driver’s license,” CP John Bosco Kabera, the RNP spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
The trailer was also impounded.<\/p>\n
The automobile inspection Centres, he said, record at least three similar cases everyday, and warned against such illegal acts.<\/p>\n
“You have to be certified and must have passed a driving test and given a driver’s license category to drive a certain class of vehicle. These are processes undertaken to prevent or reduce accidents and fatalities that may arise out of unlawful use of driver’s permit,” CP Kabera said.<\/p>\n
{{Driving License Categories}}<\/p>\n
Definitive driving license categories differ by the vehicle capacity or class.<\/p>\n
Categories range from A, A1, B, B1, C, D, D1, E, F and every category defines a vehicle that a holder is authorized to drive.<\/p>\n
Presidential Decree regulating traffic Police and road traffic, provides that “no person shall drive on the public highway, a motor vehicle if her\/she is not holding and carrying a driving license issued by the Rwanda National Police.<\/p>\n
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