The majority 353 vehicles were impounded in City of Kigali in the four-day enforcement operations, which started on August 15.
Other 266 vehicles were impounded in the Eastern Province, 112 in the Southern Province, 108 in Western Province and 70 in the Northern Province.
“Automobile inspection is mandatory to prevent accidents that can be caused by mechanical faults. Failure to take your vehicle to be certified as roadworthy calls for further Police enforcement actions, including impounding your automobile and related fines,” RNP spokesperson, Commissioner of Police (CP) John Bosco Kabera, said.
He added: “Some vehicles were found to have never been inspected, others were found with roadworthy certificates, which expired three years ago.
Others were inspected and found with serious mechanical faults, which owners were supposed to fix first, but owners took them back into business operations, which is prohibited.”
Private vehicles are subjected to mechanical inspection every after one year while trucks and passenger service vehicles are inspected every six months.
Automobile inspection is mandated by the Presidential Decree No. 85/01 of September 2, 2002, which, partly, stipulates that owners of vehicles using public roads without a mechanical inspection certificate will be liable to a fine of Frw25, 000.
“RNP has four Automobile Inspection Centres; in Kigali, Rwamagana, Huye and Musanze. These centres were centralized to facilitate car owners from trekking long distances. We urge owners of vehicles to utilize them to prevent accidents that may result from mechanical failures,” CP Kabera said.
Apart from the five-lane Kigali centre, which has the capacity to inspect at least 500 vehicles per day, each of the other two-lane regional facilities has the capacity for at least 200 daily inspections.
He warned that operations are still ongoing countrywide to enforce the law and to prevent road carnage.
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