The Land Transport Authority is pleased with the support shown by the members
of the public who have taken time to report various road offences via LTA’s
free texting code 582.
LTA launched the free texting service which is available
on all mobile networks in August last year and has since received all kinds of
complaints associated with the breach of various road rules and regulations.
A total of 2,968 complaints were received by the Authority on 582 in the first
quarter of this year of which the most were on illegal operation (675). Complaints
that crossed the 100 mark and are of deep concern to the Authority include the
use of mobile phone while driving (175 complaints), careless driving (159
complaints), dangerous driving (158 complaints) and excess load (139
complaints).
Other common complaints that are
being reported regularly to LTA include the breach of Public Service Vehicle
(PSV) Code of Conduct, irregular bus service, defective taxi meter, drink
driving, driving without a valid driving license and the breaking of various basic
road rules.
LTA Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Naisa Tuinaceva said while it was worrying to
note that many drivers were disregarding basic road rules, the assistance being
received from the public has been quite encouraging.
“Our enforcement officer can’t be everywhere at all time, so it is very
encouraging to note the people of Fiji are willing to assist us by identifying and
reporting road offenders and we would like to extend our sincere appreciation
to everyone who is helping us in identifying bad driver behaviour,” said Mr.
Tuinaceva.
LTA hopes to see an improvement in the behavior of bad drivers now that they
are aware the public is reporting road offences.
“There are many drivers who follow road rules when they see that enforcement
agencies are watching, but the same drivers tend to disregard the law and
breach various code of conduct when enforcement agencies are not present,”
revealed Mr. Tuinaceva. “But now that these drivers are aware the public is
watching, we hope to see better driver behavior on our roads.”
The Authority aims to resolve complaints received via
582 within 48 hours upon receipt of report.
Full Statistics: August 2015 to March
2016
|
TRAFFIC OFFENCE TYPE
|
AUG
|
SEPT
|
OCT
|
NOV
|
DEC
|
JAN
|
FEB
|
MAR
|
|
Abusive bus conductor
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
20
|
8
|
0
|
|
Breaching of PSV Drivers Code of Conduct
|
6
|
51
|
48
|
14
|
35
|
23
|
25
|
19
|
|
Bus
breakdown
|
0
|
3
|
5
|
19
|
35
|
48
|
18
|
15
|
|
Bus service
|
3
|
25
|
32
|
18
|
35
|
9
|
7
|
11
|
|
Careless Driving
|
9
|
69
|
78
|
51
|
46
|
48
|
60
|
51
|
|
Carrying excess passenger
|
0
|
26
|
39
|
3
|
6
|
78
|
46
|
41
|
|
Cause undue noise
|
2
|
12
|
17
|
5
|
4
|
9
|
11
|
7
|
|
Corruption
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
7
|
5
|
0
|
|
Crossing Red-light
|
0
|
42
|
54
|
28
|
30
|
3
|
5
|
15
|
|
Dangerous Driving
|
12
|
108
|
118
|
74
|
75
|
8
|
82
|
68
|
|
Defective Tint
|
0
|
4
|
8
|
8
|
3
|
22
|
5
|
11
|
|
Defective Vehicle
|
3
|
36
|
29
|
14
|
10
|
23
|
11
|
6
|
|
Defective taxi meter
|
0
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
3
|
25
|
39
|
2
|
|
Defective Lights
|
4
|
15
|
34
|
10
|
6
|
20
|
27
|
16
|
|
Driving under the influence of alcohol
|
0
|
30
|
12
|
10
|
30
|
5
|
12
|
9
|
|
Driving without PSV/proper driver licence
|
0
|
22
|
8
|
12
|
20
|
1
|
21
|
7
|
|
E-Ticketing
|
0
|
3
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Expired Wheel Tax
|
0
|
2
|
4
|
5
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
|
Fail to obey road marking
|
0
|
21
|
92
|
2
|
3
|
23
|
37
|
17
|
|
Breaching of Permit conditions
|
0
|
1
|
56
|
63
|
65
|
3
|
54
|
10
|
|
Failure to give signal
|
0
|
7
|
11
|
3
|
8
|
62
|
5
|
3
|
|
Expired taxi permit
|
0
|
1
|
5
|
6
|
2
|
4
|
0
|
1
|