Police warns motorists with high-powered LED lights
Police have warned motorists with high-powered LED lights in their cars that they now risk arrest.
The National Police Service (NPS), through its Twitter account, described car owners such modifications as insensitive to other road users.
The police also warned against the rising tendency among car owners, both private and public, to modify brake lights.
“This is to inform motorists and the general public that all these unlawful modifications will be dealt with as provided for in the Traffic Act.”
This is to inform motorists and the general public that all these unlawful modifications will be deal with as provided for in the Traffic Act. #RoadSafetyKe
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— National Police Service-Kenya (@NPSOfficial_KE) September 20, 2018
The warning came after a motorist shared a video on Twitter of a car with modified lights that had caused him anguish and suffering.
I had a migraine by the time I got home last night coz of this nonsense.@ntsa_kenya @NPSOfficial_KE @Ma3Route pic.twitter.com/lQ4ks7jsnk
— Yuri (@ArcherMishale) September 19, 2018
The police further warned against the use of modified horns, and enhanced exhaust systems by cars and motorbikes alike.
In the past,@ntsa_kenya has sensitized motorists against illegal modifications that include mounting of bull bars on un authorized vehicles,use of high powered led lights,loud music & modified exhaust systems. All these modifications and others not listed here are unlawful.
— National Police Service-Kenya (@NPSOfficial_KE) September 20, 2018
Others illegal modifications include hidden number plates.