ROAD SAFETY/Cabinet proposes easing minor traffic offense punishments, sparking backlash
03/08/2024 01:10 AM
The Cabinet on Thursday greenlit amendments to a traffic penalty act that would effectively ease punishments on "minor" traffic violations, sparking backlash from road safety activists who called the move "incomprehensible."
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