NTSA Addresses Confusion Over Motor Vehicle Inspection Booking

The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has advised motorists to make inspection bookings in good time and ensure their vehicles are inspected before travel.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, NTSA Director General George Njao noted that timely booking would prevent inconveniences at compliance checkpoints.

Njao urged motorists to present the necessary documents at highway checkpoints to avoid disruptions to their journeys.

The Director General revealed that some drivers had been presenting motor vehicle inspection booking slips at NTSA checkpoints instead of the required inspection reports.

“A motor vehicle inspection booking slip is not an inspection report nor proof that the vehicle has undergone inspection,” the Authority clarified.

“It is important for motor vehicle owners to manage their fleets efficiently, make their inspection bookings in good time and present their vehicles for inspection before travel to avoid any inconveniences at the compliance checkpoints,” he added.

The motor vehicle inspection process requires a motorist to first complete an online booking for their cars through a detailed procedure on the NTSA website .

During the booking process, one is required to identify the type of inspection and select the right vehicle to book for inspection.

Motorists will then be required to select their preferred inspection centre and a convenient date for the inspection.

After completing the online booking, the vehicle owner must present the vehicle at the chosen NTSA inspection centre on the specified date, where officials will conduct the necessary inspection tests.

Meanwhile, the clarification comes just days after the NTSA launched a sensitisation campaign targeting drivers of Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) and Public Service Vehicles (PSVs).

NTSA in a statement on Tuesday, December 17, announced the week-long exercise was aimed at spreading awareness about safe road practices and would commence in Mombasa.

“KeNHA in collaboration with NTSA has launched a joint road safety sensitization campaign targeting drivers of Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) and Public Service Vehicles (PSVs) along the Northern Corridor,” read part of a statement by the Authority.