The Director-General of the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), Abraham Amaliba, has announced plans to deploy tripod-mounted speed monitoring equipment across police regions as part of efforts to improve road safety and reduce accidents in high-risk areas.

Speaking on The Law on JoyNews on Sunday, Amaliba explained that the initiative forms part of a broader strategy to strengthen traffic monitoring through technology and targeted enforcement.

According to him, the authorities intend to distribute tripod-mounted cameras to police regions across the country to enhance surveillance on roads where accidents frequently occur.

“The tripods, we are going to ensure that we give every police region some numbers of tripods, for now we are told that each will get two but more are coming,” he said.

Amaliba noted that the equipment will initially be allocated in limited numbers, with plans to increase supply as more units become available.

The devices will allow traffic officers to mount monitoring cameras at specific points to detect speeding and other traffic violations.

He explained that the tripods will be deployed particularly at areas identified as accident blackspots—locations where road crashes occur frequently and where additional enforcement is required.

“Now where we are going to use the tripods are areas we call blackspots where accidents frequently happens,” he stated.

The NRSA boss also pointed out that traffic patterns often change throughout the day, meaning enforcement efforts must be flexible and mobile rather than confined to fixed locations.

“Traffic moves during some parts of the day; it’s not just at one place,” Amaliba added, suggesting that the tripod-mounted cameras will enable authorities to shift monitoring to different locations depending on traffic flow and accident trends.