Acta Scientific MEDICAL SCIENCES (ISSN: 2582-0931) Volume 5 Issue 8 August 2021 Compliances of Road Safety Practices and Associated Factors for Penalization against Traffic Offences among Commercial Motorcyclists: A Case of Dodoma City, Tanzania Evaristus Peter Makota 1 * and Stephen Mathew Kibusi 2 1 Training and Continuous Professional Development, Njombe RRH, Tanzania 2 College of Health Sciences, University of Dodoma, Tanzania *Corresponding Author: Evaristus Peter Makota, Training and Continuous Professional Development, Njombe RRH, Tanzania. Research Article Received: June 08, 2021 Published: July 22, 2021 © All rights are reserved by Evaristus Peter Makota. Abstract Accidents have been observed to hinder individual development and reduce national economic intensification against expecta- tions of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The presence of users of motorcycles and the associated accidents incursion offer a unique challenge in view of inadequate work force, which is frequently lost. However, despite the effort taken by the Government in addressing road safety practices, compliance is still low and reasons for penalization against traffic offences among commercial mo- torcyclists is continued to worsen the situation, the current study aimed at assessing compliances and reasons for penalization so as to counteract the burden of road traffic injuries. Study involved two hundred fifty two participants randomly selected from registered parking points and the result showed that majority of the commercial motorcyclists had low compliances and most of them were penalized against traffic offences with a couple of reasons including riding without wearing helmet, drunken riding. The result also revealed that, riding experience, possession of license and awareness on speed limits shown closely association with penalization. Keywords: Compliances; Road Safety Practices; Penalization; Traffic Offences; Commercial Motorcyclists Abbreviation RHH: Regional Referral Hospital Introduction Accidents have been observed to hinder individual develop- ment and reduce national economic intensification against expec- tations of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The presence of users of motorcycles and the associated accidents incursion offer a unique challenge in view of inadequate work force, which is fre- quently lost. The study determined effectiveness of participatory training in improving knowledge and skills for basic life support among commercial motorcyclists to address the problem. However, the problem of the road traffic injuries fatalities af- fecting many countries including Tanzania. It is highly affected de- veloping countries in East Africa and Africa in general with road traffic accidents and injuries [1]. In 2010, the country had the road traffic death rates of 22.7 per 100,000 [2]. The road accidents are rising day after day; for case in point, in 1977-2008 there was about 379, 699 accidents with 48, 754 fatalities and 347, 657 peo- ple injured while leaving substantial damages to property. In 2009 to 2011, the accidents continued to increase to 22,739, 24,665 and 22,508 events per annum respectively. Traffic disorganization, failure in vehicle inspection, poor main- tenance conditions, reckless and drunken driving as well as impu- nity of infringers, significantly contribute to the occurrence of traf- fic accidents, especially involving motorcyclists. In addition, the use of cellular phones while riding, driving without valid license, pass- ing traffic red light and U-turn also were reported to contribute on occurrence of road traffic accidents [3,4]. Citation: Evaristus Peter Makota. “Compliances of Road Safety Practices and Associated Factors for Penalization against Traffic Offences among Commercial Motorcyclists: A Case of Dodoma City, Tanzania". Acta Scientific Medical Sciences 5.8 (2021): 121-127.