Kenya NTSA Category B case studies
Kenya NTSA Category B · Put your knowledge to work in context.
Category B is the NTSA licence class for ordinary cars and light vans - the everyday licence a private motorist in Kenya holds. It is not a commercial or passenger-service class, so it does not authorise matatu, bus, taxi or heavy-goods work; those sit in other classes. The Kenya NTSA Category B case studies are 5 cases and about 4,460 words.
1Dead lights, a waving officer and a wet junction at Naivasha
21:40 on the old Naivasha–Nakuru road. Rain has fallen for an hour and the tarmac is glossy.
942 words, about 5 min2The waving lorry driver, the solid line and the crest
You are driving a hired 1,300 cc saloon from Nairobi to Machakos on a two-lane road. Four adults are aboard plus about 60 kg of luggage in the boot, and the rear springs are visibly down.
904 words, about 5 min3Market centre at dusk: hazard priorities, then a spill and two casualties
18:50 on a market day, in a trading centre on the Kisumu–Kakamega road. The sun has gone and the street lights on your side are out.
920 words, about 5 min4The pre-drive check that should have ended the journey
You are due at a meeting 90 km away at 08:00. Your walk-around check on your saloon turns up the following: the front-left tyre is worn to 1.5 mm in the outer groove with a thumb-sized bulge on the sidewall; the brake fluid reservoir is at MIN, lower than when you checked a week ago; there is a fresh patch of clear-to-amber fluid on the ground under that wheel arch; with the engine running and the car stationary, the brake pedal feels spongy and creeps down under steady pressure; the brake warning lamp stays on after you release the handbrake; the spare is a spacesaver rated to 80 km/h with 4 mm of tread.
870 words, about 4 min5The borrowed car, the lapsed policy and the checkpoint
Your cousin from Eldoret asks to borrow your 2012 saloon for a 25 km round trip to church and the supermarket. He holds a full Class B licence issued four years ago, but his wallet is at home and he can only show you a photograph of the licence on his phone.
824 words, about 4 min