Road Safety Blog

Driving smarter on Kenyan roads.

• Test

  What will happen during the driving test

  Your examiner will assess your skills in several areas as you drive. You can find out here about what will happen during the test and what you need to know when you arrive at the test center.

• Test

  What the theory test involves

  The theory test gauges whether you have the necessary knowledge to be a safe and aware driver. That is why it is important to have a broad knowledge of the whole subject area, rather than just learning the answers to individual questions.

• Kenyan roads

  Driving on wet and unmarked murram roads

  Rain, dust, corrugations and no road markings. Rural and wet-weather driving asks for lower speeds, smoother inputs, and more space.

• Kenyan roads

  Sharing the road with matatus and bodabodas

  Matatus stop without warning and bodabodas appear from nowhere. Safe driving in Kenya is mostly about predicting what they will do next.

• Stopping distances

  Braking and stopping distances: how long it really takes to stop

  Stopping is not instant. Thinking time plus braking time decides whether you stop in time — and wet or murram roads stretch both.