About 22 vehicles were on Friday impounded during a crackdown by the Thika traffic department and the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) officers to net traffic offenders on Garissa Road.
Thika Deputy Traffic Base Commander John Lisoi who led the operation, said the seized vehicles were unroadworthy while the drivers were either driving recklessly or speeding and overloading.
The crackdown follows a series of accidents on the road raising concerns over the number of deaths and casualties experienced since last month where over 30 people have died and scores seriously injured.
According to Lisoi, some of the drivers have tampered with speed governors.
He said that they are not targeting any specific group of vehicles and that they are impounding both public service vehicles and private cars.
The officer said that they are targeting to remove all unroadworthy vehicles from the road to ease traffic and also curb accidents.
He noted that there is need to train bodaboda operators on traffic rules to stem motorbike accidents.
Lisoi who was speaking at Makongeni said the operation will to extend into the weekend.