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    "content": "renewal of their licences. I want to use constitutional standards. If we think that this is a good standard, then it should apply to everyone. This provision should not only apply to drivers of PSVs. However, if we think that because they drive them more regularly, we must provide constitutional standards for providing limitations, otherwise we are being discriminatory. My background is human rights and that is why I am very careful about standards that we provide that appear discriminatory. So, if the Minister wants to say that we should provide different standards for persons driving PSVs, we must say why we are departing and giving a standard that is different for one category of persons as opposed to another. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you look at this Bill and even the parent Act, you will see that the focus is more on vehicles and the drivers who drive them and not, for instance, on the tout. If there is one area that vulnerable persons are violated, then it is in PSVs. So, I would like us to provide for protection of vulnerable persons like women, elderly persons and persons with disabilities especially when they are disembarking. We should provide penalties for people who violate the rights of those categories of persons. I would also like to indicate that we need to differentiate and define what reckless driving is in clauses 15 and 16 so that we distinguish it from---"
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