Directorate of Road Traffic and Safety Services - Headquarters

The Directorate of Road Traffic and Safety Services (DRTSS) headquarters is a government office in Lilongwe, Malawi, and the head office of the department responsible for road traffic regulation and road safety. The directorate is a department of the Ministry of Transport and Public Works. According to its website, the directorate is empowered by the Road Traffic Act and is responsible for: - vehicle registration - vehicle inspection, to establish roadworthiness - driver testing and licensing - awareness and enforcement of road traffic rules and regulations - axle load control The Ministry of Transport and Public Works states that the directorate in its present form was created in 2010 by merging the Road Traffic Directorate with the National Road Safety Council of Malawi, and that it operates under the Road Traffic Act (1997) and the Road Traffic Regulations (2000). The ministry gives its mandate as administering "regulatory provisions governing Motor Vehicle Administration, Driver Licensing Administration, Operator Authorization and Permit Control and other issues related to traffic management and safety", and its vision as "A safe and sustainable road transport system". Besides the head office, the ministry lists regional offices in Lilongwe, Blantyre, Zomba and Mzuzu, satellite offices in Lilongwe City Centre and at Makata in Blantyre, and service centres at the Lilongwe and Mangochi post offices. Lilongwe has been Malawi's capital since 1975, when the seat of government moved there from Zomba. The ministry gives the head office's address as Private Bag 257, Lilongwe, and its numbers as +265 1 756 398, +265 1 756 177, +265 1 756 181 and +265 995 008 482, with a toll-free line, 4040, for Airtel subscribers.

2QCC+QF6, Lilongwe, Malawi
Lilongwe

13°58′41″S 33°46′16″E