INCREASING RATE OF ROAD ACCIDENTS
Brethren, doing what you like is freedom, whilst liking what you do is simply happiness. In other words, it is only total freedom that can make one to do whatever he/she likes; so if someone does whatever he wishes to do, it implies that he’s completely free.
Freedom is indeed an essential recipe deserves by everyone or, required
by the human race in its entirety. But the rate at which it is being abused by
most of us remains an alarming anomaly that requires an urgent and severe
attention.
I’ve come to realize as well
arrived at a conclusion that, freedom no doubts, intoxicates thereby
constituting series of cacophonies among mankind. Yes most people often go
crazy because they have all the rights to indulge in whatever that pleases
them. These incessant anomalies produced due to freedom, invariably lead to
aberration.
Today, our paramount concern is
on the increasing rate of accidents on our roads. If you are a resident of
Nigeria, you would bear me witness that the rate at which accident occurs on
our major roads has become quite alarming in recent times. Of course it is
longer news that every nook and cranny of the nation has lately been littered
by fathomless road accident by the automobiles.
Considering the basic causes of the aforementioned plight, several concerned citizens have been tempted to presume that the acclaimed giant of Africa has no road safety personnel. Perhaps, it is not true that the nation has no personnel that oversee the management of our roads to ensure safety, because surely, they are found all over the country. If the assertion or insinuation of the people is not a fact, then the subsequent question would be: what actually causes these perilous occurrences on our major roads?
Apart from hundreds of thousands of them that took place several months
ago, within these ongoing Ember months, there have been incidences of
innumerable accidents recorded on various high ways across the country to
include, Lagos-Ibadan express way, Owerri-Onitsha road, Benin-Ore road,
Port/Harcourt-Aba road, Ekiti-Osun road, among so many others. The most
devastating aspect of it is that, it takes place virtually on a daily basis
simultaneously on the roads in question.
Frankly, something drastic needs to be done in earnest, so that, we
won’t wake up one morning to see every part of the Nigeria’s society in shambles
as a result of Road accident. Let’s ride on!
First and foremost, the governments must ensure that all the roads are
put in appropriate and desirable shapes without any iota of delay. Due to bad
road network, sometimes the commuters prefer to operate on ‘One-way’ which
severally leads to collisions.
Secondly, the federal
government as well as every state government ought to ensure that a special
lane is constructed for the trucks or Lorries. Creating a well designed road
for the big vehicles would automatically create an avenue for serenity on the
already existing roads or high ways meant for the smaller ones.
Thirdly, a law should be passed by our legislators, stating that, before
anyone would be issued a Driver’s License, he/she must had passed through a
driving school instituted by the Nigerian Road Safety Corps or an institution
duly approved or recognized by the said corps. By so doing, only real drivers would be seen
handling the steering, which would go a long way to curtail or restrict
reckless driving often indulged-in, by the so called drivers.
Lastly but not the least, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) should
put up a holistic crusade that would ensure that no bad vehicle is found on any
of the roads. Most times you would see vehicles that are meant to be thrown to
the waste bin operating freely on the road thereby endangering people’s safety.
The above mentioned aberration is solely caused by the motorists or the
car owners. Sometimes you would see a ‘driver’ who never cares to open his car
bonnet before making use of it. The uncalled freedom assigned to drivers has
made them to lousily forget that the fitness or readiness of any vehicle must
be properly checked and crosschecked by its driver before it’s being used for
the day.
Above all, mobile courts ought to be instituted by the apt authority in
order to try any purported driver who goes contrary to the traffic modus
operandi or the laws biding the drivers; and, a capital punishment must be
allocated to anyone found guilty. To actualize the aim of this proposed
measure, the officers of the Road Safety Corps or any personnel involved must
endeavour to exonerate themselves from bribery or any form of extortion.
For crying out loud, it’s high time we stopped these bloody occurrences
on our precious roads. And this can only be actualized if the governments
successfully implement the above recommendations as well as withdraw the
inconsequential freedom presently exercised by the motorists. Think about it!
FDN NWAOZOR
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Twitter: @fdnnwaozor
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