Did you know we lose 63 Kenyans every week to road accidents. This simply means we are our own worst enemies. Who causes them? the usual suspects of course:

• Speeding
• Driver distraction: eating, radio tuning, phoning, texting
• Drivers who are physically, mentally or psychologically incompetent to drive
• Lousy Traffic Police
• Poor use of the road

 

 

Speeding
It’s common to see drivers cruising between 120kmh and 160kmh on the highways, against the allowed speed limit, all this time pulling dangerous stunts to gain position on the road. It’s a Trendy thing to speed as popular culture encourages worship of speed and professional speeders (race car drivers, police, movie outlaws, etc.), our local celebrities fall over each other showing off who has the fastest ride. Why should a vehicle be permitted on our roads that can travel twice the legal speed limit?

Some sensible drivers who stick to the speed limit find themselves harassed into speeding by other hostile who tailgate, flash their headlights, shout and honk their horn(hoot) at drivers even when they are traveling in the slow left-hand lane.

 

 

Modern cars are silent and smooth even at ungodly-high speeds. Most drivers are caught off-guard when emergency is called.

The drivers of our time generally have little regard for traffic police and will whizz right past parked patrol cars knowing fairly well they wont be stopped.

Maybe the lawmakers and enforcers should call for a referendum giving us 2 choice; either to have speed bumps installed after every 1km or make it mandatory for all vehicles to be installed with an all-inclusive speed regulation system (SRS).

We could also take a step further the model of Road-Hog pioneered by @CitizenTV, we could engage registered and trained volunteers in all counties to monitor, record and report Traffic Law Violators.

 

 

Drunk Driving accounts to 50% of all traffic accidents, We should discourage repeated drunk driving by withdrawing driving license, drunkards love their car just as they do their bottle, yet if they use it as a weapon it will be like licensing a rogue known serial killer to carry a gun.

Phoning/Texting Zones: studies show that a driver who is phoning and texting is as dangerous as a drunk driver. we should construct regular strategic dedicated safe pull-off zones along the highway where divers will pull-off and safely pick up or make calls just like smoking Zones in every public place.