Another accident this morning

upepo

upepo

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Truck drivers are notorious for; not carrying reflective triangles, not putting up reflective triangles, not placing triangles at the correct distance, assuming everyone can see the truck, and leaving broken vehicles on the road even when they can park on the side.
When a vehicle stalls on the road, most drivers assume every other driver on the road is aware of what is happening and that they can easily work around it. The priority should always be to remove the vehicle from the road at all costs. Even mechanics who show up to repair such vehicles should have the means to move them aside.
 
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mzeiya

mzeiya

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Just curious if it's the same spot that had that nasty accident when cops were taking bribes. Heard thees a stretch towards Njoro that is a blackspot.
As @upepo has alluded, motorists need to do better when they stall on the road. If it's at night, we now have caution triangles ⚠ that light up and which need to be placed like 100 metres from the scene. Sio kila saa majani kwa barabara.
 
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algorithm

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Wanasema the lorry was stalled hapo for 3 days. The police should be removing those stalled vehicles from the road and owners slapped with the towing charges. Wanatuma breakdown mara moja. A lorry shouldn't remain stalled in the middle of the road for 3 days. Hii upus ya @Meria & co repairing their trucks in the middle of the road for 3 days must stop coz it is a major hazard for other road users.

That said, all drivers must always be careful on the road and should notice any dangers on the road.
 
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kibinda nkoye1

kibinda nkoye1

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Cortedivoire said:
Kama hauna pesa ya ndege, postpone that trip
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This might seem like a joke but its making more and more sense to take that flight if going to dala/LD/mbs from Nrb. The number of accidents i saw on sunday between LD and Nakuru was alarming. This might be attributed to the ongoing rains however rain or no rain we dont need to die needlessly on the kenyan roads
 
Mwalimu-G

Mwalimu-G

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Cortedivoire said:
Kama hauna pesa ya ndege, postpone that trip
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After all tunajengewa airports everywhere?

Murkomen Announces Construction of Matulo Airport in Bungoma
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Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen

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Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen on Wednesday, April 3, announced that the national government would upgrade Matulo Airstrip in Bungoma to an airport.
CS Kipchumba during a tour of the county explained that the project was meant to enhance the movement of people and goods in the region.


On how the project would help the locals, Murkomen remarked that area residents would get jobs and business opportunities during the construction.
“The runway will be extended to 1.2km of tarmac and a terminal building put up,” Murkomen further added.
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Rescue operations at Ikanga airstrip in Voi, Taita Taveta County on March 2024.

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At the same time, Tourism CS Alfred Mutua asked CS Murkomen to undertake similar works in Voi, Taita Taveta County.
“I will liaise with my counterpart in the Ministry of Transport to expedite works on the Ikanga Airfield in Voi,” Mutua promised Taita Taveta residents.


Construction of a new airport was one of several projects Murkomen promised that would be undertaken in the Western region.
Under President William Ruto’s administration, CS Murkomen revealed that the government would construct over 600 kilometres of roads in the region.
“Roads and other transport infrastructure are critical in supporting commerce, tourism and agriculture, as well as production and extractive industries,” he explained the need for the expensive infrastructural investment.
Expansion of the road network will include upgrading existing roads to bitumen standards as well as building drainage systems and walkways.
 
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Tiiga Waana

Tiiga Waana

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algorithm said:
That said, all drivers must always be careful on the road and should notice any dangers on the road.
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I think you have hereby diagnosed the biggest problem with our driving.

Colliding with stalled vehicles, illegally parked vehicles or street furnitures (eg bus stops, bollards, electric or telephone poles) alludes to the twin problems of not reading the road ahead and anticipating and also the problem of not driving with the appropriate speed.

Such smash-ups means that one is driving too fast to either safely stop or negotiate a barrier ahead.
Why do Kenyans equate driving to just speeding away?
Appropriate speed is essential for different weather conditions and different visibility scopes (day or night).
At the end of the day, the Driver who rams into the stationary vehicle is the one who is guilty and liable for the collision.
It is not criminal to be broken down but it is criminal to crash into a stationary vehicle.
 
Kender9

Kender9

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Tiiga Waana said:
I think you have hereby diagnosed the biggest problem with our driving.

Colliding with stalled vehicles, illegally parked vehicles or street furnitures (eg bus stops, bollards, electric or telephone poles) alludes to the twin problems of not reading the road ahead and anticipating and also the problem of not driving with the appropriate speed.

Such smash-ups means that one is driving too fast to either safely stop or negotiate a barrier ahead.
Why do Kenyans equate driving to just speeding away?
Appropriate speed is essential for different weather conditions and different visibility scopes (day or night).
At the end of the day, the Driver who rams into the stationary vehicle is the one who is guilty and liable for the collision.
It is not criminal to be broken down but it is criminal to crash into a stationary vehicle.
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True, ukifikiria about calculations zenye watu wa matatu, probox, bodaa and Ubers hufanya, when overtaking, utajua ni kwa nini hua kuna so many freak accidents.
 
Field Marshal

Field Marshal

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kibinda nkoye1 said:
This might seem like a joke but its making more and more sense to take that flight if going to dala/LD/mbs from Nrb. The number of accidents i saw on sunday between LD and Nakuru was alarming. This might be attributed to the ongoing rains however rain or no rain we dont need to die needlessly on the kenyan roads
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Eti rains. Kitambo the excuse was bad roads.

Fact is, the nigga is a careless creature. The principle of cause-and-effect ni alien kwake.

Driving up the A104 am it never ceases to amaze me seeing Nissan drivers dangerous overtake a long line of private cars, including mine.

Guess what, the vast majority of recent accidents involved PSV vehicles, including school buses. Coincidence?
 
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