Am sorry Abba but I totally disagree. This thing of blaming everybody ELSE but ourselves won't wash. Gavament does not drive vehicles, individuals do. Kitambo we used to blame bad roads for accidents. When the trunk roads were redone we started blaming speeding and drunk driving and the police. We went as far pas asking for dualing of roads forgetting that some of the worst accidents have occurred on Thika Road. I personally see a parallel between roa deaths and HIV. Can you say there is a single Kenyan who doesn't know that ferking carelessly transmits the disease? BUT THEY DO, WHICH IS WHY SOME COUNTIES HAVE RATES THAT ARE LEADING TO EXTINCTION. Similarly, is there a Kenyan who doesn't know that speeding, drunk driving, Careless overtaking, etc kills? Gavament can only do so much. Even in American inner cities the police can only do so much when people decide to murder each other with guns/cars....
Makes sense ,I see your point. Guka I would like things like :
1 suspend driver's licenses for good for reckless drivers
2 split roads into two with barrier in between . This will reduce head-on collisions.
3 install speed cameras along roads where people speed . The fines generated from speed cameras will pay for itself
4 have a special court that handles roads offenses
5 have laws that drunken drivers should have licenses suspended for good
6 implement train and tram systems on busy highways . Already we have a rail from nairobi to eldoret and western Kenya. Empower the system . It will be expensive but long run it will be cheap . This will stop many people from dying at once
7 weka bumps where kids go to school or people walk.
8 have an emergency lane for emergency cars and police to use if there is an accident .
These are just examples. The ones to enforce them are the govt. That's why I lay the blame somehow squarely on them-" their inaction". I know its starts with us the driver ,but having a bonobo mentality at times needs pain like suspend license of fines to get it right .
When michuki took transport uliona jinsi watu walinyoroka. Death by accidents fell by 50%. Why? The govt implemented enforcements. That's my point . When macharia has taken the docket many Kenyans have died more than kibaki and Moi combined . Ooh how I miss kibaki government.