Dismal state of road safety

If one were to look at the road accidents one would find that incompetence of drivers, unfit vehicles, condition of roads, and over speeding are the major causes. While these are the causal factors for the accidents, the aggravating factor is that the erring drivers, seldom if ever, are punished for their offences, escaping the arm of the law by greasing the palm of the law enforcers.

All related government agencies must bear the responsibility for the accidents that occur, and must act to ensure, in their own ways, to prevent them.

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The BRTA must ensure that no one not meriting a driver's licence gets one, and no vehicle that does not deserve to be on the road is permitted to get on it. Lack of manpower is a poor excuse and very little comfort to those that have lost their kindred ones in road mishaps.

As for the role of the police, the account of the nexus between them and vehicle owners is shameful and make a mockery of justice in our country. No punishment means no deterrence, an absurdity to say the least. And as for the road condition, the R&H department must ensure that repair and maintenance of the highways are carried out on regular basis to reduce risk of mishaps.

Ten deaths a day on the road is far too many. No administration worth its salt can sit by and watch this repeated day after day.