Pop quiz what is a safe distance to keep behind a car that's in front of you while driving at 110 kph? If there are three lanes and the maximum speed is 110 in which lane should I be if am driving at 60 kph? On 25 Apr 2012 09:20, "Info" <info@amwik.org> wrote:
Its very unfortunate that the greed of a few Kenyans is causing the death of others. Truth be told, there has been signages but people uproot them especially if they appear metallic and they have even gone ahead to remove the protective barriers along some of the road sides. we need to change our value system otherwise we all perish!
Drivers also are aware for the last years that these highways are under contraction and every day or almost, you find changes and it is also the responsibility of any sane drive to drive carefully.
However, I think there is a suicidal element in our drivers if you observe the driving styles not just for matatus but even private motorists and they bring their egos on the road. Unfortunately, in a crash, it is the driver who suffers while their fancy vehicles feel nothing. It is time Kenyans took responsibilities of their action and stop the blame game!
Jane -----Original Message----- From: kictanet-bounces+info=amwik.org@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+info=amwik.org@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of peres_were@yahoo.co.uk Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 7:10 AM To: info@amwik.org Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] DEADLY THIKA ROAD - WHO IS LISTENING?
And there's hardly ever any signage to warn motorists about which sections of the road will be closed during construction. You drive all the way a familiar route only to one day find it's blocked!
Yesterdays traffic chaos on Murang'a Rd/Kipande Rd were caused by this and had a knock on effect all the way to CBD.
It would also be a good idea for them to have a website where they could upload such information on diversions and closures daily in advance so users of the road can plan their journeys appropriately.
Peres Sent from my BlackBerryR
-----Original Message----- From: dmbuvi@gmail.com Sender: kictanet-bounces+peres_were=yahoo.co.uk@lists.kictanet.or.ke Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:28:38 To: Peres Were<peres_were@yahoo.co.uk> Reply-To: dmbuvi@gmail.com Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] DEADLY THIKA ROAD - WHO IS LISTENING?
I hope Listers got home safely tonight.
I happened to travel on some section of Thika road yesterday, and was appalled by lack of the road signs. Somehow though, they appear to have convinced matatus to stop on the service roads, rather than on the highway, without traffic signs, though some argue that tow vans (breakdowns) are enough of a traffic to deter matatus from picking and dropping passengers on the highway. This was a big problem last year.
I am however convinced that the lack of traffic signs and marked roads contributed to the chaotic traffic we had today, with hundreds still waiting for matatus by 10:30 pm.
Roads that lack traffic signs and that are unmarked contributed to the stalling of tens of vehicles that were stalled along Ngong Road, the CBD and Mombasa road.
If the roads were marked to indicate how much distance vehicles should keep from each other, the tens of motorists that run into the behinds of other motorists would not have done so.
In fact, the fact that Mombasa Road is marked in white rather than yellow paint is chiefly the cause of the high speed 4 vehicle pile up that saw the quartet run each other out of the road.
Weren't it for the fact that the buses I took home were driven slowly, I would have arrived here earlier. At 120 kph, the journey would have been shorter, and our keen drivers would have spotted traffic signs and road markings. I'm sure the speeding motorist who splashed me with a pool of water along Tom Mboya street wouldn't have done so, if he had seen traffic signs warning of splashing of water on pedestrians when it rains. After all, they are good chaps that religiously drive to church every Sunday and pray for the reduction of accidents on our roads.
Many accidents of late have been caused by drivers losing control, which can be easily solved by traffic signs warning motorists that other motorists are likely to lose control.
Keep dry this season , especially by avoiding Ksh 6,500 Hush Puppy shoes which Bata, a Kenyan manufacturer if shoes, imports and sells. The damn things will have gaping holes in the soles in two months. Bata advices two months is a reasonably long time to void them of warranty, and you should grab the golden chance by its horn to employ local cobblers.
Remember, traffic signs save lives. Take initiative, buy one today. Sent from my BlackBerryR
-----Original Message----- From: "Rad!" <conradakunga@gmail.com> Sender: kictanet-bounces+dmbuvi=gmail.com@lists.kictanet.or.keDate: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:07:55 To: Dennis Kioko Mbuvi<dmbuvi@gmail.com> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] DEADLY THIKA ROAD - WHO IS LISTENING?
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