Road Accidents Everywhere
Anyone know why we no longer care about road accidents? At the moment, a matatu on Mombasa road has been flattened between a trailer and a truck after the trailer rammed into it from behind, flattening it to the size of a seat. Yesterday morning, a trailer fell across the Nyayo roundabout in the morning. Yesterday in late morning, a truck overturned landing partly on a Toyota Harrier along Uhuru Highway. Yesterday evening, at Mlolongo, a truck overturned landing on a saloon car. Has it become normal for trucks to just overturn in this country. Who will issue a quick statement on this and then we are back to life as normal? What happened to the punitive Traffic Amendment act that is supposed to be punitive especially for drivers that cause death to other road users? -- with Regards: blog.denniskioko.com <http://www.denniskioko.com/>
Listers Indeed, it is alarming that so many accidents are occurring on our roads. Specifically on the issue of trucks, I believe drivers of smaller vehicles - personal, matatus etc, - are usually to blame. Typically, these trucks are trying to avoid a careless move by a matatu and end up overturning in the process when they lose control. This has happened on Waiyaki Way especially around Waruku and Kangemi where matatus haphazardly join the highway without considering the speed of an oncoming truck on the same highway. Many of these trucks in trying to avoid ramming into the matatus swerve onto the dividing grass where they skid, swerve and end belly up. Of course trucks need to be regulated further especially because many of them are usually on "free" and cannot even engage gears a the speed with which they hurtle down hill but also drivers of personal vehicles and matatus need to be sensitized to the potential dangers associated with such trucks. Strict speed limits need to be enforced within Nairobi area to ensure drivers are able to control their vehicles in case of emergencies. Regards JG On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
Anyone know why we no longer care about road accidents?
At the moment, a matatu on Mombasa road has been flattened between a trailer and a truck after the trailer rammed into it from behind, flattening it to the size of a seat.
Yesterday morning, a trailer fell across the Nyayo roundabout in the morning.
Yesterday in late morning, a truck overturned landing partly on a Toyota Harrier along Uhuru Highway.
Yesterday evening, at Mlolongo, a truck overturned landing on a saloon car.
Has it become normal for trucks to just overturn in this country.
Who will issue a quick statement on this and then we are back to life as normal?
What happened to the punitive Traffic Amendment act that is supposed to be punitive especially for drivers that cause death to other road users?
-- with Regards:
blog.denniskioko.com
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Listers Just an hour ago a 40 foot container truck was hurtling down the road on Waiyaki Way just after Safaricom like there was some sort of Truck Safari Rally. It was a very scary sight as it almost hit a matatu full of people and the way it avoided the matatu, swerved, skidded, righted itself and continued at the same break neck speed towards town... Have we become so immune to these manial behaviors until we loose someone close to us? or are victims ourselves? Ali Hussein On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 12:22 PM, James Mbugua <jgmbugua@gmail.com> wrote:
Listers
Indeed, it is alarming that so many accidents are occurring on our roads.
Specifically on the issue of trucks, I believe drivers of smaller vehicles - personal, matatus etc, - are usually to blame.
Typically, these trucks are trying to avoid a careless move by a matatu and end up overturning in the process when they lose control.
This has happened on Waiyaki Way especially around Waruku and Kangemi where matatus haphazardly join the highway without considering the speed of an oncoming truck on the same highway.
Many of these trucks in trying to avoid ramming into the matatus swerve onto the dividing grass where they skid, swerve and end belly up.
Of course trucks need to be regulated further especially because many of them are usually on "free" and cannot even engage gears a the speed with which they hurtle down hill but also drivers of personal vehicles and matatus need to be sensitized to the potential dangers associated with such trucks.
Strict speed limits need to be enforced within Nairobi area to ensure drivers are able to control their vehicles in case of emergencies.
Regards
JG
Anyone know why we no longer care about road accidents?
At the moment, a matatu on Mombasa road has been flattened between a
On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote: trailer
and a truck after the trailer rammed into it from behind, flattening it to the size of a seat.
Yesterday morning, a trailer fell across the Nyayo roundabout in the morning.
Yesterday in late morning, a truck overturned landing partly on a Toyota Harrier along Uhuru Highway.
Yesterday evening, at Mlolongo, a truck overturned landing on a saloon car.
Has it become normal for trucks to just overturn in this country.
Who will issue a quick statement on this and then we are back to life as normal?
What happened to the punitive Traffic Amendment act that is supposed to be punitive especially for drivers that cause death to other road users?
-- with Regards:
blog.denniskioko.com
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This thing is no joke. On Saturday two weeks ago, I was in a road accident on Valley road at the NPC flyover after a chap driving a black Toyota fielder came out Ralph Bunche going the wrong direction (its a one way road) joined valley road out of the slip road, which is illegal, drove across a double yellow line (which is illegal), changed his mind when he saw oncoming traffic and decided to turn back and head towards the Nairobi hospital junction. Luckily, i rammed the Idiot at just below fifty coming down the hill (i had seen him and had time to break and swerve) i got him at the passenger door, totaling the car. (mine) I spent a day in hospital, while a passenger i had with me spent three days in a neck brace. The chap is now driving again on Kenyan roads after the police let him go and declared the case under investigation 'pending' perpetually. He was very lucky. I usually drive that car particularly fast in order to stay ahead of idiots like him and truck drivers. ( a friend who had passed me a few hundred meters before had stopped to inquire whether we were okay on account of our slow speed. This situation is driven by simple impunity. the truck driver DO NOT obey traffic rules, they over load, are unroadworthy, tired overworked and generally have a bad attitude. They harass other drivers all the time and I can tell you THAT I WITNESSED severally when they harassed some government bigwig without knowing and instant justice was meted out by his bodyguards. So what about the rest of us???? I can tell you that it is now OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT POLICY THAT ANYTHING OVER 28 TONNES SHOULD AND MUST BE TRANSPORTED VIA RAIL. The government has made it clear it intends to achieve a significant load shift by December. why enforcement to get this monsters off Kenyan road hasn't began I don't know. Or maybe it was just lip service? That is not the worst part of this whole shebang however. Imagine for one moment the fact that your kids in that wobbly school bus have to competed for road space with tankers full of all manner of flammable goods. And for those who didnt know, the reason they are constructing a wall besides every rail line in sight is so that they can get those heavy trucks off our roads and leave us to deal with the other small toyota driving 'iDIOTS' who never bothered to learn the traffic code. and by the way after thirty days, i am taking it upon myself to deal with the idiot if the police will not have sorted him out. That to me seems a bit of a solution. my way. what yours? my two cents.
On 14 August 2012 12:22, James Mbugua <jgmbugua@gmail.com> wrote:
Listers
Indeed, it is alarming that so many accidents are occurring on our roads.
Specifically on the issue of trucks, I believe drivers of smaller vehicles - personal, matatus etc, - are usually to blame.
Typically, these trucks are trying to avoid a careless move by a matatu and end up overturning in the process when they lose control.
This has happened on Waiyaki Way especially around Waruku and Kangemi where matatus haphazardly join the highway without considering the speed of an oncoming truck on the same highway.
Many of these trucks in trying to avoid ramming into the matatus swerve onto the dividing grass where they skid, swerve and end belly up.
Of course trucks need to be regulated further especially because many of them are usually on "free" and cannot even engage gears a the speed with which they hurtle down hill but also drivers of personal vehicles and matatus need to be sensitized to the potential dangers associated with such trucks.
Strict speed limits need to be enforced within Nairobi area to ensure drivers are able to control their vehicles in case of emergencies.
Regards
JG
Anyone know why we no longer care about road accidents?
At the moment, a matatu on Mombasa road has been flattened between a
On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote: trailer
and a truck after the trailer rammed into it from behind, flattening it to the size of a seat.
Yesterday morning, a trailer fell across the Nyayo roundabout in the morning.
Yesterday in late morning, a truck overturned landing partly on a Toyota Harrier along Uhuru Highway.
Yesterday evening, at Mlolongo, a truck overturned landing on a saloon car.
Has it become normal for trucks to just overturn in this country.
Who will issue a quick statement on this and then we are back to life as normal?
What happened to the punitive Traffic Amendment act that is supposed to be punitive especially for drivers that cause death to other road users?
-- with Regards:
blog.denniskioko.com
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Listers, Yes, it has become a common trend for accidents to take place in Kenya. And we always don't miss someone to blame. One thing I know, there are obvious mistakes on our roads. For instance, at Waruku, the bus stop is placed right opposite the road to Waruku; there is no stage on the side from Town making matatu sop at any point; on Thika Road, where we have bus bays, passengers would rather wait for the buses at alternative places or where they used to board buses before the upgrade of the road. If you've driven on Naivasha Road, where SS Mehta is doing some construction (around Kinoo), they've dug craters which can be the cause of accidents, really. I have also noted that Matatu plying Thika Road to Nairobi, must pat with some fifty bob to the police at an illegal roadblock just a few kilometres from GSU camp( the home of the elite Recce Company). The same happens at Wida. Police just pick 50 bob yet the lives of people are put at risk. I also don't understand why pedestrian crossing should be put on highways - Examples at DC's office Westlands, Waruku blackspot etc? In another perspective, it could be the ugly month of August. Mburu
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