Almost daily we read about another accident.
Recently; a friend, to avoid a car heading towards him, ended up in the ditch.
The Police, however, charged him with dangerous driving!
It seems, according to statistics released, most accidents were caused by speeding, overtaking round bends, drink driving, falling
asleep and using mobile phones.
These are happening among people aged between 18 to 40-year-olds, if I remember correctly.
It’s alarming. And it’s mostly young drivers.
To feel the speed.
Whenever I am on the road keeping within the speed limit, hosts of cars continue to overtake me on the double highway outside Nadi, including buses.
How to curb these drivers? Use demerit points, take away their licenses, ban them for a certain time?
To me, it seems the root cause might be right at the beginning when a person begins to learn to drive.
Did the instructor just teach the techniques of driving, how to use clutch and brakes, how to steer the wheel and the road rules?
Do they teach attitude, defensive driving, showing courtesy?
I hope they do.
Should the Land transport Authority (LTA) have a closer look at the driving schools?
That’s where most of the students learn to drive?
What about speed cameras? Do we have enough of them?
It was good the other day to see a motorcycle police officer booking drivers near the airport.
There should be more of them.
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