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My Phobia for travelling started not so long ago, just a couple of years back. Maybe it's as a result of the dangerous Road trips i have embarked on in my life both as a kid and as an adult. I have been to all the states of my Country except Rivers State the Location of @stach Hub situated in Port-Harcourt Nigeria. Thanks to my former place of work and my job role as a remote support Specialist, this had given me much experience about travelling both impromptu journey and planned ones, which had made me witness and escaped some ghastly auto-crash, escaped some domestic plane crash etc. All this had prompted me to conclude to write about this.
Roads Trip are supposed to be fun and adventurous, reverse is the case here as individuals travel in fear like myself, the fear of not getting to our destinations. Statistically, an average of 13 people died in daily road accident across the country in 2017.
National Bureau of Statistics
The Federal Road Safety Commission(FRSC) disclosed that; June has a total of 738 Nation wide accident recorded which rendered 301 dead and 2157 injured, while July has a total of 768 Nation wide accident recorded with 423 dead and 2339 injured in this auto crashes. This are horrific figures and this occurs as a result of the factors discussed below.
Infrastructure; a paramount factor
A key factor to consider which is solely responsible for most Road accidents is the lack of adequate infrastructure, this is missing due to none or low technological standards as a result of underdevelopment. Despite the abundant resources, providing a state of the Art inter-state roads has eluded the Government; not that it wasn't in the budget annually but some circle of sucking puppets had siphoned the funds provided for this purposes with a no check and balance means available.
A poor Maintenance system
Maintenance culture is poor, this always speedily create depletion in the roads that had been built with this insufficient funds. After this Government office holders had diverted into the bulk of the project budget to personal endeavors, engineers and technicians had to make do with sub standard infrastructures.
Nepotism
In West Africa, Road Trips had claimed several lives and had rendered thousands of innocent road users incapacitated. The Government keeps awarding mega Billion Contracts/Project out for Standard Road constructions but only a few of this project materialized. Nepotism is the major foe here, top Government office holders awards this Mega Contract to Family and Friends with little or no Technical Know-how, several of this projects never gets delivered and there is no prosecution what so ever for this group of people- They all go Scott-free, evading Jail terms.
Over-speeding and Clumsy Road Users
Over speeding kills as well, even on state-of-the-art road Networks. On a standard road,it is fairly safe; But unfortunately an over speeding driver would blame any accident on the poor conditions of the road hence this remains a focal point till it's addressed.
Another important point to mention is the Roudy and Clumsy road users, it is pitiable fact that some drivers enhances themselves before embarking on trips/long Journey. How could a driver high on drugs or strong alcoholic contents remain sane/focus while driving commuters? 4 out of 10 road crashes would be as a result of this factors which could only be addressed by giving such drivers/road users capital punishments(If Any survived this crashes).
Hopefully this road Mishaps reduces in 2018, a tangible solution would be to provide good and standard roads which would be maintained periodically.
Wishing you a great week ahead, Thanks for reading my blog today again. Below are the links to some of my latest posts. I appreciate all the supports i have gotten from you all!
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