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More and more people have taken to the roads in the recent years. The reasons have been many over the years and newer reasons have replaced older reasons. Nonetheless, the rates of casualties caused by traffic accidents have hardly seen a downward trend.
Governments across the world have made specific rules to protect vehicles and it’s drivers against accidents. Despite this accidents occur. Who is to blame for this? Let’s see.
In the multi tasking environment that we live in, talking on the cell phone while driving the car at a break neck speed is not surprising, although rules prohibit such acts of lethal multi tasking people hardly bother. This is when disasters happen. Some drivers forget to signal before changing lanes, while others forget to wear seat belts. Some forget both.
Pedestrians are at the most risk while road accidents. They are hardly protected against the huge impact of a vehicle hitting their body. They have to suffer the impact twice, once when the vehicle hits them, second when they hit the ground. What happens after is any body’s guess.
Pedestrians are advised to wear high visibility gear when venturing out in the dark and they should make it a point to carry illuminating objects and keep to well lit areas as much as possible. Vehicle drivers on the other hand must take care of pedestrian crossings and bicycle lanes. They should take more care when approaching accident prone areas such as curves and intersections.
Research shows that older people are more at risk when driving at night. Their sense of sight and response gets duller by their age and they are inept at handling emergency situations, often too slow to avert a disaster. With better health facilities, population of older people have increased, hence, old people should try to keep off the roads during low visibility hours.
There are many such rules, but rules are just rules until they are followed and implemented.
