The number of road mishaps and injuries had decreased in 2019 in comparison with that of 2018, but the number of deaths in accidents increased alarmingly.
Transportation experts blame unfit vehicles, unskilled drivers and reckless driving as the core reasons behind the staggering number of road accidents. Many bus owners recruit drivers considering personal relationship and recommendations of known people without properly examining their driving skill. Therefore, immediate measures to improve the current road safety issues, such as examining driver’s skill and vehicle fitness, discouraging reckless driving, improving the traffic police control system and ensuring more cooperation between the drivers and owners are needed.
Every time the gravity of road safety issues gets intensified when a student dies on the road. Protesters blocking roads and seeking the highest punishment of the perpetrators have become very common repercussions of any gruesome road accident.
As long as the gruesome practice of
giving license to the unskilled drivers and
unfit vehicles is not stopped, the grisly procession
of deaths on the roads would continue unabated
It has been reported that in most of the accident cases the buses were running without fitness certificate and the drivers did not have a valid driving license.
When the authorities concerned cannot maintain integrity in terms of giving certificates to drivers and vehicles, it is not pragmatic to expect those drivers who buy licence through unfair means will maintain discipline on the roads. In this regard, a strong monitoring body equipped with modern technology and adequate manpower should be devised immediately. What we all want now is to see severe steps taken by the relevant authorities to punish those responsible for these deaths.