We continued witnessing countless people dying on the roads and highways as there is almost no effective measure to prevent accidents.
But country’s people do not want to hear the news of such tragic accidents every day.Such death is causing an irreparable loss to every family of the victims.
The government took several measures to enhance the vigilance on the roads and highways by utilising the modern information technology to prevent the road accidents.But the road crash still remains a reason for big worry.
So, Bangladesh is witnessing fatal road mishaps and many people are dying every day due to a huge number of small vehicles plying the highways and a lack of monitoring by the authorities concerned.
The road crash
still remains a
reason
for big worry
At least 437 people were killed and 681 injured in 429 road accidents across the country in October this year. There were 131 motorcycle accidents in October, in which 144 people were killed and 76 were injured, says a recent study.
According to another report, the country experiences over 5,000 road accidents every year that claim over 4,000 lives and injure huge number of people. Misapplication of traffic laws and weak enforcement, irregularities and corruption in the traffic department, a massive increase in motorcycles, battery-run rickshaws and three-wheelers, and rampant movements of these vehicles on highways are causing the road accidents every day. Only massive awareness among the public in generalabout traffic rules, regular training for drivers and necessaryinfrastructure can be the crucial means of preventing road traffic accidents.We think there is no way but to raise awareness among the masses to prevent roadaccidents which is a matter of grave concern.
In a wake to reduce road accidents, the ministries, concerned authorities and non-government organizations must make concerted efforts towards improvement of road safety through engineering measures.If the government fails to bring discipline to roads and highways, massive development and progress in this sector will fade away.