Life is exceedingly precious and it is the creation of the Almighty God. Only God gives it and it is HE alone that can take it. But it is unfortunate that one other thing is also wrestling with Almighty , so to say ,on it. And that thing is 'Highways Mishaps '.

According to statistics released by Federal Road Safety Commission on the accidents recorded on the highways it was revealed that 2471 lives were brutally terminated untimely in 6 Months in 2021 and certain number too was badly injured and certain number too returned home safely from the scenes of the accidents.

The figures giving above is frightening and alarming. Those involved are human beings with vision and mission, dreams and aspirations , plans and strategies to go about it. For them to have met their untimely deaths just like that is very saddening and mentally torturing. The dreams of becoming something of value in life were just cut off like that is extremely bad. May Almighty God console the family left behind. It is just by His Grace that we are alive and still living. We cannot continue to fold our arms on this. We must find solution to it.

Causes Of Road Accidents On Our Highways.

Bad Road. Our roads are bad yet our vehicles do run on them to link various places of interest. Erosion has damaged many of these roads to the extent that it has become an eye sore. Long heavy vehicles do damage these roads especially during heavy downpour . The road surfaces that had been badily hit by rainfall and become slippery are always responsible some of them to lose control and crash into ditches and the damage therefrom is unimaginable.

It is just unfortunate that other causes of these accidents cannot be removed from the doorsteps of stakeholders on the roads. To me personally , drivers are the major and number one culprit. The issue is that majority of them drink before embarking on driving. Try and move closer to them , their mouths are always send out odour of alcoholic drinks. Yet if you confront them with the allegations of having drunk , some will deny it vehemently while others will own up and quickly add that it is not much ,then , some would say if they don't take it they may not be able to face driving squarely. Yet the slogan is that if you drink , don't drive and that if you drive , don't drink. Though none confessed to excessive drink yet excessive drink kills and destroys. It confuses whoever is driving and the confusion thereafter leads to Accident.

Over Speeding is the Hallmark of some drivers. At times they do this in order to cover lost grounds having been lost possibly through routine vehicle maintenance. For economic reasons some drivers take to too much speeding. This always happens during peak periods especially during festivities. Accidents are always commonly happen during festivities. This must be halted on order to save innocent lives.

Head -on -collision possibly while trying to avoid potholes. The inability of many of these drivers to exercise patience often result in accident. What is bad in showing patience and take note of other toad users on a busy highways. Head-on-collision is a brutal form of accident. Vehicles are always damaged beyond recognition and casualties are always very many.

Break Failure is another major cause of road Accidents. Normally a vehicle can go on a highway without any hitch , even , speeding in normal form can not cause accident but while going unexpected happened and break holding vehicles is applied but failed to response , this can cause accident. Break Failure can cause major accident where by a vehicle suffers and lost control. Where control can not be guaranteed the resultant effect is accident.

Effects Of Roads Accidents.

When accidents occur it always affect Loved ones somewhere. It claims lives of precious person you may hold dearly and one should imagine the effect on the nation. Those ones that are expected to contribute immensely to the growth and development of the nation ate lost through road Accidents. The number lost through it is no doubt alarming and saddening. Human Resources of great values that will add meaningful ingredients to socio economic stimulus of the nation would just lost through road mishaps , it is unthinkable and unacceptable.

How To Prevent Road Accidents.

There are various ways through which road Accidents could be prevented. Some of these ways include:

Sensitisation through Radio And Television Programmes.

Our Drivers on the highways should always take caution. Radio programmes that will always enlighten them should always come up on the Airwaves constantly. That life has no duplicate. That life is precious. That caution is the real word that must be applied at all times. While on the road all road users should not lose sight of the fact that they must not forget that they are having family members at home expecting them.

Government At Levels Should Repair Our Roads To Avoid Carnages On Them.

We must always remind our Governments that Roads must always be repaired and taken care of in order to stop having Carnages On our Roads. Life is precious and essential to be lost. Life has no duplicate. The number of people that are lost through road mishaps is more or less uncountable. Just because roads are bad. Certain percentage of revenue should be set aside for Road construction , re-construction , repair and maintenance. This is highly important.

Over Speeding Should Be Avoided At All Cost. Any Driver Caught Indulging In It Should Be Sanctioned.

This must be avoided at all costs. Too much speeding can not be of help. It is a dangerous game all the time. By the time over speeding is embarked upon , it is always result in lost of control , head -on -collision. This is too bad . Death must be avoided on our roads. Over Speeding Should Be Stopped.

Drivers License Of Erring Drivers Could Be Confisticated To Serve As Deterrent To Other Road Users.

Drivers that do not obey Traffic Rules And Regulations on the highways can have his driver's license Confisticated forthwith.

Introduction Of Speed Limits On The Highways. This Is Very Important.

This could be introduced to check how they drive on the highways. Accidents can be averted if speed limits could be introduced.

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