By: Megs S. Lunn
Traffic accidents are also everyday occurrences in Kalibo and the surrounding areas. More and more drivers are getting ignorant on how to drive their vehicles properly that they will not harm any passersby on the road.
Last, January 23, 2006 at 7:10 A.M., Mrs. Alma Lamahan Reyes, 43 years old and a resident of Poblacion, Numancia, Aklan was smashed by a dilapidated jeepney. She was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital. She is survived by her husband Rezar Reyes and children; Alzar Howell, 16; Jowen Son, 15; and Sven Werner, 4.
Mrs. Reyes was on her way to her class in Numancia Integrated School, Poblacion, Numancia, Aklan, that early morning of January 23, when Joel Sapico, 39 years old, married with six {6} children, driving a jeepney with plate number SVN-394 lost control of his jeepney while trying to overtake a couple of motorcycles and a car, dragged and smashed to death the pretty mentor.
The jeepney Mr. Sapico was driving looks dilapidated, without headlight on its right side, rusted and ugly. It should not anymore be allowed on the road. Driver Sapico should not be allowed to drive for life. According to some witnesses, that was the third time Sapico met an accident. The first victim died, the second injured seriously and for the third time, Mrs. Reyes, the victim died.
The Land Transportation Office may do its job and strictly implement the law. Many accidents happen on the road because of: driving without license, minor drivers, reckless imprudence, no headlight/s, ill maintained vehicles, over-speeding and many more. For LGUs and the Department of Public Works and Highways: restore pathways for the pedestrians, pathways blocked by products for sale, road under repairs, no pedestrian lanes markings and many more. It is either the law makers who violate their own ordinances or traffic enforcers who close their eyes or look the other way on road infractions.
Basically, the main cause of accidents is due to drunkenness, reckless driving, bad roads, unskilled drivers, issuance of driver’s license to irresponsible drivers/operators, improper use of sidewalks and inappropriate signages or non at all.
To prevent damage to save lives and property as well as promote pleasure and safe travel, proper traffic management must be implemented coupled with proper travel infrastructures.
Increase driver awareness of its job and responsibilities, implementation of traffic laws, instill discipline to drivers and pedestrians, institute road improvement and readable traffic signs will minimize if not stop traffic accidents. /MPmailto:madyaas_pen@yahoo.com
Traffic accidents are also everyday occurrences in Kalibo and the surrounding areas. More and more drivers are getting ignorant on how to drive their vehicles properly that they will not harm any passersby on the road.
Last, January 23, 2006 at 7:10 A.M., Mrs. Alma Lamahan Reyes, 43 years old and a resident of Poblacion, Numancia, Aklan was smashed by a dilapidated jeepney. She was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital. She is survived by her husband Rezar Reyes and children; Alzar Howell, 16; Jowen Son, 15; and Sven Werner, 4.
Mrs. Reyes was on her way to her class in Numancia Integrated School, Poblacion, Numancia, Aklan, that early morning of January 23, when Joel Sapico, 39 years old, married with six {6} children, driving a jeepney with plate number SVN-394 lost control of his jeepney while trying to overtake a couple of motorcycles and a car, dragged and smashed to death the pretty mentor.
The jeepney Mr. Sapico was driving looks dilapidated, without headlight on its right side, rusted and ugly. It should not anymore be allowed on the road. Driver Sapico should not be allowed to drive for life. According to some witnesses, that was the third time Sapico met an accident. The first victim died, the second injured seriously and for the third time, Mrs. Reyes, the victim died.
The Land Transportation Office may do its job and strictly implement the law. Many accidents happen on the road because of: driving without license, minor drivers, reckless imprudence, no headlight/s, ill maintained vehicles, over-speeding and many more. For LGUs and the Department of Public Works and Highways: restore pathways for the pedestrians, pathways blocked by products for sale, road under repairs, no pedestrian lanes markings and many more. It is either the law makers who violate their own ordinances or traffic enforcers who close their eyes or look the other way on road infractions.
Basically, the main cause of accidents is due to drunkenness, reckless driving, bad roads, unskilled drivers, issuance of driver’s license to irresponsible drivers/operators, improper use of sidewalks and inappropriate signages or non at all.
To prevent damage to save lives and property as well as promote pleasure and safe travel, proper traffic management must be implemented coupled with proper travel infrastructures.
Increase driver awareness of its job and responsibilities, implementation of traffic laws, instill discipline to drivers and pedestrians, institute road improvement and readable traffic signs will minimize if not stop traffic accidents. /MPmailto:madyaas_pen@yahoo.com
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