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Road accidents worrying
Movement
for Democratic Change (MDC)
June
21, 2012
The MDC registers serious concern over increasing road accidents
across the country, resulting in unnecessary loss of life.
More worrying
is the loss of life and injury to civilians by Robert Mugabe's
motorcade which has been involved in three separate accidents in
two weeks leaving three people dead and 15 others injured.
It is a known
fact that Zimbabweans are hassled out of the road when the motorcade
is approaching, so one wonders how these accidents have been happening
if it was not just pure negligence by those driving and riding in
the motorcade.
If for nothing
else, the drivers in this ridiculously long motorcade should go
for re-testing so that other road users are not endangered. While
at it, the powers that be would do us all suffering Zimbabweans
a favour by reducing the motorcade's size and saving thousands
of dollars in the process.
The MDC is saddened
to note that on Tuesday, 13 people were killed in a fatal kombi
crash along the Bulawayo - Fort Rixon road in Matebeleland
South.
On the same
day, six people died after a Wedza - Harare kombi was involved
in another accident.
The two accidents
come just a month after 13 other people were killed in another fatal
accident which occurred along the Harare-Bindura highway when a
mini-bus driver lost control and veered off the road.
On Wednesday,
nine people perished and 18 others were hospitalized after a Gweru-bound
Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) bus rammed into a broken-down
heavy goods truck in Kwekwe.
Since March,
50 people have died in road accidents across the country in accidents
that could have been avoided if due care had been taken.
The MDC encourages
all police officers manning our roads to perform their duty religiously
in order to avoid road carnage. The accidents should therefore be
a wake up call for the Zanu PF Police Commissioner, Chihuri to realize
his incompetence and quit the police force.
The MDC recognizes
road safety as a priority in the quest to build a safe and secure
nation based on the effective enforcement of traffic laws, road
safety education, better driver training and licensing as well as
the reduction in incidents of drunken driving.
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