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Road accidents worrying says MDC-T
21 Jun 2012 at 09:03hrs | Views
Press Statement
The MDC-T 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 retesting 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 â€" Fort Rixon road in Matebeleland South.
On the same day, six people died after a Wedza â€" 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.
The MDC-T 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 retesting 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.
On the same day, six people died after a Wedza â€" 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.
Source - MDC-T
