IGNORANCE, COMMON SENSE, NEGLIGENCE......and the train crushed into the 'kuffour bus'. Who do we blame it on: the train driver, the guy at the railway crossline or the bus driver?
Just at about 5:30pm on Thursday,26th May,2010, i logged on to myjoyonline.com and they had in one of their headlines 'Train shreds 'Kuffour bus'. Shreds paaa(this is exaggeration at its best). My friend Debrootz was stunned by the exaggeration(journalists should be wary because one day they might just give someone a heart attack)....
It was a very unfortunate incident that happened but I, Mabel Simpson blame the bus driver for his IGNORANCE and LACK OF COMMON SENSE. Yes, say i am a wicked soul but every driver or even every human being should at least be aware that you have no right to stop on the rail way tracks be it that there is free flow of vehicles or 'go-slow'(bumper to bumper). At least we all know that the brakes of the train are not the same as that of the cars we drive in.(My friend Jeff says if a train is to stop at Tema, it has to apply its brakes at Circle)....lol...(but it is true)...
This is not the first time such an accident has occurred or will occur. Sometimes you wonder how people manage to obtain their driver's license. I do not blame them either. Blame it on the authorities. Even road signs i bet how many people who drive the so called flashy cars around and claim to be educated can read, understand and apply its meaning.
For me, the next time such an accident happens due to LACK OF COMMON SENSE, the driver's license should be withdrawn and he/she be banned from driving. It is time we had some discipline on our roads, the road carnage stopped so people can live.
I BLAME IT ON LACK OF COMMON SENSE......(We are humans and not perfect though)
very interesting.. taking the license wont solve the problem. how many people in Ghana drive without it. they can easily just bribe the police when they get caught.
ReplyDeleteBut it is really sad that people can't use common sense in application of some many things. why would u even stop on a railway track. The passengers should have complained but they wont and rather spend their time calling the airwaves talking about foolish stuff
I agree with B.O.N.T.I, but the whole point is, our system itself is corrupt. We as Ghanaians feel that we should be able to bend the law and that is true. No matter what, somehow we find a loop hole somewhere. Just wave a few greens and you will get what you want. I just hope there were no kids on the bus and that no body was injured.
ReplyDeleteThis is total negligence both on the side of the driver and the railway traffic warden, what a shame! and probably who ever is supposed to sound the siren on the train a few meters away.
ReplyDeleteIt was just an unfortunate day for the bus driver, and as some Ghanaians will say in twi language ''ni fie fo y3 din'' literally ''his house folks are hard'':-)
I agree with you about media descriptions being a little overimaginative at times (the next time I see a headline saying 'X SLAPS Y' or 'Z CITY GOES GAY', I may have to find a copy of the newspaper, stalk the editor and slap him with it).
ReplyDeleteI wish I could blame the driver but I think there is a general problem with driving in Ghana though and we are all guilty of it. When I'm in traffic, it's not just taxi and trotro drivers I see breaking rules, driving recklessly or being impatient. It's like if there's enough space for a third lane, we are genetically predisposed to use it as such.
I think fake licenses are part of the problem but I think we need more streetlights for one but more importantly cameras: not just to catch drivers but also to catch policemen taking bribes!
The sad thing is this only works where there is a good postal/address system on which everyone is registered and you can send a picture to the house address that a car is registered to and threaten legal action.