{{Drivers have been warned against carelessness and over speeding leading to accidents and loss of lives.}}
Superintendent Jean Marie Vianney Ndushabandi, spokesperson of Traffic and Road Safety department said some drivers especially of public and transit vehicles are found of neglecting traffic rules and overtake even in very sharp corners without minding that another vehicle could be coming from the other direction.
He added that others drive while on phone while some vehicles have mechanical faults, putting it at high risk of causing an accident.
“These are some of the preventable traffic offences that lead to accidents which a fatal and destroy public infrastructure,” Supt. Ndushabandi, who warned of “severe consequences” to those caught in such offences, said.
“Lives are being lost and others left with lifetime injuries, property destroyed and government incurring more costs to renovate destroyed infrastructure. Passengers and the general public should also not allow such to happen and should report drivers who try to put their lives and that of others in danger,” he added.
He also said the Tuesday fatal accident along Kigali-Rwamagana highway involving a Kigali-bound Tanzanian registered transit vehicle and a Fuso which left four people dead happened after the Tanzanian truck, which was slopping, lost breaks and rammed into a truck which was coming from the opposite direction.
The deceased include the Fuso driver and his co-driver, the co-driver of the Tanzanian truck and a motorcyclist, who was also behind the Fuso.
Two other people who were also injured during the accident are admitted at Rwamagana hospital and the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK).
He also appealed to car owners to take their automobiles for periodic mechanical check up, especially when they are to hit long journeys.
“It’s in the interest of drivers to abide by the road safety measures. They will be sparing their lives and that of their passengers and their automobiles,” he explained.
He appealed to passengers always report drivers who put their lives in danger and urged pedestrians to always observe both sides of the road before crossing.
RNP
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