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It’s ironic but true. The festive season is a time to be joyful but for some it becomes a time to be remorseful. Yes, because of road accidents.

The traffiic police, the Road Transport Department and the Road Safety Department are again on high alert.

There are campaigns to educate, pamphlets and brochures to inform, and fines and jail terms to deter. but the carnage goes on season after season, year after year.

We blame it on road conditions. We blame it on the elements. We blame it on the lack of enforcement. We blame everything else but ourselves.

Perhaps for once we should  blame ourselves, the ones behind the wheel.

We should blame our own recklessness(speeding, overtaking hazardously, tailgating, beating red lights and queue- jumping), our careless ( not using signals correctly, reversing unthinkingly, and making illegal U-turns), and our complacency ( indiscriminate parking, talking on the phone and texting while driving, allowing underage children to drive, not wearing safety helmets, not buckling up, and drinking and driving).

The authorities have their hands full and can only do so much. maybe the slogan for road safety campaigns ought to be ” Keep a hold on yourself and you keep a hold on your vehicle”.

Our safety is our hands, You and I can make our road safe.