Now that the festive season is already underway, with people busy to make final touches leading to a merry Christmas and a Happy 2023, the onus of playing it safe lies on everyone.
With slightly above a week before the Christian and non-Christian community come together to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, let every responsible citizen bear in mind the responsibility that lies upon them in as far as ensuring safety is concerned.
Bearing in mind the frequency of road carnage cases that have become a major characteristic on the country’s roads, the general citizenry should play an equally important role in saving lives. Accidents do occur as a result of a number of things among them mechanical faults on vehicles while human error seems to account for a bigger chunk on the statistics.
Motorists, pedestrians, cyclists and passengers should make sure each play their roles to fend off the likely challenges that may result from accidents and hence loss of human life and resources involved.
With people moving from one place to the other, exercising responsibility is the best solution to the mishaps that occur on the roads. As such motorists should adhere to road traffic rules and regulations while at the same time exercising caution on the roads some of which are in bad state. Being part of the safety measures, drunken driving should find no place this holiday, not over speeding for speed thrills while at the same time killing. Drivers thus have a prerogative and national duty obligation to fulfil in saving human lives.
Passengers should also desist from pressuring drivers into speeding so that they reach destinations quickly as that may result in them not being able to accomplish such missions. People should collectively act and arrest such problems in event they arise. Gone should be the days when holidays are marred by accidents and that begins with today’s citizen.
Authorities tasked with law enforcement that is Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) and Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) should execute their duties diligently without fear or favour as they ensure total adherence to road rules and regulations. Those errant motorists or even passengers going against the law should pay dearly for their actions and that entails the three organizations working sincerely. Sincerity include saying no to bribes in law enforcement.
Whatever amount of joy and zeal may engulf the minds of people, let there be a sense of responsibility for the sake of preserving their lives and that of others during the holiday so that everyone would get into 2023 safely.
Let not let plunge the nation into mourning unnecessarily through accidents. Thus safety for everyone begins with everyone.
