The inebriated, fast and furious driver – a threat to traffic safety

Driving under the influence of intoxicating stuff remains one of the major causes of traffic accidents that emanate from human error. For that reason, a limit has been imposed on the amount of intake of alcohol especially, which when exceeded, a driver is legally not expected to be behind the wheel of his vehicle. This is law that has be broken time and again and the direct result of that are horrific accidents that have been realized throughout the country and different times of the day, week, month and year. The inebriated driver has many things compromised in his/her driving ability and is most likely to cause themselves and other road users serious accidents that have resulted even in serious, incapacitating and fatal accidents. If they haven’t been seriously injured or even killed themselves in traffic they would have left a trail; of damage to property, road furniture and human life. Other than admitting guilty and fined for same, they would never be bothered or responsible for all the damage, especially the injuries of the victims of their sheer negligence in the traffic space. It remains the duty of families, medical institutions, insurance companies and the Sincephetelo MVA Fund to put the pieces together in whatever best way they could. Drunken driving has caused this country fortunes and many precious lives over the decades and it’s time it stops.

THE INEBRIATED DRIVER CAN BE THE FASTEST IN TRAFFIC

Whatever alcohol does to the human body; it seems also to affect the mind by giving over- confidence. This is realized in the reckless manner and terrifying speed drunken drivers can take and in the process disregarding the safety of all the road users in their vicinity. They can whizz through traffic, meander through jams and cut through stop ways and traffic signs. Nothing will stop until they ram unto some other vehicle, hit a pedestrian or ultimately lose control of their cars.

YOUR JAMMED CAR-BE VISIBLE AND SAFE BY THE ROAD SIDE

One can tell by the crash impact on the vehicles and the gory injuries they would suffer themselves and those they would have subjected to ill-fate as a direct result of their reckless speed. As if that is not enough, these nature of drivers would still, if they could, escape the scene of accident, knowing very well they are the cause and that the damage can be huge. This very much to say that all drivers are aware, sober or drunk that they ought not to drive
or have driven under the influence of intoxicating stuff. Those fellows in the fight against traffic accidents no longer want such outcomes to be referred to as accidents but crashes. The impunity and lack of remorse and caution these guys indulge do not expose them as souls to sympathized with-but dealt with heavily by the law.

THEY CAN BE FURIOUS TOO

As drunk driver can stall his vehicle in the middle of the road, block traffic whilst, he is till, say, smoking by the side. He could be asleep in the car for all you know. Anyone who would as much raise a concern will earn their full wrath or even militant response. The guy is in a public road but parked like he is in his yard or so slow like he is enjoying a Sunday ride in his lawn.

TAKE AWAYS:

• Don’t drink and drive.
• Park your vehicle and ride a cab once you have had one too many.
• Have none for the road lest you get over the legal limit
• Kill your speed or you will kill someone.
• Obey traffic rules and road markings.