<p>Pop quiz what is a safe distance to keep behind a car that's in front of you while driving at 110 kph? If there are three lanes and the maximum speed is 110 in which lane should I be if am driving at 60 kph? </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 25 Apr 2012 09:20, "Info" <<a href="mailto:info@amwik.org">info@amwik.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Its very unfortunate that the greed of a few Kenyans is causing the death of<br>
others. Truth be told, there has been signages but people uproot them<br>
especially if they appear metallic and they have even gone ahead to remove<br>
the protective barriers along some of the road sides. we need to change our<br>
value system otherwise we all perish!<br>
<br>
Drivers also are aware for the last years that these highways are under<br>
contraction and every day or almost, you find changes and it is also the<br>
responsibility of any sane drive to drive carefully.<br>
<br>
However, I think there is a suicidal element in our drivers if you observe<br>
the driving styles not just for matatus but even private motorists and they<br>
bring their egos on the road. Unfortunately, in a crash, it is the driver<br>
who suffers while their fancy vehicles feel nothing. It is time Kenyans took<br>
responsibilities of their action and stop the blame game!<br>
<br>
Jane<br>
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And there's hardly ever any signage to warn motorists about which sections<br>
of the road will be closed during construction. You drive all the way a<br>
familiar route only to one day find it's blocked!<br>
<br>
Yesterdays traffic chaos on Murang'a Rd/Kipande Rd were caused by this and<br>
had a knock on effect all the way to CBD.<br>
<br>
It would also be a good idea for them to have a website where they could<br>
upload such information on diversions and closures daily in advance so users<br>
of the road can plan their journeys appropriately.<br>
<br>
Peres<br>
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To: Peres Were<<a href="mailto:peres_were@yahoo.co.uk">peres_were@yahoo.co.uk</a>><br>
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I hope Listers got home safely tonight.<br>
<br>
I happened to travel on some section of Thika road yesterday, and was<br>
appalled by lack of the road signs. Somehow though, they appear to have<br>
convinced matatus to stop on the service roads, rather than on the highway,<br>
without traffic signs, though some argue that tow vans (breakdowns) are<br>
enough of a traffic to deter matatus from picking and dropping passengers on<br>
the highway. This was a big problem last year.<br>
<br>
I am however convinced that the lack of traffic signs and marked roads<br>
contributed to the chaotic traffic we had today, with hundreds still waiting<br>
for matatus by 10:30 pm.<br>
<br>
Roads that lack traffic signs and that are unmarked contributed to the<br>
stalling of tens of vehicles that were stalled along Ngong Road, the CBD and<br>
Mombasa road.<br>
<br>
If the roads were marked to indicate how much distance vehicles should keep<br>
from each other, the tens of motorists that run into the behinds of other<br>
motorists would not have done so.<br>
<br>
In fact, the fact that Mombasa Road is marked in white rather than yellow<br>
paint is chiefly the cause of the high speed 4 vehicle pile up that saw the<br>
quartet run each other out of the road.<br>
<br>
Weren't it for the fact that the buses I took home were driven slowly, I<br>
would have arrived here earlier. At 120 kph, the journey would have been<br>
shorter, and our keen drivers would have spotted traffic signs and road<br>
markings.<br>
I'm sure the speeding motorist who splashed me with a pool of water along<br>
Tom Mboya street wouldn't have done so, if he had seen traffic signs warning<br>
of splashing of water on pedestrians when it rains. After all, they are good<br>
chaps that religiously drive to church every Sunday and pray for the<br>
reduction of accidents on our roads.<br>
<br>
Many accidents of late have been caused by drivers losing control, which can<br>
be easily solved by traffic signs warning motorists that other motorists are<br>
likely to lose control.<br>
<br>
Keep dry this season , especially by avoiding Ksh 6,500 Hush Puppy shoes<br>
which Bata, a Kenyan manufacturer if shoes, imports and sells. The damn<br>
things will have gaping holes in the soles in two months. Bata advices two<br>
months is a reasonably long time to void them of warranty, and you should<br>
grab the golden chance by its horn to employ local cobblers.<br>
<br>
Remember, traffic signs save lives. Take initiative, buy one today.<br>
Sent from my BlackBerryR<br>
<br>
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