Road Accidents

Almost daily, we would see accounts of road accidents on the papers. What are the various reasons for these accidents to happen?

Just this morning, I had a quite a close shave on the road.

I was in a car which has just made a left turn. Upon turning, I saw a young man rushing across the road and nearly knocked onto my car. Note that I was not at a traffic junction. Apparently, he was running diagonally from the opposite lane.

It takes two hands to clap. If all the road users can exercise some caution, I am pretty sure that the number of road accidents can be reduced.

One common sight is the illegal parking along the road with lots of eat-houses. Some people simply parked their big cars along the roadside and went into the eat house to enjoy their meal, ignoring the fact that they have caused obstructions to other road users. Other vehicles have to change their lane and thus increase the chance of an accident.

Our selfishness has led to a higher rate of road accidents. Can we each do something about it to improve this situation?