IT HAS become a public
concern over the frequent fatal road accident in Sabah and the casualty rate is
alarmingly high. This follows after the fatal road accident happened in the
Jalan Sulaman on the 16th shortly before midnight where 5 people died on the
spot and 3 other seriously injured. The accident involved 5 cars and believed
to be caused by a car flown across and over from the other opposite lane of the
highway.
KK MP Hiew King Cheu said he
was on site after the accident occurred, and he saw the tragedy which he felt
sad and with deep regrets. The accident would not had happened if the road
divider is provided with barriers, bushes, earth bans, steel crash barriers and
any other form of crash protectors. The lost control car could have been
stopped by the barriers and would not hit the cars on the other side.
Hiew wants the JKR and the
Ministry of Works to really look into the road design, safety precautious
measures, and all the relevant matters to keep our roads safe. The authorities
should not pretend that the accident has nothing to do with them and it is the
fault of the drivers alone.
There are many danger spots
on our roads in Sabah and these are the dead-traps where potential fatal road
accidents can happen anytime. There were many fatal accidents had happened in
many parts of Kota Kinabalu City, and in some places there is not only one but
many rounds of accident had happened.
The typical example is the
dangerous roundabouts in the city where cars always hit the roundabout and
damaged with casualties. The common ones are the one in Sepanggar,
Towering/Penampang, Inanam/Kiansom, Menggatal/Pulutan, and even in the town
centre.
There is also the problem on
not enough road lights and water pounding on the road surface which also
contributed to serious road accidents. A slight slip can be fatal on the
dangerous road.
It is a big suffering to the
family who had lost their love ones, and who should be responsible. The bad
condition of the road is of course of importance in all cases of accidents.
This can be attributed to the design, construction, maintenance, facilities
installed, safety features provided and behavior of the drivers.
The majority of the
accidents are of course due to the human factors and their carelessness. In all
case, the authorities must be seen to provide maximum cares and attention to
avoid road accident happening. Many danger spots in Sabah are needed immediate
attention but very unfortunately although being informed, there is still no
action taken by the authorities to rectify or make good. More road accidents
will surely reoccur in these danger spot. Thus, we wish the authorities can
come in to do some work to save lives.
Perlukah kita salahkan jalan raya yang kerap menyebabkan kemalangan.
ReplyDeleteJika kita lihat pun punca sebenar kemalangan adalah kerana kecuaian pemandu itu sendiri.
ReplyDeleteKalau bukan diri sendiri, kecuaian orang lain juga boleh membawa pada kemalangan.
Deleteinilah sikap sesetengah pemandu, suka melanggar peraturan dan cuai.
DeleteRoad users must obey the road rules and authorities take proactive action to rectify road problems in danger spots. Provide more lamp posts.
ReplyDeleteRasanya bukan di Sabah saja kemalangan maut kerap berlaku. biasanya keadaan jalan raya yang lebih baik lagi banyak kemalangan berlaku.
ReplyDeletekita harus patuhi peraturan di jalan raya.
ReplyDeletecuba bandingkan kemalangan antara negeri sabah dengan negeri2 di semenanjung.. kalau tidak silap kemalangan di semenanjung lebih tinggi, malah dahsyat2 belaka..
ReplyDeletedaripada Hiew menyalahkan jalanraya, kenapa tidak salahkan pengguna jalanraya yang enggan mematuhi jalanraya dan memandu secara merbahaya??
ReplyDeletejika Hiew jadi KM Sabah, saya yakin kemalangan di negeri ini akan meningkat 10 kali ganda.. sebabnya beliau melihat kes itu berdasarkan nafsu politik beliau, bukannya melalui kajian atau pertimbangan yang waras..
ReplyDeleteseperti kes kemalangan ngeri baru2 ini, adakah bagi Hiew kemalangan itu berpunca dari Jalanraya?? atau disebabkan oleh pemandu Triton yang memandu secara cuai??
ReplyDeletemungkin lebih berbaloi jika Hiew menganjurkan kempen kesedaran ke seganap pelusuk sabah untuk menyedarkan pengguna jalanraya agar mematuhi peraturan2 jalanraya dan memandu secara berhemah.. itupun kalau beliau benar2 perihatin terhadap masalah kemalangan ini..
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