Kibaha Accidents 3-We Forget So Soon!

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As we mourn the demise of 11 people who died at ''Kibamba Accident'' we forget that last year in May there was a grisly accident same as this one happened at Kibaha kwa Mathias area. The lorry (photo above) rammed into a daladala which knocked a motorcycle and then rammed into a daladala. But it seems we forget so soon!
Read more on the accident at: http://ajali-traumaclass.blospot.com/2009/05/majeruhi-ajali-ya-kibaha-bado-wapo-icu.html

Accidents?: Scientific Reason-2

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What do you think will happen in narrow road like this? With reckless drivers like these?Hapa tunamtafuta Mchawi?

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(Above)What about this? what do you see?

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Above and below, this is a stretch between Morogoro and Chalinze, road construction took into consideration widening of all those dangerous areas so that vehicles could easily manouvre their way.

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We all feel that accidents are a menace to the society. Where do we start in curbing these accidents? Not a bad idea if we emulate what the contractors did along Morogoro-Chalinze stretch. Let us start with Chalinze-Ubungo the famously known ''accident-prone'' area.

Accidents at Kibaha: Scientific Reasoning?-1

Well, I am one of those who are touched with the wave of accidents in the country. I believe there are a number of factors which contribute to the rising number of accidents in the country. In a series of articles i would try to explain why Chalinze-Ubungo is accident prone area.

This has been demonstreted by the Dar es salaam City Council when they arected a billboard at Ubungo maji congratulationg all drivers who managed to pass this accident prone area. Unfortunately, the billboard was knocked down by lorries to the extent that what remains are some aluminium posts where the billboard used to stand.

Therefore, this area is known as accident-prone, to me this a big step towards solving this problem. As a daily user of this road, for sure this is accident-prone area. But the areas where most of these accidents happen are kibaha and kibamba.

But my observation noted the following, the road is narrow, what do we expect if the cars are overtaking in narrow. Far from reckless driving, the road width(though am not an expert on road construction) could cause accidents to a great deal.

If we are to make comparison, the number of accidents from Chalinze to morogoro are so minimal due to the fact that, the road construction took into account widening of the areas which are dangerous (as Hon. Magufuli used to say 'sehemu korofi'). The areas are wide and one can drive comfortably with no hassle.

Therefore, Tanroads and its parent Ministry need to look at this and i believe by emulating what was done on chalinze-Morogoro section, the number of accidents could go down significantly.

Nawasilisha!

Accidents at Kibaha: A Scientific Reason?

Can somebody articulate why it seems there is some kind of pattern or a logical explanantion of why some of the most grisly accidents have happened in or near kibaha for many many years now.Is there any scientific reason for these occurences that our rulers have overlooked?

Kwa sababu siamini kama ni wingi wa magari au ufinyu wa barabara tu unaweza kuelezea ajali hizi. Kuna kitu kinasababisha na uhakika siyo cha kishirikina lazma kuna sababu ya kisayansi ya matukio haya.

Tembeleeni tovuti ya "Abobos" ina picha za ajali mbalimbali za vyombo vya usafiri hasa Bongo na mnaweza kupata picha ya jinsi gani kuna mahali kuna tatizo ambalo linaelezeka kisayansi na kutatulika kwa kiasi kikubwa kisayansi.

I saw this at www.jamiiforums.com as posted by Mzee Mwanakijiji and I thought I could reproduce the post for the benefit of my visitors in this blog. But above all i thank Mzee mwanakijiji for his recognition of my blog and its contribution to the society at large. secondly, i would appreciate if we could contribute on the topic at large. Welcome.