If anyone has had the pleasure of driving in Nairobi, you will understand what I'm talking about. Not only are you constantly trying to second guess the next move of the vehicle in front of you, behind you and beside you, but you also have to be on high alert for matatus (public service vehicles) always trying to cutting you off.
And God forbid that a vehicle breaks down on the road or someone has a fender bender or accident in front of you! This of course blocks traffic flow and two lanes of traffic suddenly turn into five or six lanes, as impatient drivers try to figure out a way to get past the jam.
Those drivers, off course, meet oncoming traffic head on, and before you know it you are stuck in a gridlock situation that could go on for hours. You sit in the traffic jam wondering how much money you are wasting in fuel. Of course, with current fuel prices as high as they are, this could mean a lot.
If you are concerned about the environment and global warming, you wonder how much carbon emissions are being released into the atmosphere as you watch large lorries puffing out large clouds of smoke.
Should we even mention the frustration of how much time is lost sitting in your vehicle trying to get from A to B? I don't know about you, but my patience is growing thin!
What are your thoughts?
3 comments:
I wrote a whole lot
it THEN asked me to log in
and lost my piece
No wonder there are no other blogs up!
Pity it didn't ask first...
It is not only Nairobi now. THere are so many Police road blocks or toll stations on the way to Naivasha now that it is quite intimidating just to use the road!
I had written to the Commissioner of Police to suggest the Police issue a letter and posters, ads and use the radio to explain what the traffic and other police are and (more to the point) are NOT allowed to do on the road. For instance are they allowed under the laws to take you off to a police station on a minor issue? Can they set an arbitary Bond and take cash for any offence. Section 117 if it still applies seems to say no.
If Commissioner published the FACTs then we'd stop a huge amount of corruption over night.
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