Road Accident Essay

Road Accident

Road accidents today are very common. Every day we listen to some bus colliding with another, falling in the river or crushing the pedestrians. The reasons for this are heavy traffic, congested or badly maintained roads, the violation of traffic rules, over-loading the vehicles. In the towns and cities, there is no speed limit. Drivers often try to overtake or even rush on the zebra-crossing and intersections. They ignore the red signal or traffic policemen’s warning. They also try to drive ahead when the pedestrians are crossing the road. Road accident are mostly caused in undeveloped country like Nepal But in developed everybody obey the traffic rules and they are maintained. On the other hand, the pedestrians, too, ignore the traffic signals and cross the roads amidst the moving traffic. Sometimes, they are found to walk on the roads themselves, instead of on the footpath. They do not use subway or over-bridge crossing. But cyclists may use the footpath and hit the pedestrians. The Anglo shops and street hawkers also block the easy movement of the traffic. On the highway, the roads are so congested and full of ups and downs, and the landslides so common that accidents have become a common feature. The haphazard way of parking heavy vehicles like trucks and Lories also cause road accident, especially at rights. People fear to travel on a long-route coach. So the concerned authorities, drivers and general pedestrians, especially school children, should all take great care and check road