2023-07-07 18:23:46
Road accidents escalate without pause, despite the recommendations that are disseminated to promote prudent driving on routes and in urban areas. The indicators show that these are preventable tragedies, as long as the drivers of cars, trucks and motorcycles take the necessary precautions in defense of their own lives and of possible third parties involved.
If a motorist puts the accelerator to 180 kilometers per hour on a highway or highway, they must be aware of the danger, either due to a minimal carelessness in driving or due to some abrupt failure of the vehicle, such as a tire bursting due to of some pothole, which appears even on roads charged by tolls.
In the same way, whoever drives both a small vehicle and a large truck should take note of the risks involved in going out on the road tired or, worse still, having a bad sleep. “It seems that he fell asleep” is one of the many conjectures that are made following an oversight or a fatal crash.
Not to mention the irresponsible people who drive along routes, streets and avenues following a night of partying and a generous intake of alcoholic beverages. Also, of the intrepid who do not respect the elementary traffic signs; between them, pass another vehicle in an area with a double yellow line.
These are just some of the precautions that are often omitted and that lead to the conclusion that the thousands of deaths that are registered each year in Argentina due to road accidents fit into the statistical dictate of “avoidable”.
But the habit of transgressing established norms has no limits or borders. As we reflected in a report published days ago, the province of Córdoba adds to the frightening statistics. Indeed, during the first semester of the current year, some 186 people died due to crashes, rollovers and other road contingencies on roads and in urban areas of the province.
To delve into the drama and arouse individual concerns and those of the State itself, it should be noted that June was the month with the greatest tragic impact, with 36 deaths.
These are figures that arise from the own survey that La Voz launched in 2007 and that are extremely useful to know the daily evolution of this scourge, which, although it sometimes oscillates downward, does not stop causing astonishment.
In these mappings, it is not feasible to stop highlighting the accidents with fatal consequences that have motorcyclists as protagonists, both in the capital city and in the interior of the province. The exponential growth of motorcycles that is observed on the streets (added to the aforementioned individual imprudence) increases the risks.
It will be necessary to evaluate if the road and urban controls, added to the punitive scheme of the traffic laws, provide us with a coherent response in defense of life. It is not admissible to continue lamenting dramas as something natural.
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