To my dismay, I did find out that in Mauritius there are no equipments as yet to detect the possibility of drivers who might be under the influence of drugs other than alcohol. I would like to refer to one occasion where in my published writings in this very newspaper, I did raise the question whether, in addition to alcohol test on drivers, there are equipments at all existing to enable law enforcement authorities to check whether drivers are under the influence of illicit drugs that could impair their ability to be sober enough to occupy the driver’s seat. In that, when it comes to road safety, I join those who have valid reasons to find shortcomings or faults in the authorities concerned with road accidents. I am one those who would point at others, at the authorities, but only when it is legitimate. Easier said than done, as is most of the time voiced. Pointing a finger at others rather than onto oneself. Responsibility and accountability being shifted individually or collectively onto others. But alas, ‘‘ it happens to others’’, is unfortunately the motto in our conscious or perhaps even our unconscious mind. The opinions of the members of the public regarding this issue are mostly laudable and might require to be taken into careful consideration when compiling causes. The additional aim is also to motivate road users to take additional care as well as sharpen their vigilance when on the road. To detect if road users are under the influence of drugs. The aim, obviously, is to search for plausible causes of road accidents in addition to it being a concientisation exercise, and hence trying to avoid them, and proposals for remedy in minimising the occurrence of them - eliminating road accidents being next to impossible, since where there is movement, there’s bound to be accidents.Īccording to the author, there are still no equipment in Mauritius able With a view to deepening our understanding, we have come across interviews of members of the public from different social strata being initiated in the l’express newspaper. These ongoing very sad and tragic events are deeply felt by everyone and mostly by the members of families who have had to endure the helplessness and unbearable pain in having lost their dear ones in accidents that could perhaps have been avoided, had there been proper planning and proactivity. One important question that comes to mind is whether they are avoidable. More than sixty-one deaths since the beginning of the year, not taking into consideration the accompanying number of the wounded cases. We are these days witnessing an overwhelming number of serious road accidents in the country.
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