Motorcycles are everywhere in the metropolis. Streets including highways are teeming with
these vehicles daily, so are the lanes and roads in the provinces.
This type of land transport have become very popular
primarily due to:
- It is cheaper and easily affordable to an average income earner
- Low fuel consumption compared to other vehicles thus, a big cut on fuel expenses.
- Easier to navigate even in rough roads and narrow places.
- Its size makes travel easier and faster in traffic congested streets and avenues of the metropolis.
- Lesser parking need as it only requires a very minimal space.
These rationales had boost up the sale of motorcycles. But upshot of this increase in motorcycle ownership
is a step up in road mishaps involving these vehicles. Government had been adapting measures to
prevent these accidents like providing motorcycle lanes in every major
thoroughfare and requiring use of government approved standard safety helmets yet
there are still motorcycle accident reports in the news almost every day. Sadly, most of these are not attributable to
machine defects but mostly due to human errors, like drunkenness, driver’s arrogance, hardheadedness and non observation of traffic rules and regulations.
Some of these mishaps even involve unlicensed minors who
once aboard a motorcycle are experiencing an extra high feeling that makes them
oblivious of the risks of fast driving and the damage it may bring on their
lives and on the lives and properties of others. Sample case is the attitude of some youths in
our neighborhood who would drive their roaring motorcycles at high speed
unmindful of the dangers they pose to residents of the place particularly to
children who play on the side of the streets.
There are cases too where a family of three to four composed of the
father, mother and children are all passengers of a single vehicle where some
members usually the children are without protective helmets. Although this practice is not tolerated in
the highways and main thoroughfares but this sight is common on inner streets
where no traffic enforcers are posted.
A motorcycle is a very light vehicle where the rider’s only
protection against harm in cases of an accident is helmet that could only
protect the head and not the whole body.
Owners should exercise sense of conscientiousness to ensure not only its
passenger’s safety but that of third parties too that may suffer for this
carelessness. A little indiscretion
would mean damage to or loss of life hence it would do more good if every
hazard safeguard are exercised and traffic rules and regulations are diligently
observed.
It would be preferable to be bothered by observing the
“must measures for safety” than to be sorry for irreversible damage or loss resulting
to carelessness and misdemeanors. Being
a responsible owner (or user) always pays for it will save not only your life
but possibly also that of your love ones and third parties who are unwilling victims that had to suffer for someone’s recklessness.
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