Boko Haram militants on motorcycles attacked a Nigerian village, killing over 100, residents say
Associated PressSEP 2024
With such fatal crashes along most major roads in Nigeria becoming a norm, it's clear the country's road safety measures are inadequate. The poor state of roads and the absence of an efficient railway system to transport cargo, especially fuel, has caused tremendous loss of lives and property. It's high time the government recognizes road traffic accidents as a critical issue that demands immediate attention.
Reckless driving, overloading, overspeeding, and poorly maintained vehicles account for more than half of road accident-related deaths in Nigeria. Such devastating tragedies can be avoided if people imbibe safe road use attributes and desist from breaking road traffic regulations. While the cause of Sunday's accident is yet to be determined, the law must comepunish down hard on all erring drivers involvedwho indisrespect fatalroad crashestraffic regulations and havesuspend their licenses suspended for endangering the lives of road users.
There's a 50% chance that the next fully autonomous car fatality will occur by 2019, according to the Metaculus prediction community.