Post by b6k on Mar 31, 2014 18:55:27 GMT 3
Folks, over the weekend there was a fatal accident on Mbagathi Road that saw the demise of a pedestrian who was in the process of ferrying household items to his humble abode. The facts, as I understand them, were: (1) The deceased pedestrian decided to cross the road not far from a pedestrian footbridge, an only too common occurrence at this stretch of road. (2) The Toyota Prado was being driven at high speed towards the Wetangula City Mortuary roundabout, above and beyond recommended speeds, for said stretch of road. (3) An irate mob took it upon themselves to mete out street justice on the driver after he ran over and killed the pedestrian by: (a) Looting his vehicle of valuables before, (b) Setting the offending vehicle on fire.
Here is the post accident photographic evidence from different sources in as chronological order as possible:
Question: The deceased pedestrian ignored a footbridge, erected for his safety by Kenyan taxpayers, to save a minute or two and it ended up costing him his life. What made him think he is above the (jay walking) law?
Question: The driver was said to be over-speeding according to numerous sources including drivers he had over-taken. What made him think he is above the (speeding)law?
Question: The bystanders had no right to mete out mob justice on the driver and only acted in such a fashion as to encourage other drivers to break the law in the future by fleeing the scene of an accident because he would've (a) had a reckless driving police case to answer to and (b) his insurance cover would've sorted out any compensation for the pedestrian (at least to his family) and damage, from the accident, to his vehicle. What made them think they are above the (looting/destruction of property) law?
allafrica.com/stories/201403310105.html
Given that there are signs of lawlessness that permeate society at every strata leading to crimes of different levels by all the players in the questions above (although the driver did try to make amends for his indiscretion by stopping after the accident), should we really be surprised when criminality permeates Kenyan society virtually everywhere?
Bonus Question: Does Nairobi County really need a Fire Department as they clearly arrived after the fire had practically burned itself out?
"Better city better life" indeed...
Here is the post accident photographic evidence from different sources in as chronological order as possible:
Question: The deceased pedestrian ignored a footbridge, erected for his safety by Kenyan taxpayers, to save a minute or two and it ended up costing him his life. What made him think he is above the (jay walking) law?
Question: The driver was said to be over-speeding according to numerous sources including drivers he had over-taken. What made him think he is above the (speeding)law?
Question: The bystanders had no right to mete out mob justice on the driver and only acted in such a fashion as to encourage other drivers to break the law in the future by fleeing the scene of an accident because he would've (a) had a reckless driving police case to answer to and (b) his insurance cover would've sorted out any compensation for the pedestrian (at least to his family) and damage, from the accident, to his vehicle. What made them think they are above the (looting/destruction of property) law?
allafrica.com/stories/201403310105.html
Given that there are signs of lawlessness that permeate society at every strata leading to crimes of different levels by all the players in the questions above (although the driver did try to make amends for his indiscretion by stopping after the accident), should we really be surprised when criminality permeates Kenyan society virtually everywhere?
Bonus Question: Does Nairobi County really need a Fire Department as they clearly arrived after the fire had practically burned itself out?
"Better city better life" indeed...
---To answer your question seriously, we will need to collect data: on how many occasions has the Nairobi wasima-moto arrived to put out a dead fire? If in more than 50%, then I guess we could cut costs there!