The macabre results of Guyana’s vehicular accidents have created enough trauma to impact a few generations. If only we could chant and reverse the road carnage. Many people pray for safe travels. Still many choose to speed, to remain silent as their drivers’ speed or are convinced that they are capable of safe driving while inebriated. Reckless drivers may imagine that they are invincible but their belief that they are gods at the wheel is often an illusion and because of their foolish actions, the list of the dead continues to grow.
The time that road accidents in Guyana should have been decreased or become rare has long passed. Many of us have sat and watched our relatives, friends and fellow citizens die. Many of us have chosen to mainly sound our voices in the midst of tragedy, but on the whole continue to be tolerant of ignorance while we continue to bury our dead.
Many of our accidents could be avoided or would not result in as much devastation if there were more caution, care, courtesy, consideration and common sense. But impatience guides the actions of many of Guyana’s drivers. The screaming horns are often a reflection of their states of mind. Greed also induces recklessness, especially in many minibus drivers and we have been paying with the blood of our citizens over and over again.
