There is trouble on our roads. The results of recklessness reached a point of crisis eons ago. It is not now that we are seeing vehicles wrecked or mangled bodies of souls gone too soon. It is not now that the screams of our people are reverberating. Still, the screams pause briefly, and behaviour change does not occur.
The fruits of corruption are manifesting partly because of people being sold the permission to accelerate on our roads. The arrogance of some drivers and motorcyclists also cannot be ignored. They speed, they drink, and drive and they break traffic rules without pause. We see vehicles with the darkest tint and some with the loudest music and they often drive past the police without fear or consequences.
There are too many hands red with the blood of our injured and dead. People buying their driver’s licences is no secret. It exposes how harsh this society is and the desperation of those who want and those who want to receive. We are not ashamed that it is not a secret. We hear allegations about the police deliberately failing some people who go to do their practical driving test. We hear allegations that they do this because they want to sell them their licences.