It's miserable! 20 dead! The curse of traffic accidents in Nigeria cannot be escaped? An in-depth look at this black car accident...
Just got the news that a bus and truck collision accident occurred in Lagos State in southwest Nigeria on the 9th, killing 20 people.
What's going on here?
On the morning of the 9th, a bus carrying 20 people, including the driver, suddenly lost control while driving on a road in the town of Murwo, the state, and hit a truck full of sand in front of it at high speed, resulting in the death of all the people on the bus.
It's amazing that the truck driver was not injured in such a huge traffic accident!
Coincidentally, on April 19, 2022, it was reported that a minibus and a car in northern Nigeria collided on a highway and caught fire, causing 20 people, including children, to be burned to ashes. Similarly, another driver suffered only minor injuries in the accident.
The two traffic accidents in tandem have several common features:
First, the number of fatalities in accidents was 20!
Second, the hit driver was unharmed or slightly injured.
Third, all the people in the car that caused the accident were killed, and none of them were spared!
The author can't help but ask, is it possible that Nigerian buses are allowed to seat 20 people? Of course, certainly not.
So what is the root cause of such a serious traffic accident?
The author analyzes the reasons and estimates the following:
First, as the country with the largest population in Africa, it has a large population and a thin foundation, and many hardware cannot keep up. Many roads are potholed and in very poor driving conditions.
Second, Africans do not have much sense of safety, like to bounce, driving is estimated to be more excited, the accelerator likes to step on the end, brutal driving is the norm. Moreover, the driver must be a very noble profession in the local area, and passengers dare not talk much, but can only cooperate to enjoy the pleasure brought by the bumps.
Third, overload is also a major reason. Because of poverty, being able to get in the car is a good thing in life, and comfort is not considered at all. Therefore, as long as it can be loaded, then it is loaded desperately, and it will not be considered at all what overload is.
Fourth, the local traffic management department mainly deals with the aftermath, and it will be very weak in terms of safety defense and supervision. In other words, overload, speeding and other behaviors are estimated to not be forced to manage.
In short, African countries are considered poor by many people! Through these two traffic accidents, you will find that this is indeed the case! Your judgment is correct.
Of course, even in the poorest places there are nobles. Otherwise, the beautiful school flower of Zhejiang University would not have knelt down on one knee and proposed to the black African brother! This incident made many netizens and Zhejiang University alumni nostalgic!