Sulayman Badjie, a taxi driver, expressed his concern over the common road accident, saying driving licence should be given to only qualified drivers.
He added that reckless driving always leads to road accidents whereby drivers are always held responsible each time there is one.
He said some of these drivers are not qualified because they don’t know the traffic signs, rules and regulations.
He added that some of the drivers sometimes drink and drive and in that state of mind they lose control leading to accidents.
Reckless drivers, he said, are the ones that always cause road accidents and not the road itself. “No matter how narrow, wide, tarred the road is “if you drive carefully, you won’t cause an accident.”
Tijan Cham, a tricycle rider also affirmed that reckless driving is the cause of most of the accidents on the roads and most of the tricycle riders on the road are always drunk while driving. He suggested that they need to be examined by the traffic police.
He said drivers are not giving chances to each other when there is a traffic jam. “Everyone of them wants to move at the same time. “Even some of the drivers use the footpath when driving and deprive people from walking on the road.”
“Both commercial and private drivers park anyhow on the highway to drop passengers and that’s wrong because it can cause accidents”.
He added that the traffic police are doing a good job to avoid road accidents but the drivers also should try as much as possible to obey the signs, rules and regulations of traffic and remain focused when driving.
David Correa, a taxi driver, said road accidents are mainly caused by reckless driving. However, he added that there are no good roads in the country.
He urged other drivers like him to stop speeding, while calling on traffic police not to relent in their job on the roads.
Sidia Jatta, chairperson of the People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS) party and also the NAM for Wuli West has stated that President Adama Barrow caused the sudden death of the Coalition 2016 and its burial administered by UDP leader, Ousainou Darboe.
The organising committee of the National Journalism Awards of The Gambia Press Union on Saturday held a press conference to brief journalists ahead of the 2022 edition.
Alaji Bah, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Upstate Medical University has been named as a 2021 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences, the Pew Charitable Trusts announced.
Members of the Hydara Family in Bundungka Kunda are devastated over the death and burial of their son without their authority and are demanding from the Gambian and German authorities to explain what led to his death and why he was buried without their authority.
