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We should stop skirting around road safety issues

A scene of an accident along the Embu-Chuka road on Thursday morning 14 August, it involves a pick up and private Nissan matatu.The driver of the pick up heading to Chuka died on the spot after lost his control and crash head on, while his occupant and the driver of the Nissan rushed to Embu Level 5 Hospital in a critical condition.Photo Kibata Kihu.

The debate about the length of the dress has dominated interaction on new media sites as well as occupied acres of spaces in the traditional media platforms. Not that I expected it to go away so soon, but the rate at which it is gaining notoriety is alarming.

During UN Remembrance Day for road crash victims marked recently, it was stated that pedestrians wearing short, flimsy clothes have been linked to rising cases of fatal road accidents as most drivers do not take their eyes off “lovely figures, especially if they are wearing pretty much next to nothing.”

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