Road to Death: can we prevent it?

I have simple thoughts about the Saguisag's family accident:

First, the family for sure felt so at loss with the demise of their beloved mother. The former senator Rene Saguisag is still recuperating, yet still severely injured. Their driver is still in critical condition. If this can happen to famous people, it only gives us a clear reality. Road accidents can happen to anyone, anytime.

Second, how many families have to lose another beloved one, just because our streets, are so unsafe to drive around? There are no cameras in major highways to record the overspeeding drivers, collisions or mishaps, accidents or road rules violators. How can we make our roads safer if the first step to prevent such tragedies are totally inexistent or unimplemented?

Third, there must be stricter process before a driver's license could be issued. In California, my brother has to wait around a month or few days more, before he could be issued a driver's license. Track down all the corrupt LTO officials, and bring them to the grind. Put cameras in many thoroughfares. By this, we can track and monitor crimes on the streets, traffic violators and record accidents and use them as evidence in courts. The process will be simpler.

Buses, Trucks and their drivers are often, ill-mannered, hot-tempered and ignorant of our traffic rules. Educate everyone, strictly no padulas, no bribing, none whatsoever. Let the teeth of the law bite your asses. Ouch.

Fourth, STRICTER road rules, severe punishment to those drunk drivers, lanes for trucks and buses, implementation of loading, unloading area, waiting stations. Further, strictly no vendors along the streets, there must be few meter allowances from the road devoted for pedestrians walking, other means of traffic volume reduction schemes, or simply put, just strict implementation of our current laws. Another ouch.

Worst is, buses along the streets change lanes every now and then, they cause delays and traffic jam. The undisciplined commuters would take buses anywhere they want, they also cause heavy flow of traffic, the jeepneys would pick-up passengers anywhere and unload them anywhere too, taxis crisscross streets and counterflow most of the time, some don't even use signals. Infrastructure to widen streets would be one long-term solution.

I should run for President, 2010, and I am so thankful I cannot, because my age automatically disqualifies me.

Please, make our roads safer to drive. We do not want to lose another mother, or badly injure a good father or lose any dear ones just because we neglect to prevent an accident from happening . Good Lord, help us.

IRONY: I know nobody listens.