And the higher the frequency of travels, the greater the chances of road mishap. For the nation, the fear of December has always remained the beginning of wisdom. Ordinarily, it is a month that is anticipated by majority of Nigerians who have been thus conditioned by the Gregorian calendar. It is the time of the year where many urban dwellers remember to visit their roots and re-establish ties with villages of their birth. Will our roads and habits continue to permit such a happy re-union or return.
Recent events forebode such joyful wishes.
Not minding earlier road mishaps, we need to recall the most recent accidents in which many precious lives were lost. A fuel tanker had rammed into a long queue of vehicles at the uncompleted toll-gate on the approach to the Obafemi Awolowo University. An explosion occurred. Many vehicles were engulfed and their occupants got burnt beyond recognition. More than 40 persons were killed when the bus plunged headlong into the river on the night of November 23.