Most people struggle to cross busy highways. Most roads have no zebra crossing and even foot bridges to allow people to cross over to the other sides.
Most people resolve to cross wherever they feel they can manage which has proved to be really a difficult thing to most people.
As a result most get knocked down by speeding vehicles along those busy roads.
This person has resolved a better way to cross on a busy road by forging a disability which caused all the vehicles to stop and allow him to cross.
This world is not ours! Best way to cross a busy road😁😁😁 pic.twitter.com/zdTqqcKW2f
— MARIGIRI🇰🇪 (@Dmarigiri_) October 23, 2018
The research by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and WRI Ross Centre for Sustainable Cities warns that the drive to build faster roads in Nairobi is being placed ahead of the safety of poorer people who walk and cycle.
The study, ‘At the crossroads: the politics of road safety in Nairobi’, highlights how more than half of road deaths occur on the new high-speed highways built through Nairobi, while pedestrians and motorcyclists, often the poorest members of society, are the most likely to be affected.
Kenyan government figures show that of the 668 people killed in traffic collisions in Nairobi in 2015, 74 per cent were pedestrian.
Nairobi is one of the fastest growing cities in Africa with more people using cars every day, yet road and pedestrian safety remains a low priority. While wealthier residents can often afford to travel by car, poorer people rely on public transport or walk, meaning they are at most risk of being killed or seriously injured in a collision
Researchers found that while road safety has gained more prominence in policy and regulation in Kenya, it is often poorly enforced and overlooks underlying causes of road collisions, such as the increasing number of private vehicles on the road, low investment in public transport, and the lack of safe road space for vulnerable road users. Some of the solutions the recommended in the report include undertaking legally-binding road safety assessments on all proposed road projects; development of a bus rapid transit system and the redesign of major city roads to ensure safety of pedestrians.