Persuasive Essay

The Cause of the Frequent Road Accident on Our Roads, Its Problems and Solutions.

It has become too much a bad incidence to accept and what beats my mind is the lack of interest by all stakeholders to help curb this problem. Why should we have such a very high rate of road accidents and it's like nobody, no organization or authority is interested to bring help to this unacceptable incidence in this country to a very low rate?

My heart always bleeds whenever I hear of some road accidents in this country. Very few or very well meaningful people have tried in their little way to help curb this social canker( problems) by contributing in various ways, by writing articles and making very cogent suggestions but it seems the more individuals suggest best ways to curb road accidents in a country, the greater the level of road accidents increase.

Most TV stations be with the government Stations or Private TV Stations have all done well and are still doing very well by showing fresh road accidents scenes on their screens but I do not know whether the authorities in charge bother at all when they see these menace pictures of road accidents. For me they are absolutely doing very little to curb road accidents. All authorities in checking and controlling road accidents in country, please, do something you never done before to forestall this canker forever. Why, don't the big men and women in charge of these organizations ever had their relatives involved in road accidents before? Why are you not taking very strict and cogent measures to bring road accidents of a country to a very low level?

The problems associated with road accidents mostly happen as result of: Recklessness and carelessness by drivers; not respecting road safety regulations, jumping the red light, wrong overtaking especially on the highways, and in even the cities of that particular country. Bigger truck drivers mostly do not give a dime whenever other road users need to access their fair share of the road they have also contributed in building. Lack of regular maintenance of the buses and local public buses because most of these public buses, excuse me to say, are not even fit to be used to carry food stuffs, let alone human beings but they are being used each day to convey passengers from one end to another with impunity freely.

Another causal for this problem is speeding without workable speedometers. Most of the vehicles do have workable speedometers but when they get unto the road, they speed and speed without knowing what kilometers per hour the bus or vehicle is being travelled and the sign showing how much speed level a drive has to go within that distance of travel. What will be the result of what?

OVERLOADING .It has become normal and acceptable that buses that should take the exact number of passengers but drivers flaw to this law. If they do not overload at the station then they will pick up passengers on the way and put the money into their pockets, yet when the vehicles breaks down, it is the bus owner who does the maintenance.. You see they seek for only their self interest.

POTHOLES. There are lot potholes on our roads that need maintenance but have been left to become death traps. Shoddy works by many contractors are the causes of these potholes, but still these potholes should be patched up professionally when they are noticed.

BAD POLICE OFFICERS: Yes, the work of the police is very key to the development of every nation and Ghana is no exception.

We have police officers on the roads daily to perform their duties dutifully and many are doing their best, however, there are some police officers who do not care whether, the driver has a valid license, the vehicle is overloaded, the driver is tipsy, the driver obeys other road safety regulations. Only God becomes both our spiritual and physical police in these circumstances.

The consequences of road accidents are anti-developmental, and many other negative problems.

Orphans are left with nobody to cater for them; there is an increase in number of dependants on families and the government. Heath workers at accidents units at the various hospitals across, the country are over overstretched and exhausted. The biggest of all is the lost of the country's energetic human resource through reckless road accidents. Funds that could have been channeled through developmental issues are diverted to cater for avoidable accident victims. Pain and grieve endured for ages by people whose relatives, friends or colleague human beings have been lost through road accidents. We know the effects very well. Very bad tastes to have a family member involved in such incident

The Driver licensing Authority, DVLA: DVLA should have two different colors of license for commercial and private drivers. Commercial should be able to use the one used by private drivers but private cannot use the commercial driving license. Offenders should be fined. We should all make it priority to help reduce road accidents to a very low level and be able to sustain it.

THE WAY FORWARD: There need to be new organization that should be legalized solely for road safety.

I would suggest a name like ROAD SAFETY AUTHORITY (RSA)… This new public organization will be in charge of the following among other things:
Towing of accident vehicles from the various roads nationwide.
Make sure no vehicle with passengers on board should buy fuel at a filling station. Drivers travelling long journeys who want to top up their tanks should park somewhere for passengers to get down before they get fuel at the nearby filling station, they can then continue their journey.
The authority should have the legal backing to arrest recalcitrant drivers and arraign them before court. The police should leave this duty to this authority. It should be the sole responsibility of the authority to arrest ONLY drivers who violate road safety regulations.
The placing of officers on the roads and at Public bus stations to check overloading, wrong overtaking and high speed. The law should be made in such a way that officers should be changed every month from the particular station or road he or she was the previous month.
Erect and maintain clear road signs on the various highways and urban roads in the country.
Acquire ambulances for accident spots identified nationwide. Leaders of this authority to appeal to drivers and other road users from time to time to remind them of the need to maintain road safety orders and to drive accident free.
Employees should be people who would have volunteered to help curb road accidents in Ghana. This is a sacrificial job and people who want money more than the lives of their colleague human beings cannot work here.
All in all, I think with the problems and solutions stated above when checked out very well it can minimize the road accidents on our roads. My heart always bleeds whenever I hear of some road accidents anywhere in the country. Let's make our country an accident free country.

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My Ordeal throughout my school life

My Ordeals throughout My School Life

My ordeal started when I was in the Junior High School. On Friday afternoon, warm and scorch around 1: 30 pm by my friends wrist watch, we were close to school. My friend and I had no money for transportation back home. We therefore decided to go see my friend’s uncle for money. It was about 25miles from the school to where he resides. We had to walk to that place. On our way to my friend’s uncle’s place, we saw a lot of people gathered in front of the house and inside, many were those who were crying and very somber. Being not smart enough as young as we were, we went into the house and saw the wife of my friend’s uncle on the floor crying and swaying both her legs and hands on the floor. Thereafter something struck us and we had the notion that things were not in a good condition in the house. All that we heard was that my friend’s uncle was dead. That really made us feel bad and we even had tears running from our eyes. We had no choice but

to walk back home with pains and tears without getting what we had planned to go accomplished over there..

The distance was about a 50 minutes’ walk from there. We were able to walk to our various homes. I looked very tired and weak that was around 5pm and I had a lot to do since I was staying with my step mother, there was lot of things I need to do each and every day after my school. It was a hell of time staying with step mum’s in Africa. The first duty that I did was to help my step mum in pounding fufu, right after my long walk back home. I was able to accomplish that and had my part of the food. I then went for my books to learn, upon my learning in about ten minutes I was called by my step mum to come out and wash the dishes. I had to finish that around 9pm at that very day. I was really tired and had to leave my studies to my bed. Fufu ( this is a local food that is made from Cassava, the cassava is pill off and boil for about twenty minutes.This is then pound on a motar with the use of pestle) was the favorite food that we use to eat very much in the house and the family really enjoyed that without giving the needed consideration to my schooling or studies

Sometimes when I try to get myself early to the school, I find myself wanting around and fell as a victim of late coming. I was given some lashes for coming late; you are sometimes also given a portion of compound within the school to weed as a form of punishment. This can take about two days in completing and you will never set your foot to the class unless you are done with your work or punishment. I got myself in so many problems by not being able to do my assignment before class; I also received punishment as well. It was a hell of time going through all these problems. There was lack of me being unable to pay my tuition fee in full which sometimes led to the refusal of tutors allowing me to take part take exams during the end

of term. I had to fall out from classes and even sometimes cry to myself looking for help but to no avail. Anyway I was able to complete my High School and went into another level of my schooling that is Senior High School. I was 14yrs when I completed my Junior High School and because my dad was not ready to take me through that. I had to see myself in that level of education school.

I therefore went into child labor to make some money to see myself to the Senior High School. I sometimes go all out to ask my dad some basic needs and wants when I can’t get that by myself. He sometimes feels adamant to do that for me. Through my third year in the Senior High School, I had a scholarship, which really helped me not to pay any tuition fee. I really learnt a lot throughout my life in the Senior High School, nevertheless I was able to combine the activities at home and that of my schooling since I was addicted with the kind of work that I undergo each and every time from school. It was really a tedious thing to do but I had to do it to survive for my future. I was able to graduate from my Senior High School with dramatic good grades, I was really proud of myself. I was now looking for the chance to see myself in the University or Polytechnic. I surely knew that it wasn’t going to be easy but I had my head above the ocean. I had to work and work harder to save money for this adventurous life of mine; I was by then twenty years of age. Through the thin and thick of life I made it to the Polytechnic and took a course in Health Science Laboratory Technician for one and half years and had Diploma in that field of study. I had to go for attachment with a renowned hospital for eight to nine months after which I applied to work in one private Laboratory .I was able to raise some money and had to teach some students as well during my leisure time

I had thought wisely about my country and realized that I have to go into business study program. I then decided to drop the laboratory stuff and get myself into the University. It was not easy for me since I was not having any background in business from both my Junior High School and Senior High School. I knew I had to learn hard to see myself through, which I did but was not on a silver platter looking at the hurdles that I will encounter during my study programme. It was a determination and courage that I had and which made me see myself throughout my studies in the University. Today look at where I am now, who am I not to say that determination is the key to success but before you succeed, you will need to pass through some ordeals. Now I see the bright future for myself and surely will i make it down here before getting back home to Ghana.

Thank You

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