Carnage on our roads

There is no doubt that too many people, many of them young, die on our roads every year.

The statistics are numbing, almost 20 deaths every year plus countless minor and major injuries. But while we are all sorry when we hear about these accidents in the news, we quickly forget and there is not enough awareness of how serious the issue is. It is only when one hears the stories of people who are involved in these accidents and those that have lost relatives that one becomes aware of the tragedy of such accidents and the heartache they cause.

The WHO conference was very well....