Scant respect for traffic rules and regulations is most common cause for major road accidents in Goa and in the whole country. The lack of maintenance of roads, and shoddy construction of roads exacerbate matters. Potholes on every road including village roads and highways are common, as the month of June comes all the roads are washed away and the roads are not fit to be motorable. These roads remain unattended for months together and often become death traps. The traffic administration sends their personnel on the roads to challan the motorcycles and the other vehicles but how many of this government officials have blamed contractors for their shoddy works or given them fines the only reason is corruption from bottom to top. While tendering the work the government should put a clause that if there are any potholes on the roads within one year they should be responsible to repair the roads immediately. Often trenches are excavated for utility lines, without proper barricades or warning tapes which should be a must for contractors otherwise there is possibility of losing human lives.
Let everyone work together for reducing the number of road accidents in Goa and India by obeying traffic rules, and let the government do their development by building quality roads which can last for two to three years and carrying out timely maintenance works of roads.
