Improving the dreadful

Improving the dreadful state of transportation

From Warta Kota

With the frequent reports of fatal road accidents, in which vehicles drive into oncoming traffic, causing head-on collisions, I would like to suggest that median strips be built to prevent further mishaps.

The medians on such two lane roads and highways should reach such a height that technically will not allow cars cross them and they should not have sharp edges.

Car accidents also often take place at railroad crossings where no safety precautions are taken. In this case, one passenger should first get out and check if any train is going to pass.

Such prior checks can be made a standard procedure by putting up warning signs telling passengers to do so, and such signs should also have a skull and crossbones, to warn people.

The recent Lion Air accident in Surakarta, which claimed dozens of victims, prompts me to propose that a sand field measuring 200 meters long and one meter high be built at the end of every airport runway.

In this way, any skidding airplane will be technically forced to slow down so and aircraft damage and the number of victims can be reduced.

SUKAMTO ITN. Bekasi, West Java