Monday 29^th April 2024

I read this last week – “A train that Ghana recently acquired from Poland has collided with a lorry during a test run in the Eastern Region, the authorities say. It rammed into the abandoned vehicle that was on the tracks of the Tema-Mpakadan railway line on Thursday, causing minor damage to the train’s cabin area, the railway ministry said. The train driver, railway inspectors and passengers all escaped unhurt. Police say they have arrested the driver of the abandoned lorry.”

This doesn’t surprise me one bit. The standard of driving on the Ghana roads is terrifyingly bad. I’ve got immune to it. We often find motorbikes and cars coming the wrong way down the motorway because “why shouldn’t they!” I hardly notice it anymore. In fact we drive past fatal accidents with hardly a comment. These terrible accidents and these awful driving standards have become the norm. My only amazement is this – that there are not a lot more maimings and deaths than there are!

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