EXPLAINERS
The fast-lane of a motorway or dual carriageway is for use by vehicles that are overtaking or moving more quickly than the rest. [Courtesy]
On Wednesday night, May 5, a 38-year-old man, Allan Ngugi, died after his vehicle rammed the rear underride guard of a lorry on the Southern Bypass.
Pictures of the accident scene show both the lorry and Ngugi’s car, a BMW X5, were on the outside lane (the fast-lane).
The fast-lane of a motorway or dual carriageway is for use by vehicles that are overtaking or moving more quickly than the rest.
Two or more lanes of a dual carriageway are usually separated by a continuous white line or dotted white line. The continuous white line dictates motorists stick to their lanes, and shouldn’t overtake. The dotted white line indicates drivers heading the same direction are allowed to overtake.
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2021-04-07 09:31:03 GMT2021-04-07 17:31:03(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
MALINDI, Kenya, April 7 (Xinhua) At least 15 people were killed and 14 others injured early Wednesday when two commuter buses collided head-on in Kenya s coastal town of Malindi.
Kilifi County Commissioner Kutswa Olaka said the drivers of two vehicles, one traveling from the coastal city of Mombasa to Garissa, the other heading for Mombasa, were killed in the collision along the Malindi-Mombasa highway.
Witnesses said the bus heading for Garissa was overtaking another vehicle and the driver lost control, hitting the incoming shuttle.
An estimated 3,000 Kenyans die in road accidents, according to the National Transport Safety Authority. Enditem
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“Without paper currency, we can no longer follow the trail of money and demand the household share. The children are worse off,” says Natela.
In 2007 and 2010, Kenya adopted tough tobacco and alcohol control laws, to reduce the number of deaths and diseases related to the use of the two drugs.
Tobacco is blamed for about 8,000 annual deaths in Kenya, while four of every 100 deaths have been linked to use of alcohol.
The control strategies have involved a combination of price increases on the two commodities, ban on advertising, health warnings, and reduced access.