It is known that owing to the increase in the number of people that owns an automobile.
Traffic
congestion has become a very challenging factor in some towns and cities.
This
can be attributed to bad roads,
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large number of
cars
on the street,not obeying
rules
the
traffic
rules
and installing
traffic
lights
.
There are various reasons why
traffic
jam is on the higher side in some locality.
Firstly
, poor
road
infrastructure.
This
is because many pathways have Various portholes which render the car owners not to driving safely and thereby
cause
traffic
jams.
Secondly
, the usage of private
cars
widely. To simply put, due to the increase in population, individuals tend to have their personal motors which can
cause
excess
cars
on the roads,thereby causing the blockage.
Thirdly
, entities tend not to be adhering to
traffic
rules
. Due to
one
reason or the other, everybody wants to move at the same time and in that process it will
cause
traffic
bottleneck.
Lastly
, in a country where there is no installation of
traffic
lights
, people tend to behave as they like without minding the outcome that it will
cause
.
For example
, research carried out among drivers on 16th May 2002, in Anambra state revealed that
one
of the major causes of
road
lock was a result of not complying with the
traffic
rules
and
this
made the
government
employ the
road
safety commands.
However
,there are several remedies that both the
government
and citizens in the country should do in order to eradicate
this
problem.
Firstly
, the
government
should place a law on the usage of private
cars
or
one
family should endeavour to have
one
wheel.
This
can help to minimize the rate of motor conveying on the
road
and will equally promote the public transport system and thereby declining the level of the log jam.
Furthermore
,
Government
should equally install
traffic
control in some strategic points and employ some
road
safety officers.
This
is will bring a positive effect because the workers will help the citizens to be controlling the
traffic
when the need arises.
In addition
, people should be educated on the importance of obeying
traffic
rules
.
Thus
this
can help to eradicate the rate of
traffic
congestion. To illustrate,due to the installation of
traffic
lights
at Asaba,research has revealed that the
last
incidence of
traffic
congestion occurred in 2004.
In conclusion,even though several factors have been identified as the main causes of blockage,there are available solutions
such
as Reduction of individual
cars
, installation of caution
lights
on the street and teaching the citizens about the benefits of adhering to
traffic
orders