Lock up the drunks

Friday, December 20, 2019

Nothing hurts like the loss of lives through road traffic accidents and it is just that season when society is so badly traum didacticatized by the same.

It hurts even more when the accident was perfectly avoidable. I have been through some rollover incidents and thankfully I am still here to talk about them. Many are not. They have lost their lives.

Children have been orphaned and families have been devastated. You and I have lost loved ones in tragic road accidents and we carry the pain to this day. It is not the kind of pain you would wish upon anyone and it’s the kind you can hardly do anything about.

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Lock up the drunks

Nothing hurts like the loss of lives through road traffic accidents and it is just that season when society is so badly traum didacticatized by the same.