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Alcoblow - Is it the solution?
Njung'e
#31 Posted : Sunday, January 05, 2014 6:36:05 PM
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Magigi wrote:
Njung'e wrote:
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Pole...We are talking of responsible drinking.


Drinking uji has never made anyone irresponsible.

@Timuka,
It's 2014smile
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Magigi
#32 Posted : Sunday, January 05, 2014 6:36:12 PM
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To me the introduction of this thing is a sideshow. Accidents will continue happening. Michuki (God bring him back!)gave us the solutions to our road problems and we screwed those solutions. What we are doing is behaving like that man the late Chinua Achebe talked about; '... Behaving like a man who leaves a burning hut to pursue a rat fleeing from the flames...' Alcoblow is not the solution and will never work.
Magigi
#33 Posted : Sunday, January 05, 2014 6:38:28 PM
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Njung'e wrote:
Magigi wrote:
Njung'e wrote:
!

Pole...We are talking of responsible drinking.


Drinking uji has never made anyone irresponsible.

@Timuka,
It's 2014smile

Let us then close down East African Breweries...
Njung'e
#34 Posted : Sunday, January 05, 2014 6:46:38 PM
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Magigi wrote:
Njung'e wrote:
Magigi wrote:
Njung'e wrote:
!

Pole...We are talking of responsible drinking.


Drinking uji has never made anyone irresponsible.

@Timuka,
It's 2014smile

Let us then close down East African Breweries...

All drunkards sell their cars and we increase the number of taxis with sober drivers behind their wheels.There would be no need to close EABL.NO?
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Magigi
#35 Posted : Sunday, January 05, 2014 6:56:01 PM
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Njung'e wrote:
Magigi wrote:
Njung'e wrote:
Magigi wrote:
Njung'e wrote:
!

Pole...We are talking of responsible drinking.


Drinking uji has never made anyone irresponsible.

@Timuka,
It's 2014smile

Let us then close down East African Breweries...

All drunkards sell their cars and we increase the number of taxis with sober drivers behind their wheels.There would be no need to close EABL.NO?

Night life has just been killed!!! If there was enough security people would stagger home...But can you tell me what state you would be by the time you arrive home from Psys T-mall and taking Mbagathi road all the way up...
...So many things need fixing before we come to this...Issues are in the burning hut...let the rat run to safety!!!
seppuku
#36 Posted : Sunday, January 05, 2014 7:12:05 PM
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I have painted a yellow stripe around my Nissan Sunny, and so far so good. I drove by the Alcoblow cops recently and they just urged me on. smile
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butterflyke
#37 Posted : Sunday, January 05, 2014 7:18:12 PM
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Magigi wrote:
To me the introduction of this thing is a sideshow. Accidents will continue happening. Michuki (God bring him back!)gave us the solutions to our road problems and we screwed those solutions. What we are doing is behaving like that man the late Chinua Achebe talked about; '... Behaving like a man who leaves a burning hut to pursue a rat fleeing from the flames...' Alcoblow is not the solution and will never work.


@wakwitu, all the measures post Michuki rules have been side shows but that is because the solution - common sense and responsibility - is not being applied by Kenyans.

Michuki, may he rest in peace, showed us the way and what we should have done as citizens is to follow nyayo zake. What is also interesting is how other drivers were so keen for these rules to be applied to the public transport sector and cry foul when ga'ament tries to enforce law on private drivers

Sasa tunataka sirkal itufate mpaka ndani ya magari na midomo yetu?

Drink if you must but for the sake of yourself and the rest of us, do not drive when drunk.
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. - Muhammad Ali🐝
Rankaz13
#38 Posted : Sunday, January 05, 2014 7:59:35 PM
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seppuku wrote:
I have painted a yellow stripe around my Nissan Sunny, and so far so good. I drove by the Alcoblow cops recently and they just urged me on. smile


smile smile smile
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jmbada
#39 Posted : Sunday, January 05, 2014 8:08:36 PM
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I still maintain the biggest risks are:
1. Unroadworthy vehicles.
2. Unqualified / disrespectful drivers
3. Overloaded vehicles (whether freight or passenger).
4. Lack of seat belts, airbags and child car seats.
5. Overspeeding
6. Absolutely ATROCIOUS road markings and traffic signals. Very few painted roads (think yield / stop signs); speed limits; turn/no-uturn indications; double-single yellow markings; edges of the road; street lighting...the list goes on and on.

Will all the above flaws, you could be a stone-cold sober driver and still get into an accident! Literally, in Kenya, you have to only drive on roads you know like the back of your hand AND be sober!
Njung'e
#40 Posted : Sunday, January 05, 2014 8:26:36 PM
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jmbada wrote:
I still maintain the biggest risks are:
1. Unroadworthy vehicles.
2. Unqualified / disrespectful drivers
3. Overloaded vehicles (whether freight or passenger).
4. Lack of seat belts, airbags and child car seats.
5. Overspeeding
6. Absolutely ATROCIOUS road markings and traffic signals. Very few painted roads (think yield / stop signs); speed limits; turn/no-uturn indications; double-single yellow markings; edges of the road; street lighting...the list goes on and on.


You are right.Very right.If you add drunkenness to that list,you can't have a better situation,can you?. My thinking is that you would go from bad to worse.
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