Idaho, USA. Emva kokuba intombi yakhe yabulawa xa imoto yantlitheka kwindawo yokugada ngo-2016, uSteve Amers wenza uthumo lwakhe lokuhlonipha inkumbulo yakhe ngokujonga iindlela zokugada kulo lonke elase-United States. Phantsi koxinzelelo oluvela e-Ames, iSebe lezoThutho lase-Idaho lathi lijonga amawaka eentsimbi zokhuseleko kurhulumente.
NgoNovemba 1, 2016, uAimers waphulukana nentombi yakhe eneminyaka eli-17 ubudala, uHannah Aimers, xa imoto yakhe yabetha esiphelweni sendawo yokugada eTennessee. Umlindi wabethelela imoto yakhe waza wambethelela.
U-Ames wayesazi ukuba kukho into engalunganga, ngoko wammangalela umenzi phezu koyilo. Uthe ityala lifikelele “kwisigqibo esanelisayo”. (Iingxelo zenkundla zibonisa ukuba akukho bungqina bokuba ucingo olubethe imoto kaHana lwalufakwe ngendlela engafanelekanga.)
“Ndifuna ukuqinisekisa ukuba akukho mntu ufana nomntu endivuka naye yonke imihla kuba ndingumzali womntwana obhubhileyo okhubazwe lucingo,” utshilo uAmes.
Uthethe nabezopolitiko kunye neenkokeli zezothutho e-US ukuba batsale ingqalelo kwiitheminali ezibiyelweyo ezinokuthi zingafakwa ngokuchanekileyo. Ezinye zazo zibizwa ngokuba “ziingcingo zaseFrankenstein” ngenxa yokuba ziingcingo ezakhiwe ngomxube wamalungu athi uAmes adala amarhamncwa ecaleni kwendlela yethu. Wafumana ezinye iintsimbi ezifakwe phezulu, ngasemva, zineebholiti ezingekhoyo okanye ezingachanekanga.
Injongo yantlandlolo yemiqobo yayikukukhusela abantu ekutyibilikeni, ekubetheni emithini okanye kwiibhulorho, okanye ekuqhubeleni emilanjeni.
Ngokutsho kweFederal Highway Administration, imiqobo yokufunxa amandla ine "head shock" etyibilika phezu komqobo xa ibetha isithuthi.
Imoto inokubetha i-barrier head-on-on-on-head and the impact head inflampte the barrier and redirected it away from the car de imoto ifike ime. Ukuba imoto ibetha iileyili kwi-angle, intloko iphinda ityumle i-guardrail, inciphisa imoto emva kweereyile.
Ukuba ayikhange ibe njalo, i-guardrail inokugqobhoza imoto - iflegi ebomvu ye-Ames, njengoko abavelisi be-guardrail belumkisa ngokuxutywa kwamalungu ukuphepha ukwenzakala kakhulu okanye ukufa, kodwa oko akuyi kwenzeka.
Iimveliso zeTrinity Highway, ngoku eyaziwa ngokuba yiValtir, yathi ukungaphumeleli ukulandela izilumkiso zeendawo ezixubileyo kunokubangela "ukulimala kakhulu okanye ukufa ukuba isithuthi sibandakanyeka ekungqubuzaneni nenkqubo engavunywanga yi-Federal Highway Administration (FHA)".
Imigangatho ye-Guardrail yeSebe lezoThutho le-Idaho (ITD) ikwafuna ukuba abasebenzi bafakele ii-guardrails ngokuhambelana nemiyalelo yomenzi. Ezi nkqubo ziye zavavanywa kwaye zavunywa yi-Federal Housing Administration (FHA).
Kodwa emva kophando olucokisekileyo, u-Ames uthe ufumene i-28 "i-Frankenstein-style barriers" ecaleni kwe-Interstate 84 e-Idaho kuphela. Ngokutsho kuka-Ames, ucingo olukufuphi ne-Boise Outlet Mall lufakwe ngokungalunganga. I-guardrail eCaldwell, iimayile ezimbalwa ngasentshona ye-Interstate 84, yenye yezona zinto zibi kakhulu zokugada ezakha zabonwa ngu-Aimers.
“Ingxaki yase-Idaho imbi kakhulu kwaye iyingozi,” utshilo uAmes. “Ndiye ndaqala ukuqaphela iisampulu zesokethi zempembelelo zomenzi omnye ezifakwe neereyile zomnye umenzi. Ndabona uBathathu Emnye eziphelweni slotted apho kaloliwe yesibini ifakwe phezulu. Xa ndaqalisa ukuyibona le nto ndaza ndayibona ngokuphindaphindiweyo, ndaqonda ukuba le inzulu ngokwenene.”
Ngokweerekhodi ze-ITD, abantu abane e-Idaho basweleke phakathi kuka-2017 no-2021 xa imoto yantlitheka kwindawo yesithintelo, kodwa i-ITD yathi akukho bungqina beengozi okanye iingxelo zamapolisa zokuba umqobo ngokwawo ngunobangela wokufa kwabo.
“Xa umntu esenza iimpazamo ezininzi, asinakuhlolwa, akukho liso kwi-ITD, akukho qeqesho lwabafaki kunye neekontraka. Yimpazamo ebiza kakhulu le nto kuba sithetha ngeenkqubo zokubiyela eziduru,” utshilo uEimers. “Kufuneka siqinisekise ukuba ezi zixhobo, zithengwe ngerhafu karhulumente okanye ngoncedo lwe-federal, zifakwe ngokufanelekileyo. Kungenjalo, sirhwaphiliza amashumi ezigidi zeerandi minyaka le size sibangele iingozi ezindleleni.”
Wenza ntoni uAmes? Ucinezele iSebe lezoThutho lase-Idaho ukuba lihlole zonke iitheminali zocingo kwilizwe. I-ITD yabonisa ukuba iphulaphule.
Umanejala wezoNxibelelwano we-ITD uJohn Tomlinson uthe isebe kungokunje liqhuba uluhlu lwenkqubo yokubiyela kwilizwe liphela.
“Sifuna ukuqiniseka ukuba zifakwe ngokuchanekileyo, ukuba zikhuselekile,” utshilo uTomlinson. “Nanini na xa kukho umonakalo ekupheleni kwendawo yokugada, siye sijonge ukuba zifakwe ngokuchanekileyo, kwaye ukuba kukho umonakalo, siwulungise ngoko nangoko. Sifuna ukuyilungisa. Sifuna ukuqinisekisa ukuba zikhuselekile ngokufanelekileyo. ”
Ngo-Okthobha, abasebenzi baqala ukumba nzulu ngaphezu kwe-10,000 iziphelo zokugada ezisasazeke ngaphezulu kweekhilomitha ezingama-900 kwiindlela zombuso, utshilo.
UTomlinson wongeze wathi, "Ke kukuqinisekisa ukuba indoda yethu yesondlo ineendlela ezifanelekileyo zonxibelelwano ukuze idlulisele le nto kubantu abalungisayo, iikontraki kunye naye wonke umntu kuba sifuna ikhuseleke."
I-Meridian's RailCo LLC inekhontrakthi ye-ITD yokufaka nokugcina iintsimbi e-Idaho. Umnini kaRailCo uKevin Wade uthe iinxalenye kwiireyile zaseFrankenstein bezinokuxutywa okanye zifakwe ngendlela engalunganga ukuba i-ITD ibingajonganga umsebenzi wokulungisa wabasebenzi babo.
Ebuzwa ukuba kutheni benze impazamo xa befaka okanye belungisa ucingo, uTomlinson uthe inokuba kungenxa yokusilela kobonelelo.
Ukuphanda amawaka ocingo nokukwazi ukuyilungisa kuthatha ixesha nemali. I-ITD ayiyi kuyazi iindleko zokulungisa de kube kugqitywe uluhlu lwempahla.
“Kufuneka siqinisekise ukuba sinemali eyaneleyo yokwenza oku,” utshilo uTomlinson. "Kodwa ibalulekile-ukuba ibulala okanye yenzakalise kakhulu abantu, senza lonke utshintsho olufunekayo."
UTomlinson wongeze ukuba bayazazi ezinye “iiterminals zesebe” “abafuna ukuzilungisa” kwaye baya kuqhubeka noluhlu lwenkqubo yendlela yelizwe kwiinyanga ezizayo.
Uphinde wathi bebengazi ukuba olu nyango lokugqibela aluyi kusebenza kakuhle ngexesha lengozi.
I-KTVB yaqhagamshelana ne-Idaho Gov. Brad Little malunga noku. Unobhala wakhe weendaba, uMadison Hardy, uthe uLittle usebenza neNdlu yoWiso-mthetho ukulungisa izikhewu zokhuseleko ngepakethi yenkxaso-mali yezothutho.
"Ukukhuthaza ukhuseleko kunye nokuchuma kwe-Idahoans kuhlala kuyiyona nto iphambili kwiRhuluneli encinci, kwaye izinto zakhe eziphambili zomthetho ze-2023 zibandakanya ngaphezu kwe-1 yeebhiliyoni zeebhiliyoni kwi-investment yokhuseleko lwezothutho olutsha kunye oluqhubekayo," u-Hardy wabhala nge-imeyile.
Ekugqibeleni, u-Ames uza kuqhubeka esebenzisana namalungu owiso-mthetho kunye neSebe lezoThutho ukuze ahloniphe intombi yakhe, ahlole iingcingo, kwaye abize nabani na onokunceda.
U-Ames akazange afune nje ukusombulula ingxaki yezithintelo eziyingozi, wayefuna ukutshintsha inkcubeko yangaphakathi yesebe lezothutho, ukwenza ukhuseleko lube yinto ephambili. Usebenzela ukufumana isikhokelo esicacileyo, esimanyeneyo kumasebe ezothutho karhulumente, i-FHA, kunye nabavelisi bocingo. Ukwasebenzela ukuba abavelisi bongeze “eli cala phezulu” okanye iilebhile ezinemibala kwiinkqubo zabo.
“Ndicela ungavumeli iintsapho zase-Idaho zifane nam,” watsho uAmes. Akufunekanga uvumele abantu bafe e-Idaho.
Ixesha lokuposa: Jul-24-2023