HIBAPRESS – Mohammed Manfalouti
Today, the only talk within the public sphere in the city of Settat is about the rising level of traffic accidents, which have turned the city's streets, alleys, and squares into a theater for them. Some have resulted in fatalities, while others have left behind injured people and wounded people struggling with death inside the intensive care units at the Hassan II Hospital, which, despite the limited services due to the lack of human resources, still provides services to its patients.
It is the city of Settat, which was once described as a quiet and safe city, that today lives under the impact of the rising rates of traffic accidents, of which motorcycles are often a part.
In light of the dilapidated state of many streets suffering from potholes and the obstruction of the reinforcement works of the water channels on the one hand and the sewage on the other, these streets remain a trap for drivers and pedestrians alike, and the General Katani Street, whose ground has been cracked and cracked as if a strong earthquake struck it, is a good example.
Hassan II Street, which has also become known for unprecedented traffic congestion, tops the scene on the scoreboard of traffic accident rates, and the accidents it has witnessed in the next few days are a good indication.
The strangest thing is that this disturbing increase in the level of traffic accidents occurs while the city of Settat is witnessing a noticeable spread of several security patrols for traffic and circulation, some of whose elements appear in official uniforms and others in civilian clothes at traffic signals and at the intersections of streets and alleys, issuing traffic violations to violators in an attempt to control the state of chaos that is known to the movement of traffic and circulation.
And on the Royal Army Street, there are random parking spaces for large-sized taxis that monitor passengers, and some drivers do not respect traffic signals or stop signs, and some of them dodge and drive at a southern speed and suddenly step on the brakes without prior announcement as soon as a customer appears on the road.
At the northern entrance to the city, motorcycles, whose owners walk according to their whims, lurk for girls and teenagers and sow terror with their acrobatic driving.
It is the chaos of traffic and circulation in Settat, and with it, the bleeding of traffic accidents remains a candidate for rise, and with it, the voices of the zealous sons of the capital of the Shawiya remain, seeking from the concerned authorities to develop a well-designed plan aimed at controlling the street from chaos. As if they were the voice of their condition, they repeat: (Please… Stop the bleeding of traffic accidents to protect the blood of the innocent).
