Kei te piki haere ngā matenga o ngā kaihaerere i Texas, ā, tata ki te kotahi i roto i te rima o ngā matenga waka katoa o te kawanatanga. I te tau kua hipa, e 668 ngā tāngata i mate i ngā aituā e pā ana ki ngā kaihaerere i Texas, he pikinga ake tēnei mā te 5% mai i te tau 2018, ā, neke atu i te 1,300 i whara kino. I ngā aituā e pā ana ki ngā kaihaerere i te tau 2019 i mate ai hoki te 68 tāngata, ā, e 313 i whara kino. E whai ana ēnei tau i tētahi ia whakamataku kua kite i te pikinga ake o ngā matenga o ngā kaihaerere me ngā kaihaerere i roto i ngā tau e rima kua hipa.
I te rohe o Lufkin i te tau 2019, e 35 ngā tukinga waka i pā ki ngā kaihaerere, ā, e 9 ngā mate me te 9 ngā whara kino. I taua tau anō, e 13 ngā tukinga waka i pā ki ngā kaieke paihikara i te rohe o Lufkin, ā, kāore he mate, e 4 ngā whara kino.
I te rohe o Tyler i te tau 2019, e 93 ngā tukinga waka i pā ki ngā kaihaerere, ā, e 19 ngā mate me te 36 ngā whara kino. I taua tau anō, e 22 ngā tukinga waka i pā ki ngā kaieke paihikara i te rohe o Tyler, ā, kāore he mate, e 6 ngā whara kino.
E kī ana ngā āpiha haumaru ko te korenga o te iwi ki te whai i ngā ture a te kawanatanga hei tiaki i ngā kaihaerere me ngā kaieke paihikara te tino take o te pikinga. Hei whakatutuki i tēnā, kei te tīmata a TxDOT i tētahi kaupapa whakamōhiotanga hou i tēnei marama e akiaki ana i ngā tāngata katoa o Texas kia taraiwa atamai, kia hikoi atamai, kia eke paihikara atamai.
"Ahakoa kei muri koe i te wira, kei te hikoi, kei te eke pahikara rānei, kei te whakamahara mātou i ngā tāngata o Texas kia waiho te haumaru o te huarahi hei mea nui mā rātou ina haereere ana," te kī a te Kaiwhakahaere Matua o TxDOT, a James Bass. "Kua ako mai te mate urutā COVID-19 i te hiranga o te tiaki i a tātou anō me ētahi atu i roto i ō tātou hapori, ā, kei te tono mātou ki te marea kia whakamahia taua kawenga ki te tiritiri haumaru i te rori me te whakarongo ki ngā ture huarahi."
Tata ki te haurua o ngā kaihaerere me ngā kaieke paihikara katoa i mate i te tau kua hipa i ngā tiriti me ngā huarahi matua o Texas i waenga i te 21 me te 49 tau te pakeke. Ko te nuinga e noho ana i ngā tāone nui, ā, ko te nuinga—73% o ngā kaihaerere me te 90% o ngā kaieke paihikara—he tāne.
Ahakoa te huarahi e whiriwhiria ana e te iwi o Texas ki te haere, e hiahia ana a TxDOT kia mōhio rātou ki ngā ture ā-rohe mō te taraiwa haumaru, te hikoi me te eke pahikara, me te whai hoki i aua ture. Me mahi ngā taraiwa i ngā mahi motuhake hei tiaki i ngā kaihaerere me ngā kaieke pahikara e nui ake ana te tūponotanga ka mate, ka whara kino rānei ina pāngia e te tukinga me te waka. E whakahau ana ngā ture ā-rohe kia tū ngā kaihaerere i ngā whiti huarahi, kia tukuna te huarahi ki ngā kaihaerere me ngā kaieke pahikara ina tahuri, me te hipa i ngā kaieke pahikara i te tawhiti haumaru, me te hoatu wāhi ki a rātou hei eke.
Me whiti noa ngā kaihaerere i te huarahi i ngā whakawhiti me ngā whitinga ara, me whakarongo ki ngā tohu katoa o te waka me te whitinga ara, ā, me whakamahi tonu i ngā ara hikoi ina wātea. Ki te kore he ara hikoi, me hikoi ngā kaihaerere i te taha maui o te huarahi, me te anga atu ki ngā waka e haere mai ana.
Pērā i ngā taraiwa, me whakarongo ngā kaieke paihikara ki ngā tohu me ngā rama huarahi katoa, tae atu ki te tū i ngā rama whero me ngā tohu tū. E whakahau ana hoki ngā ture ā-rohe me whakamahi ngā tohu ā-ringa a te hunga e eke paihikara ana i te wā e huri ana, e tū ana rānei, e eke tahi ana me ngā waka, e whakamahi ana i ngā ara paihikara, e eke tata ana rānei ki te taha matau o te rori, ā, i te wā e eke ana i te pō, me whakarite kei mua he rama mā, he rama whero, he whakaata rānei kei muri.
Neke atu i te 3,000 ngā aituā waka i pā ki ngā kaihaerere i te tau kua hipa i Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Houston me San Antonio, ā, e 287 ngā mate i puta. I kitea anō hoki i ēnei tāone neke atu i te 1,100 ngā aituā pahikara i puta ai te 30 mate me te 113 whara kino.
"Kia Haumaru. Taraiwa Mārama." me te kaupapa haumaru mō te hunga hikoi me te pahikara a TxDOT he wāhanga matua o #EndTheStreakTX, he kaupapa pāpāho pāpori whānui me te kōrero-ā-waha e akiaki ana i ngā taraiwa ki te whakatau haumaru ake i a rātou e taraiwa ana, pērā i te mau whitiki nohoanga, te taraiwa i te tere tere, te kore rawa e tuku karere kuputuhi me te taraiwa, me te kore rawa e taraiwa i raro i te mana o te waipiro, i ētahi atu raau taero rānei. Ko te 7 o Noema, 2000 te rā whakamutunga o te kore mate i runga i ngā rori o Texas. Kei te tono a #EndTheStreakTX ki ngā tāngata katoa o Texas kia whakapau kaha ki te taraiwa haumaru hei āwhina i te whakamutu i te rarangi o ngā mate o ia rā i runga i ngā rori o Texas.
Wā tuku: Whiringa-ā-rangi 19-2020