Impfu zikomoka ku mpanuka zikorerwa abanyamaguru ziriyongera muri Texas, ubu zikaba zigize hafi umwe muri batanu mu bapfa mu muhanda muri iyo leta. Umwaka ushize, abantu 668 bapfiriye mu mpanuka ziterwa n'abanyamaguru muri Texas, ziyongereyeho 5% ugereranije n'umwaka wa 2018, kandi abarenga 1.300 barakomereka bikomeye. Impanuka zakorewe abanyamagare mu 2019 nazo zahitanye ubuzima bw'abantu 68, naho 313 barakomereka bikomeye. Iyi mibare ikurikira ikintu giteye ubwoba cyagaragaje ko impfu z'abanyamaguru n'abanyamagare ziyongera mu myaka itanu ishize.
Mu gace ka Lufkin mu 2019, habaye impanuka 35 z’imodoka zitwaye abanyamaguru, 9 zihitana abandi 9 zikomereka bikomeye. Muri uwo mwaka, habaye impanuka 13 z’imodoka zitwara amagare mu gace ka Lufkin, impanuka ntizihitana abandi 4 zikomereka bikomeye.
Mu gace ka Tyler mu 2019, habaye impanuka 93 z’imodoka zitwaye abanyamaguru, zihitana abantu 19, zikomeretsa bikomeye 36. Muri uwo mwaka, habaye impanuka 22 z’imodoka zitwara amagare mu gace ka Tyler, zihitana nta muntu n’umwe wapfuye ndetse n’izindi 6 zakomeretse bikomeye.
Abashinzwe umutekano bavuga ko impamvu nyamukuru y’ubwiyongere bw’iki kibazo iterwa n’uko abantu benshi bananiwe gukurikiza amategeko ya leta agamije kurengera abanyamaguru n’abanyamagare. Muri iki gihe, TxDOT irimo gutangiza ubukangurambaga bushya muri uku kwezi bushishikariza abaturage bose bo muri Texas gutwara imodoka neza, kugenda neza no gutwara amagare neza.
Umuyobozi Mukuru wa TxDOT, James Bass, yagize ati: “Waba uri ku igare, uri ku maguru, cyangwa uri ku igare, turimo kwibutsa Abanya-Texas ko umutekano wo mu muhanda ari wo uza ku isonga mu bibazo byabo iyo bari mu rugendo.” “Icyorezo cya COVID-19 cyatwigishije akamaro ko kwiyitaho no kwita ku bandi mu duce dutuyemo, kandi turasaba abaturage gushyira mu bikorwa iyo nshingano yo gusangira umuhanda mu mutekano no kubahiriza amategeko y’umuhanda.”
Hafi kimwe cya kabiri cy’abanyamaguru n’abanyamagare bapfiriye mu mihanda no mu mihanda minini ya Texas umwaka ushize bari hagati y’imyaka 21 na 49. Abenshi babaga mu mijyi, kandi abenshi—73% by’abanyamaguru na 90% by’abanyamagare—bari abagabo.
Uko abaturage bo muri Texas bahitamo kugenda kose, TxDOT ishaka ko bamenya kandi bagakurikiza amategeko ya leta agenga gutwara, kugenda n'amaguru no kugendera ku magare mu mutekano. Abashoferi bagomba gufata ingamba zihariye zo kurinda abanyamaguru n'abanyamagare bashobora gupfa cyangwa gukomereka bikomeye iyo bahuye n'impanuka y'imodoka. Amategeko ya leta ategeka abanyamaguru guhagarara mu nzira z'abanyamaguru, bagaha uburenganzira abanyamaguru n'abanyamagare bwo kunyuramo iyo bahindukiye, kandi bagaca ku banyamagare kure kandi bakabaha umwanya wo kugenda.
Abanyamaguru bagomba kwambuka umuhanda gusa aho inzira zihurira n'aho abanyamaguru bahurira, kubahiriza ibimenyetso byose by'imodoka n'aho abanyamaguru bahurira, kandi bagakoresha inzira z'abanyamaguru igihe cyose zihari. Niba nta nzira y'abanyamaguru ihari, abanyamaguru bagomba kunyura ibumoso bw'umuhanda cyangwa umuhanda, bahanganye n'imodoka zihagera.
Kimwe n'abashoferi, abanyamagare basabwa kubahiriza ibimenyetso byose by'umuhanda, harimo guhagarara ku matara atukura n'ibimenyetso byo guhagarara. Amategeko ya leta kandi ategeka ko abatwara amagare bagomba gukoresha ibimenyetso by'amaboko iyo bahindukiye cyangwa bahagaze, bagendera ku muhanda uhegereye imodoka, bakoresha inzira z'amagare cyangwa bagendera hafi y'umuhanda w'iburyo, kandi iyo bagendera nijoro, bareba neza ko amagare yabo afite itara ryera imbere n'itara ritukura cyangwa agasanduku k'inyuma.
Impanuka zirenga 3.000 z’imodoka zabereye mu mujyi wa Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Houston na San Antonio umwaka ushize, zihitana abantu 287. Iyi mijyi kandi yahuye n’impanuka z’amagare zirenga 1.100 zahitanye abantu 30, abandi 113 barakomereka bikomeye.
“Gira Umutekano. Fata neza.” na gahunda ya TxDOT yo kurinda abanyamaguru n’amagare ni bimwe mu bintu by’ingenzi bya #EndTheStreakTX, imbuga nkoranyambaga zagutse n’ibikorwa byo kuvugana n’abantu bishishikariza abashoferi gufata ibyemezo bihamye mu gihe batwaye imodoka, nko kwambara umukandara, gutwara umuvuduko ntarengwa, kutigera wohereza ubutumwa bugufi no gutwara ndetse no kutigera utwara imodoka banyoye inzoga cyangwa ibindi biyobyabwenge. Ku ya 7 Ugushyingo 2000 ni wo munsi wa nyuma w’abapfuye ku mihanda ya Texas. #EndTheStreakTX irasaba abaturage bose bo muri Texas kwiyemeza gutwara imodoka mu mutekano kugira ngo bafashe kurangiza urukurikirane rw’impfu za buri munsi ku mihanda ya Texas.
Igihe cyo kohereza: Ugushyingo-19-2020