Lipalo tsa mafu a bakoang ke likotsi tse amang ba tsamaeang ka maoto li ntse li eketseha Texas 'me joale li baka hoo e ka bang e le' ngoe ho tse hlano tsa mafu 'ohle a sephethephethe a mmuso. Selemong se fetileng, batho ba 668 ba hlokahetse likotsing tse amanang le ba tsamaeang ka maoto Texas, e leng keketseho ea 5% ho tloha ka 2018, 'me ba fetang 1,300 ba ile ba tsoa likotsi tse mpe. Likotsi tse amang ba tsamaeang ka libaesekele ka 2019 le tsona li bolaile batho ba 68 'me tsa ntša likotsi tse mpe tsa 313. Lipalo tsena li latela mokhoa o tšosang o boneng lefu la ba tsamaeang ka maoto le baesekele le eketseha lilemong tse hlano tse fetileng.
Sebakeng sa Lufkin ka 2019, ho bile le likotsi tsa sephethephethe tse 35 tse amang ba tsamaeang ka maoto, tse bakileng mafu a 9 le likotsi tse mpe tse 9. Selemong sona seo, ho bile le likotsi tsa sephethephethe tse 13 tse amang baesekele sebakeng sa Lufkin, tse bakileng mafu a se nang palo le likotsi tse mpe tse 4.
Sebakeng sa Tyler ka 2019, ho bile le likotsi tsa sephethephethe tse 93 tse amang ba tsamaeang ka maoto, tse bakileng mafu a 19 le likotsi tse mpe tse 36. Selemong sona seo, ho bile le likotsi tsa sephethephethe tse 22 tse amang baesekele sebakeng sa Tyler, tse bakileng mafu a se nang palo le likotsi tse mpe tse 6.
Bahlanka ba polokeho ba amahanya sesosa se seholo sa keketseho ena le ho hloleha ho atileng ha batho ho latela melao ea mmuso e reretsoeng ho sireletsa ba tsamaeang ka maoto le baesekele. Ka lebaka leo, TxDOT e qala letšolo le lecha la tlhokomeliso ea sechaba khoeling ena le khothalletsang baahi bohle ba Texas ho khanna ka bohlale, ho tsamaea ka bohlale le ho khanna ka bohlale ba baesekele.
"Ebang o khanna koloi, o tsamaya ka maoto, kapa o palame baesekele, re hopotsa baahi ba Texas hore ba etse hore polokeho ea sephethephethe e be ntho ea bohlokoa ka ho fetisisa ha ba le kantle," ho boletse Motsamaisi e Moholo oa TxDOT James Bass. "Seoa sa COVID-19 se re rutile bohlokoa ba ho itlhokomela le ho hlokomela ba bang metseng ea rona, 'me re kopa sechaba ho sebelisa boikarabelo bo tšoanang ba ho arolelana litsela ka mokhoa o sireletsehileng le ho mamela melao ea sephethephethe."
Hoo e ka bang halofo ea ba tsamaeang ka maoto le baesekele ba ileng ba hlokahala selemong se fetileng literateng le litseleng tse kholo tsa Texas ba ne ba le pakeng tsa lilemo tse 21 le 49. Bongata ba bona ba ne ba lula libakeng tsa litoropo, 'me boholo ba bona—73% ea ba tsamaeang ka maoto le 90% ea baesekele—e ne e le banna.
Ho sa tsotelehe hore na batho ba Texas ba khetha ho tsamaea joang, TxDOT e batla hore ba tsebe le ho latela melao ea mmuso bakeng sa ho khanna ka mokhoa o sireletsehileng, ho tsamaea ka maoto le ho palama baesekele. Bakhanni ba lokela ho nka mehato e tobileng ho sireletsa ba tsamaeang ka maoto le baesekele ba ka 'nang ba bolaoa kapa ba tsoa likotsi tse mpe ha ba ameha kotsing ea koloi. Melao ea mmuso e laela ba tsamaeang ka maoto ho ema libakeng tse tšelang maoto, ho fa ba tsamaeang ka maoto le baesekele tokelo ea tsela ha ba reteleha, le ho feta baesekele sebakeng se sireletsehileng le ho ba fa sebaka sa ho palama.
Ba tsamaeang ka maoto ba lokela ho tšela seterata feela moo litsela li kopanang teng le moo litsela li tšelang teng, ba latele matšoao 'ohle a sephethephethe le a ho tšela batho ba tsamaeang ka maoto, 'me kamehla ba sebelise litsela tsa maoto ha li fumaneha. Haeba ho se na tsela ea maoto, ba tsamaeang ka maoto ba lokela ho tsamaea ka lehlakoreng le letšehali la seterata kapa tsela, ba shebane le sephethephethe se tlang.
Joalo ka bakhanni, bakhanni ba libaesekele ba tlameha ho latela matšoao ohle a sephethephethe, ho kenyeletsoa le ho ema maboneng a khubelu le matšoao a ho emisa. Melao ea mmuso e boetse e laela hore ba palamang libaesekele ba tlameha ho sebelisa matšoao a letsoho ha ba reteleha kapa ba emisa, ba palama sephethephethe, ba sebelise litsela tsa libaesekele kapa ba palama haufi le moeli o ka letsohong le letona kamoo ho ka khonehang, 'me ha ba palama bosiu, etsa bonnete ba hore libaesekele tsa bona li na le leseli le lesoeu ka pele le leseli le lefubelu kapa seipone ka morao.
Likotsi tsa sephethephethe tse fetang 3,000 tse amang ba tsamaeang ka maoto li etsahetse selemong se fetileng Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Houston le San Antonio, tse bakileng mafu a 287. Metse ena e boetse e bone likotsi tsa libaesekele tse fetang 1,100 tse bakileng mafu a 30 le likotsi tse mpe tse 113.
“Sireletseha. Khanna ka Bohlale.” le boiteko ba TxDOT ba polokeho ea ba tsamaeang ka maoto le baesekele ke likarolo tsa bohlokoa tsa #EndTheStreakTX, e leng boiteko bo pharaletseng ba mecha ea litaba ea sechaba le ba ho bua ka molomo bo khothalletsang bakhanni ho etsa liqeto tse sireletsehileng ha ba ntse ba khanna, joalo ka ho roala lebanta la setulo, ho khanna ka lebelo le lekanyelitsoeng, ho se romelle melaetsa le ho khanna le ho se khanne ba le tlas'a tšusumetso ea joala kapa lithethefatsi tse ling. La 7 Pulungoana, 2000 e ne e le letsatsi la ho qetela la ho se shoe litseleng tsa Texas. #EndTheStreakTX e kopa baahi bohle ba Texas ho itlama ho khanna ka mokhoa o sireletsehileng ho thusa ho felisa letoto la mafu a letsatsi le letsatsi litseleng tsa Texas.
Nako ea poso: Pulungoana-19-2020