Editorial: Road Safety in Free Fall

The death toll surpassed 100 on Monday. One hundred lives lost in ten months – from January to October 2025. One hundred family tragedies, one hundred futures erased. Year after year, regime after regime, road safety remains our collective shame. Our roads, amidst the rustling sugarcane and the encroaching subdivisions, continue to bleed: vital arteries transformed into corridors of death.

Half of the victims are motorcyclists. Often young people. Working...