ROAD ACCIDENT AND TWO LEGENDS IN SPORT

 HEADLINE:ROAD ACCIDENT

The fatal accidents on the roads remain a global concern. Daily, approximately 18 traffic accidents occur in the Peninsular Malaysia that cause on an average one death in every hour, a situation that needs preventive measures. The development of the effective strategies to reduce such fatal accidents requires the identification of various risk factors including the road condition. We identified such accident severity issues using the public work. Police department databases that consisted of 1067 cases of various severity levels occurred on the Malaysian federal roads during 2008 to 2015. These records were used to develop ordered logistic regression model for the accident severity and nine variables were analyzed. The results revealed that the presence of poor horizontal alignment affected the model outcomes. The likelihood of the more serious accident severity due to the poor horizontal alignment was correspondingly about 0.4 times less compared to the absence of such factors. It is established that the present findings may assist the local authorities to take proactive actions to prevent serious road accidents on the road segments possessing the standard horizontal alignment.

CAPTION:STAY SAFE WHILE DRIVING

HEADLINE:TWO LEGENDS IN SPORT

Reminiscing the good old days when they were on top of the world, badminton great Lee Chong Wei wished national squash queen, Nicol David, a happy retirement. Nicol who will turn 36 in August, announced she will retire at the end of the 2018-2019 season in June, bringing down the curtain on an illustrious 20-year career.Hailed as the greatest of all time (GOAT) by her peers, the Penangite is the most successful woman squash player, having spent nine years as the World No 1 between 2006-2015.Chong Wei, who is just a year older, said he and Nicol go a long way back, and that both of them used to encourage each other especially at multi sport events like the Asian and Commonwealth Games.

In fact, the country’s two most decorated athletes were also named Sportsman and Sportswoman of the year in 2005 and 2008.”Not only are we ‘Penang Kia’ (Penangite in Hokkien), but someone like Nicol has given so much to bring honour and pride to this country.“She left home to train in Europe and that is a huge sacrifice. Unlike the rest of us, she gave up her family time for Malaysia and for her to achieve what no other athlete can.Chong Wei, a three-time Olympic Games silver medallist, has not played in a competitive fixture since reaching the semi-finals of the Indonesia Open last July. After seeking treatment in Taiwan for several months, Chong Wei is set to make a comeback at the Malaysia Open in April, where he will be defending his crown after winning it for a record 12th time last year.

CAPTION:NEVER FORGET ABOUT THE LEGENDS

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