A section of Thika superhighway. [Photo/nation.co.ke]The Road Safety Association of Kenya (RSAK) has issued a one-month notice to the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) to replace all guardrails along the Thika superhighway or risk court action.According to RSAK Chairman David Njoroge and secretary general Wambugu Nyamu, the current metal rails are dangerous to road users and should be replaced with plastic ones."Apart from Nyeri Governor (Wahome Gakuru) who captured the national headlines after these metal guardrails killed him, there are several other Kenyans who have suffered the same fate," Njoroge said on Monday."As the safety association we have raised this issue severally to Kenha but nothing has come out of it so far. We have given KeNHA a month to remove them or we will go to court," he added.Njoroge says the essence of guardrails is to deflect a vehicle back to the road, slow it down or bring it to a complete stop this avoiding accident.Concerns continue to be raised over the safety standards of many guardrails mounted on many Kenyan highways following the tragic accident at Kabati that claimed Gakuru's life and majorly blamed on the guardrails."Guardrails are meant to save lives. It is unfortunate that they are turning out to be killers on the highways and police statistics can prove that," says Nyamu.RSAK says that softer guardrails protect drivers from shock and even enable them to save thousands of lives especially those operating public service vehicles. 

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