One evening I was watching one of my two favourite Late Night Shows by Jay Leno and he had Denzel Washington that night.By the way, the other favourite is by Conan O'Brien. These guys make me laugh until my rib cage won't take any more. They have got such a cloying whimzy that I find incredible. Any ways, what was I saying? So Denzel was talking about his recent visit to Mexico, which he said, he enjoyed and the people were so nice and friendly like any other star would put it. One thing he didn't like, though, was the traffic in the central part of Mexico city which he said was crazy with people cutting in indiscriminately and not sharing the road safely or courteously.Then he remarked
to say like one of our cities here in US. I guess he dared every one who was watching him. The city that immediately came to my mind was New York after what I saw in the last two months.

About a fortnight ago, I together with two friends went to Chicago, Illinois, to a party for US-Zambians. We went driving from Grand Rapids, Michigan, to Chicago and we got there late in the night. I liked the city with its beautiful buildings and the scenery was really cool. The Sears Towers were such a landmark, should be the tallest sky-scraper in Chicago with its well-lit spires.

Going through the city was a pain in the neck. The traffic was not only heavy but mad. Motorists were only forward-centered with very little courtesy to display. Not to mention the taxi-drivers who could cut in at will, pull over and even pull out without well alerting other road users. To make the matters worse, it took us 2 hours to find space to park. We were compelled to stop over at a McDonalds spot to buy some food as this was the only time we could use their parking space.

It was then that I realised that Denzel might not have exactly meant New York when he said like one of our cities here in US.I really think the cab drivers would have a big role to play in sanitising traffic in our cities. The same goes to Lusaka, Zambia, my dear country, the commuter bus drivers and their fellows in business, the taxi drivers, they should change "imibele yabo" on the road. "Imibele yabo" is a Bemba phrase meaning "their conduct." It is such reckless driving that has cost us millions of lives all over the world.