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General News of Sunday, March 24, 2019
Source: 3news.com
2019-03-24
At least 60 people were crushed last Friday
The Government declares that it is taking steps to implement a road regulation that will require all commercial vehicles operating in the country to be equipped with a speed limiter as part of the measures taken to curb the series. Road accidents.
At least 60 people were killed last Friday and several others were injured in separate car accidents in the central and Bono-Est areas involving high-occupancy vehicles.
Official police statistics show that 411 people were killed and 2,048 others injured in road accidents between January and February of this year.
The Executive Director of the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC), May Obiri-Yeboah, said at a press conference that her team was planning a conversation on the speed limiter regulation.
The speed limiter, she said, "will help speed management as a major contributor to traffic accidents".
In addition, she told reporters that they had purchased 10-speed guns and radar alcometers, as well as 4,000 vests at a cost of 1.5 million cedis, in order to strengthen the capabilities of the police service to enforce traffic laws and regulations.
This equipment, she said, will be handed over to the police, MTTD, by the end of March.
At the same time, she said the NRSC is using it to become an authority capable of "sanctioning transportation service providers for breach" to their operational standards, just like the industry. air transport.
She added that the Cabinet had approved the memorandum to transform the National Road Safety Commission into a national road safety authority.
"The Attorney General has completed the bill and the Ministry of Transport is preparing to engage the relevant parliamentary selection committees.
The NRSC becoming Authority, she explained, will give her the mandate to enforce road safety standards with respect to the design, construction and use of the road and the vehicle and the 39, be responsible for the regulation of commercial transportation operations and services.
More than 6 million cedis
The Executive Secretary stated that the NRSC had received 6.50 million Cedis from the Ghana Road Fund, which he has been using since last December for the implementation of part of his plan of action. and comprehensive road safety education.
In the same vein, she said that the Commission had trained and deployed 300 graduates across Ghana to educate drivers, motorcyclists and other road users at 51 strategic locations along major highways. from the country.
She mentioned truck terminals, toll gates, schools, markets and public places in communities, among the daily training places for graduates.
"In addition, the Commission worked with NABCO to deploy approximately 500 people in strategic terminals and corridors to increase public awareness of road safety best practices," she added.
Obiri-Yeboah called on the public to support the implementation of critical road safety interventions to save lives on our roads, saying that "road safety is a way of life and a collective responsibility".
"Road users need to keep in mind that using the road requires knowledge and responsibility. All road users must be disciplined at all times in the traffic as drivers, cyclists, pedestrians, pbadengers, "she advised.
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