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The Minister of Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, in conversation with journalists after the visit to the victims of the Kintampo accident
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The President of Road Safety Advocates Ghana has accused the Ministry of Transport and the Ghana Union of Private Road Transport (GPRTU) of not being determined to deal with road accidents in the country.
According to Nana Annor Amihere II, the two organizations are losing interest in the deployment of technology to alert sleeping drivers to avoid road accidents.
His complaint follows police confirmation that the driver of one of Kintampo 's crash buses, which claimed the lives of more than 60 people, was traveling at a brisk pace while driving. he was sleeping at the wheel.
The road safety lawyer says the Ministry of Transportation has rejected a proposal to use a cap that monitors the brain to alert sleepy drivers and prevent accidents.
Minister of Transport with a victim of Kintampo's accident
"I have found a solution against driver fatigue and this is used by gold mines (…). It's just a cap that you put with a sensor that monitors the brain. At the moment a person with her experience sleeping, he will beep to alert the user.
"I took a sample to the Ministry of Transport, the National Road Safety Commission (NSRC) and the GPRTU were not interested. If you do not put good road interventions in place, serious accidents will expose you, "he said.
One of the recommendations of an interministerial committee to set up to help the country fight carnage on the road is to turn the NSRC into an authority.
The Commission wants a change in its legislation concerning indiscipline following devastating carnage on a major highway that caused dozens of deaths on Friday.
Minister of Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah with NRSC President May Obiri-Yeboah
Commission Executive Director May Obiri-Yeboah explained that all the powers she currently has are convincing as they have been set up to carry out awareness and awareness activities on road safety.
"If we do not have teeth to bite, we will continue education," she said Monday Joy FM Super Morning Show.
But the road safety lawyer is not in agreement.
"Making the National Road Safety Commission an authority is a step in the right direction, but we must embrace it with cautious optimism. Indeed, if you create an authority without giving them the tools to work, you create a concert, "he told Araba Koomson, Joy News.
A dysfunctional traffic light at Mallam Junction in Accra
The government is devoting £ 1 billion to repair traffic lights, road signs and degraded marking marks to improve road safety.
An amount of 6.5 million ¢ has been allocated to the National Road Safety Commission for the education and training of the public.
Nana Annor Amihere II, on the recommendation to deploy a speed limit radar, said that the local environment and human attitude would make its use difficult.
"Three years ago, the radars would have been the best, but with load shedding and the culture of lack of maintenance, they will become useless in the next six months. It just will not work, "he said.
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