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General News of Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Source: 3news.com
2019-03-27
The first 59 days of this year have already witnessed 411 deaths involving motorcycles.
The number of commercial motorcycle deaths increased from 210 in 2010 to 437 at the end of December 2016.
In 2011, 313 deaths were recorded, rising to 325 in 2012, 323 in 2013, 356 in 2014 and 323 in 2015.
The first 59 days of this year have already witnessed 411 deaths involving motorcycles.
These accidents led to the promulgation of the traffic regulation LI 2180 in 2012.
Article 128, 1-4 of the regulation prohibits the use of motorcycles or tricycles for commercial purposes.
However, enforcement and enforcement remained an arduous task for the police and other law enforcement officials, resulting in a vast expansion of the activities of the police and other law enforcement officials. okada throughout the country.
The dangers posed by the phenomenon and its effects on traffic safety prompted the Department of Transport to launch a nationwide consultation to gather public opinion on the best approach.
The first regional meeting in Accra, divided on the state of 2180 regulation.
Speaking at the forum, the director of planning and programs of the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC), ING. David Adonteng said that he was in favor of adopting a law to market the activities of okada runners once the law would ensure the safety of runners.
"My interest is how to protect the individual when he is sitting on his motorcycle. If this poses a problem in terms of death and injury, automatically, I will not accept it.
"But if we put mechanisms in place to protect the individual, whether we use it for commercial or non-commercial purposes, but the person who sits there is well protected by standards, regulations and measures of execution, I think that should be: the agenda. "
DSP Augustine Okanta Akrofi, head of the Department of Traffic and Motorized Transport of the Airport (MTTD), however, opposed any form of legalization.
"I am not of the opinion that Accra should be banned and that the hinterland be allowed. We should have a law for the country. In urban areas like Accra, we all know the reason for using the okada activity, all because of traffic jams … For me, I think that if we can do something to remedy the traffic situation, okada will die. natural death. "
The second weekly forum is being held in the Volta region and across the country in order to reach a national consensus and possible amendments to the existing law.
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