By Dennis Peprah, GNA
Sunyani, (Bono), Oct 21, GNA-The Bono Regional Office of the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) says it has intensified public education, as the nation prepares for the enforcement of the Traffitech Ghana and amendment of the Road Safety Regulations (LI2180).
The government has set November 1, 2026 for the strict implementation of the Traffitech-GH and the new road safety regulations and to bring sanity and control road crashes and the needless fatalities on the highways.
Madam Abigail Atinpoka, the Bono Regional Head of the NRSA explained that the Traffitech-GH is an automated system developed by the Ghana Police Service to enforce road traffic laws and regulations to improve road safety in the country.
The system uses cameras and sensors to automatically take a picture and/or video of vehicles that flout road traffic laws and regulations such as speeding and running a red light.
Traffitech-GH also deploys fixed, mobile/in-vehicle and laser speed-measurement devices to capture offences including speeding and running the red light.
Mad Atinpoka explained that pictures and videos of the offences were then automatically transmitted to the back office for validation and issuance of a notification by SMS to the vehicle owner for payment.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Sunyani, she explained that the enforcement of the Traffitech-Ghana followed the amendment of Regulations 102 or the Road Traffic Regulations (LI2180).
The amendment introduces a comprehensive framework for managing broken-down vehicles and trailers on public roads and highways and aimed at eliminating hazards and ensuring swift removal of stationery vehicles to prevent crashes and fatalities.
Mad Atinpoka said so far, the NRSA regional office had extended the public education to some relevant institutions like the Ghana Cocoa Board, the Volta River Authority, and the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS).
She said the exercise had also benefited some commercial drivers and travelers at the Sunyani Main Taxi station, Sunyani-Chiraa station and some satellite lorry stations at the Nana Bosoma Central markets as well as some churches and mosques.
Mad Atinpoka indicated that the Authority intended to reach out to 20 institutions for public education for the successful enforcement of the Traffitech-GH.
She said beneficiary institutions and individuals had been taken through the major offences and punishment under the Traffitech-GH like expired roadworthiness certificates, wrongful overtaking, non-use of seatbelts, use of an expired licence, driving an uninsured vehicle and the misuse of sirens.
Mad Atinpoka lauded the Traffitech-GH, however added that extensive public education ought to be carried, if the nation could enforce it.
She said public understanding of the Traffitech-GH remained low and called for stakeholder support towards intensifying public education in the region.
GNA
Edited by Kenneth Odeng Adade
Reporter: Dennis Peprah
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