The Head of Instruction, Research and Training at the Ghana Police Motor Transport and Visitors Department (MTTD), Superintendent Alexander Obeng is entreating government to undertake the use of advanced technology to deal with the issue of highway accidents.
Talking with Evans Mensah on PM Specific Monday, he intimated that quite a few developed nations have sought the use of traffic sensors to lower road carnage, thus Ghana could decide a cue from such nations around the world and do exact.
“Given the hundreds and countless numbers of cars that are additional to the present stock we have, in other places they deploy cameras. For case in point, traffic sensors. They have website traffic sensors and it is capable to detect the car or truck registration amount, irrespective of whether you are above the velocity limit, regardless of whether you have not carried out your MID or insurance coverage. These are the strategies.
“When you have site visitors sensors, it is like the law enforcement officer who is there but absent at the scene,” he stated.
His reviews drop on the back of JoyNews’ hotline documentary dubbed “CRUSHED” which highlights the rising dying costs on Ghana’s roadways since the beginning of the 12 months.
In accordance to Superintendent Alexander Obeng, the earth like Ghana has outgrown the use of police staff deployed on roads to test traffic, therefore the will need to commit in engineering.
“Everywhere, supporting law enforcement website traffic functions or MTTD is finished with technologies. For case in point, elsewhere you will not necessarily see traffic law enforcement officers raising their hand, halting vehicles, checking regardless of whether you have completed your highway worthy or performed your insurance plan. It is hardly ever accomplished any where,” he extra.
He additional elaborated that such a technique would help in finding culprits who breach highway security indicators considering that the Driver and Car Licensing Authority (DVLA) has a compiled data of car end users in the region in its databases procedure.
“We have a database of all automobile house owners, we have automatic at DVLA. We have a database of all license holders. What helps prevent us from obtaining a method that will integrate, sit on this knowledge?
“All automobiles owners have accomplished obligatory insurance coverage and this now automatic. That law enforcement with his cellular phone dialling 92057# can enter your car or truck variety and can know if the vehicle is insured or not. What prevents Ghana from owning a process which will integrate and give authentic option to who has committed what offence?… And the condition will appear to the MTTD with the evidence of acquiring dedicated one offence or the other that normally would have led to a crash and then you [the culprit] will get the sanction on your telephone,” he explained.
From the thirty day period of January to March, 771 persons have been claimed dead by the Ghana Law enforcement Assistance due to road accidents.
The alarming rate has led to various men and women and institutions admonishing the state and Ghanaians to enforce and adhere to highway protection laws respectively.
Director-Standard of the National Highway Basic safety Fee (NRSC), Ing. May possibly Obiri-Yeboah for the duration of the premier of JoyNews’ documentary “CRUSHED” employed the possibility to urge persons in large positions in culture to desist from actions that impede the functions of the Law enforcement Motor Transportation and Targeted traffic Department (MTTD).
