Justice Amegashie, a former Chief Executive of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), has welcomed the introduction of the TraffiTech-GH initiative.
According to Justice Yaw Amegashie, the TraffiTech-GH initiative is a step in the right direction towards improving road safety in Ghana.
He argued that the technology-driven intervention will help reduce indiscipline on the roads by making motorists more conscious of traffic regulations.
Justice Yaw Amegashie highlighted that TraffiTech would minimise opportunities for motorists to negotiate their way out of traffic offences.
Speaking in an interview with media personality Kafui Dey on his recent YouTube vlog, the former DVLA boss stated, “It is a step in the right direction. At least, it remains a human factor in dealing with the issue, and once the technology and information come to you, you will know that it is not something that is manipulated by anybody; it is technology, so you cannot dispute what you did”.
“Once it eliminates the human factor, then you are sure that the result or the expectations (of the TraffiTech) will work,” he added.
“I am happy with it. Let us make an analysis in about two or three months and see what the impact is, and maybe we will become more disciplined than we are now,” he noted.
Meanwhile, President John Dramani Mahama has dismissed calls for the government to fix Ghana’s roads and related infrastructure before implementing the TraffiTech-GH traffic enforcement system.
According to Mahama, the roads are not perfect in the UK, yet they have speed cameras, insisting that road safety measures must not wait for perfect road conditions.
Mahama also backed the TraffiTech-GH traffic enforcement system, telling motorists unhappy with the penalties under the system to avoid speeding rather than complain about the cost of fines.
President Mahama stressed that drivers who observed prescribed speed limits would have no reason to worry about penalties.
He noted that compliance with traffic regulations was the straightforward way to avoid sanctions.
Speaking in an interview with 1957 News on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) at Jumby Bay Island in Antigua and Barbuda, Mahama stated, “If the [fines are too expensive, then don’t overspeed; that’s all; there is a solution to it”.
Mahama argued that the enforcement of speed limits was necessary to address dangerous driving and reduce preventable road crashes.
President Mahama also rejected suggestions that the government should postpone the deployment, saying, “My understanding is that Traffitech has begun with overspeeding; they have not yet added the other components of jumping red light, parking wrongly”.
“And so I hear they [the public] say we should fix the roads before we introduce Traffitech. I mean, it doesn’t happen like that. The roads are not perfect in the UK, and yet they have speed cameras,” he added.
However, President Mahama directed the police and agencies responsible to install clear warning signs ahead of locations where speed cameras are deployed.
Mahama added, “All I will urge is that the police and those implementing Traffitech should put signs showing where the cameras are, because that is one of the things you need to do if you are introducing this kind of innovation”.
“You need to put signposts, warning motorists that there is a speed camera ahead. I think that transparency is important”.
“If you look at the number of children knocked down every year in Ghana when they are coming from school, you will understand why it is important for us to check over speeding. Children coming from school are knocked down and killed or permanently injured, and so it is important for us to check speeding”, he said.
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