Ghanaians have been reminded of the need to strictly observe road signs and traffic regulations to reduce road accidents.
The Executive Director of the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC), Mr. Noble Y. Appiah, who gave the advice, said people should use the road safety week cerebrations to reflect on how best they could help reduce road accidents.
At a press briefing to mark the road safety week in Takoradi, Mr Appiah said: "It meant a lot to a developing nation like ours to lose able-bodied men and women on whose shoulders the future of the country depends through avoidable motor accidents."
Mr. Appiah said the celebrations placed premium on the safety of pedestrians, motorcyclists and passengers who are considered to be most vulnerable in road safety.
He said the tendency where some drivers have no respect for the rights of other road users; particularly pedestrians must be discarded forthwith.
"Some drivers treat pedestrians with contempt and it is with that contemptuous outlook that make some to drive even on the shoulders of roads and streets, forgetting that part of the roads are meant for the pedestrians," he said.
Mr. Appiah lamented that most fatal accidents were attributed to human errors and said "with little care and patience some of these accidents could be avoided."
He added that road safety was about peoples’ attitudes and not academic background of drivers.
Source: GNA
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