Director in Charge of Planning and Programmes at the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), David Osafo Adonteng says his outfit is determined to ensure that all commercial transport service providers undergo mandatory training in 'defensive driving'.
According to him, this exercise will equip drivers with skills that allow them to defend themselves and passengers against possible collisions caused by bad drivers, drunk drivers, and poor weather while reducing the increasing number of road accidents in the country.
“We have issued a directive that all commercial transport service providers must take their drivers through defensive driving and it is mandatory. We will use our authority mandate to ensure that they do," he said to Evans Mensah on PM Express.
Majority of the road accidents Mr Adonteng said, is as a result of unregulated motorcyclists.
He, therefore, disclosed that apart from the training exercise, the NRSA, Police, and other stakeholders are working together to come up with policies that will reduce the menace.
“In the coming months, we are also looking at how we, police and other stakeholders together with Parliament would have to put something in place to regulate motorcycle usage in Ghana.
"...many of the crushes come from the motorcycles and indeed if you look at the statistics as we were talking about, currently, the 77 deaths that we have recorded in three months almost 45%-46% or 48% comes from the motorcycle and tricycle"
Mr. Adonteng made this statement after JoyNews premiered a hotline documentary themed, ‘CRUSHED’. 'Crushed' is part of JoyNews' contribution to addressing the country's increasing road accidents.
Produced by Seth Kwame Boateng, CRUSHED captures chilling details of how many families have lost loved ones to road carnage.
Two of such are the heartbreaking story of 29-years-old Mark Ofosu-Ampadu Jnr., who died in a car crash, and 39-year-old Kwame Ofori who has been left amputated.
So far a total of about 771 Ghanaians have lost their lives to this menace between January and March this year.
Latest Stories
-
Ghana and Seychelles strengthen bilateral ties with focus on key sectors
10 mins -
National Elections Security Taskforce meets political party heads ahead of December elections
14 mins -
Samsung’s AI-powered innovations honored by Consumer Technology Association
33 mins -
Fugitive Zambian MP arrested in Zimbabwe – minister
51 mins -
Town council in Canada at standstill over refusal to take King’s oath
1 hour -
Trump picks Pam Bondi as attorney general after Matt Gaetz withdraws
1 hour -
Providing quality seeds to farmers is first step towards achieving food security in Ghana
1 hour -
Thousands of PayPal customers report brief outage
2 hours -
Gary Gensler to leave role as SEC chairman
2 hours -
Contraceptive pills recalled in South Africa after mix-up
2 hours -
Patient sues Algerian author over claims he used her in novel
2 hours -
Kenya’s president cancels major deals with Adani Group
2 hours -
COP29: Africa urged to invest in youth to lead fight against climate change
3 hours -
How Kenya’s evangelical president has fallen out with churches
3 hours -
‘Restoring forests or ravaging Ghana’s green heritage?’ – Coalition questions Akufo-Addo’s COP 29 claims
3 hours