Never Again To ‘bizarre’ Accidents
The Director in-charge of Education, Research and Training at Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service, DSP Alexander Obeng has vowed to ensure that motorists obey...
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MTTD Generates Over GHC771,000 From Motorists In 7 Months
The Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police has generated a total of GHC771, 469 from motorists across the country who flouted road and traffic regulations between January...
C/R Records 524 Accidents In First Half of This Year
Central Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP), Rev. David Ampah Bennin, has disclosed that the region recorded 524 accident cases from January to June this year with 844...
Bunso Drivers Demonstrate Over Rampant Accidents
Residents and Drivers at Bunso in the Eastern Region on Friday demonstrated over the rampant road accidents at Bunso junction close to the popular Linda Dor Rest stop. They are frustrated at the rate...
‘Reduce Speed This Rainy Season’
Motor Traffic and Transport Division (MTTD) Commander of Winneba, DSP Charles Obiri, has advised drivers, especially those who ply the Winneba highway, to reduce speed this rainy season so as to...
China Shames Jaywalkers Through Facial Recognition
Chinese cities are cracking down on jaywalkers by installing facial recognition kits at intersections to identify and shame them by posting their photo on public screens, state media said Tuesday. It...
Let’s Kill Speeding Before It Kills Us [Article]
About 90 percent of causes of road traffic crashes can be attributed to human error. These errors are manifested in many negative road user behaviours including speeding, drink driving, talking on...
Police Video Shows Unsteady, Slurring Woods
Golf superstar Tiger Woods looks disoriented and unsteady in police video of his Monday arrest on a charge of driving under the influence, according to footage obtained and broadcast by US media on...
Woods Was Asleep At Wheel, Passed Breath Test
Tiger Woods was found asleep at the wheel of his car when he was arrested for driving under the influence but passed a roadside breath test, police records showed Tuesday. The golf superstar, who...
Speeding Causes 60% …of Fatal Crashes –NRSC
Director of Planning and Programmes at the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC), Mr. David Osafo Adonteng, has observed with worry that speeding is a problem in Ghana responsible for about 60% of...
Road Safety Commission Embarks On Outreach To Curb Overspeeding
The National Road Safety Commission (NRSC), with the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service, have embarked on a speed Enforcement and Outreach Exercise on the...
You Can Be Jailed For Crossing Roads ‘rescklessly’ – MTTD Warns
Pedestrians who cross road indiscriminately are to be prosecuted in order to reduce carnage on the roads, the Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate (MTTD) has warned. The officer in charge of...
Road Accidents Killed 708 Persons In First Quarter
Statistics released by the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) indicates that 708 persons died from 4,049 road accidents as of April this year. Out of the figure, 3,983 persons sustained various...
Carelessly Crossing Roads Can End You In Jail – MTTD Warns
Pedestrians who cross road indiscriminately are to be prosecuted in order to reduce carnage on the roads, the Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate (MTTD) has warned. The officer in charge of...
Road Accidents: A Major Public Safety Concern
The carnage on our roads has become one of the leading causes of deaths in Ghana. On the average, 6 people die daily and 2,000 lives perish annually through road traffic crashes; a situation that...
Start Prosecuting Pedestrians Who Crossed Roads Anyhow – Judge
A judge has suggested to the Ghana Police Service to start prosecuting pedestrians who cross roads i A judge has suggested to the Ghana Police Service to start prosecuting pedestrians who cross roads...
Acquiring A Drivers’ Licence In Ghana
Ghana’s laws stipulate unambiguously that every 18-year-old could acquire a drivers' Licence and drive. At the same time we are told that, although not encapsulated in law, driving is a privilege...
Hawkers At Circle Take Over Pedestrian Walkway
Barely a month after the new Mayor of Accra, Nii Adjei Sowah, declared a vigorous fight against hawkers on pedestrian walkways across the city, checks by Citi News‘ reveals a rather worsening...
Hawkers At Circle Take Over Pedestrian Walkway [Photos]
Barely a month after the new Mayor of Accra, Nii Adjei Sowah, declared a vigorous fight against hawkers on pedestrian walkways across the city, checks by Citi News‘ reveals a rather worsening...
Stop Okada–The Next “Galamsey” Unleashing Havoc On Our Roads
As if we do not have enough mayhem on our congested roads, particularly in the capital, commercial motor cycles, popularly known as Okada, are simply adding to making driving in Accra a daily...