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Some time ago when Mr Peter Nanfuri was the Inspector-General of Police, a directive was issued banning the use of tinted windows by motorists, with a warning of dire consequences if that directive was flouted.
Some quickly responded by removing the tinted films on their windows. Others did not.
At the end of the day, those who respected the order looked like fools because not a single driver or car owner was arrested and prosecuted for illegal use of heavily-tinted windows.
Today, it has become fashionable to drive vehicles with heavily tinted windows on our streets and highways as if nothing is at stake, even though we all know that tinted windows can blur vision and provide criminals the opportunity to do many bad things even in the day time.
This country does not lack road traffic regulations. These are captured in the Road Traffic Act of 2004 (Act 683).
These regulations have been designed to ensure road safety, protect motorists and other road users, avoid or minimise accidents and, where accidents occur, reduce their negative impact and ensure that due compensations are paid to victims.
They are also to protect the society from potential criminal activities by miscreants who are likely to use unregistered vehicles, vehicles with false compartments and tinted windows to commit crime.
In short, Act 683 has enough safeguards and deterrents to protect lives and property and ensure safety on our roads.
Last Wednesday, the Commander of the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) of the Ghana Police Service, ACP Daniel Julius Avogah, went public again, warning motorists of the consequences of flouting road traffic and driving regulations.
In an interview with the Daily Graphic, ACP Avogah reminded the public of certain actions or inaction which constituted an offence under the Road Traffic Act and which could attract sanctions as prescribed by the act.
They include driving without fastening one's seat belt and carrying a pregnant woman and a nursing mother or a child of five years or below in the front seat.
We also know that there are regulations on driving vehicles without registration numbers, riding motorbikes without helmets, driving with defective lights, overloading and driving without a driver's licence issued by an accredited body.
The list is tall and to help the police to execute their mandate of ensuring law and order on the roads is the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), another public institution which is to ensure that even before the vehicles hit the roads they are roadworthy, duly registered and licensed and their passenger and load capacities clearly established and approved.
ACP Avogah was even magnanimous enough to say that the law on the use of seat belts would come into force in January 2009.
That is good effort, granted that there remain some legal and technical hurdles to be cleared before full compliance.
Continued
Source: DAILY GRAPHIC - Daily Graphic
Some quickly responded by removing the tinted films on their windows. Others did not.
At the end of the day, those who respected the order looked like fools because not a single driver or car owner was arrested and prosecuted for illegal use of heavily-tinted windows.
Today, it has become fashionable to drive vehicles with heavily tinted windows on our streets and highways as if nothing is at stake, even though we all know that tinted windows can blur vision and provide criminals the opportunity to do many bad things even in the day time.
This country does not lack road traffic regulations. These are captured in the Road Traffic Act of 2004 (Act 683).
These regulations have been designed to ensure road safety, protect motorists and other road users, avoid or minimise accidents and, where accidents occur, reduce their negative impact and ensure that due compensations are paid to victims.
They are also to protect the society from potential criminal activities by miscreants who are likely to use unregistered vehicles, vehicles with false compartments and tinted windows to commit crime.
In short, Act 683 has enough safeguards and deterrents to protect lives and property and ensure safety on our roads.
Last Wednesday, the Commander of the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) of the Ghana Police Service, ACP Daniel Julius Avogah, went public again, warning motorists of the consequences of flouting road traffic and driving regulations.
In an interview with the Daily Graphic, ACP Avogah reminded the public of certain actions or inaction which constituted an offence under the Road Traffic Act and which could attract sanctions as prescribed by the act.
They include driving without fastening one's seat belt and carrying a pregnant woman and a nursing mother or a child of five years or below in the front seat.
We also know that there are regulations on driving vehicles without registration numbers, riding motorbikes without helmets, driving with defective lights, overloading and driving without a driver's licence issued by an accredited body.
The list is tall and to help the police to execute their mandate of ensuring law and order on the roads is the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), another public institution which is to ensure that even before the vehicles hit the roads they are roadworthy, duly registered and licensed and their passenger and load capacities clearly established and approved.
ACP Avogah was even magnanimous enough to say that the law on the use of seat belts would come into force in January 2009.
That is good effort, granted that there remain some legal and technical hurdles to be cleared before full compliance.
Continued
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