Why Night Travel In Ghana Is Often Dangerous

All roads and highways in Europe have lights to make night driving very easy and comfortable

All roads and highways in Europe have lights to make night driving very easy and comfortable

Many drivers believe that it is easier to drive in the night since the density of traffic is very low, enabling one to drive fast and calm but there are a lot of factors which create difficulties during night driving. This is one of the reasons there are many road accidents in Ghana.

Apart from bad roads and unnecessary overspeeding, many vehicles on Ghanaian roads are not road worthy and the lack of proper road maintenance poses a threat to the lives of thousands of motorists using Ghanaian roads.

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In Ghana, the driving license unit in Accra is the only recognized institution that conducts a thorough examination on vehicles, for example, the lights, indicators, headlights, and backlights, before the roadworthy certificate is issued but one of the most important things, if the headlights are well adjusted is not an important issue.

Many European drivers fail vehicle examination or control test because of poor adjustment of headlights. Since the headlights are not adjusted to the right level, it creates difficulties for motorists. Badly adjusted headlight shines directly into the eyes of the oncoming traffic, causing blindness which often leads to a number of road accidents in Ghana.

A powerful beam of light blinds the driver, both oncoming and in front of the vehicle. This means that for a while the driver will find difficulty in seeing the road and if the motorist is inexperienced, he can easily drive on the wrong side of the road or can lead to a head-on collision.

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In Africa, including Ghana, since the maintaining of road safety to European or modern standards involves financial matter; no government is willing to invest money into such costly projects. The result is deaths on our roads today in Ghana.

According to ModernGhana news article which appeared in yesterday’s edition, Ghana spends up to $230 million every year treating injuries and traffic fatalities and the situation is worse, since there is fewer than 80 orthopedics in the country, limiting access to emergency treatment.

If that's true then Ghanaian government must consider building safer roads in Ghana.

Lights on highways make night travelling easy and comfortable

Driving or travelling in Ghana during the night is very dangerous due to the fact that one cannot see far and foresee changes in situations. When a vehicle, such a tipper or timber truck t breaks down in the middle of the road in the night it's very difficult to see it. Such situations often cause serious road accidents.

Street projects without lights and a bicycle lane is a bad job. Safe bicycles lanes in Europe have helped to reduce traffic congestion because many motorists prefer to use bicycles to work than vehicles. Sustainable development is essential for Ghana, thus; the government must consider building modern roads in every road project they undertake.

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