Former Chair of Parliament’s Road and Transport Committee, Samuel Ayeh-Paye says strict enforcement of the country’s laws on road safety is the only way to reduce the incidence of road accidents and indiscipline.
He insists frequent road safety campaigns and public education forums are not the way to go in ensuring sanity on roads. “It doesn’t work like that in any part of the world”.
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On his accord, the evidence of punishments is the only way to deter motorists and other road users from being indisciplined on roads.
“Enforcement of the law and the use of appropriate punishments can be effective deterrents to all road users. Rather than focus on education and public forums only, we can have a combination of all these. As we are educating them, then we are punishing offenders as well. That way, everyone becomes extra careful on our roads”.
Speaking in an interview on the Happy Morning Show aired on e.TV Ghana and Happy FM with Samuel Eshun, he urged appropriate authorities to always inform the media of punishments and jail terms careless driver suffer. He believes with the public knowing this, discipline on roads will heighten.
A total of 517 persons died through road accidents between January and February 2021, the Ghana Police Service has said.
This is a significant increase in the 393 cases recorded in the same period last year.
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Meanwhile, in March a number of road accident casualties were reported with more being recorded in the month of April.
By: Joel Sanco
