‘Traffitech’: New technology to check road traffic offences kicks off in Kumasi

The Ghana Police Service has launched an automated system known as ‘Traffitech’ to enforce strict adherence to road traffic laws and regulations to improve road safety in the Ashanti Region.

Speaking at the launch of the initiative on Monday (28 August), Chief superintendent Alexander Kwaku Obeng of the Ashanti Regional Police Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD) said that the police has adopted this initiative as part of its efforts to tackle road accidents and ensuring road safety. Persons who flout the traffic laws will be fined at required amount while severe cases will be referred to the court.

“This is the police’s response to tackling challenges with regards to road safety challenges. There are a whole lot of safety problems one of which this intervention is leveraging stringent enforcement to inject certain investments, in a way that will help the Ghana Police Service to gather evidence in an automated manner in a fast-track manner that will be acceptable by the police the perpetrator, the vehicle owner”, he said.

“Knowing very well that we are partnering with the Ghana Road Safety Authority, DVLA, and National Insurance Commission, we will be able to gather live evidence to confirm who has been caught. Perpetrators will fined at an amount of Ghc120 and 240 maximum while severe cases will be referred to court”, he added.

Obeng said that the primary role of the traffic police still remains paramount such as managing traffic during rush hours to ensure decongestion and handling cases of accidents. He said the police, in collaboration with major stakeholders such as Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), Ghana Road Safety Authority, and transport unions among others, their efforts to educate the populace will be upheld.

“Accident investigation will go on and with that, we would not need the camera to do investigations on such. Police officers are deployed to carry various duties such as controlling traffic, and in times like these, when all fleet of cars plies the road, we need the services of the police to traffic police officers to assist towards a more oriented system thus engaging our major stakeholders such as DVLA who support the moving Ghana diurnally.

“We will intensify awareness and do a lot of education because we have the sole responsibility of gathering crash reports and sharing with data Ghanaians so they will appreciate the road safety trends,” he said.

Reporting by Lordina Agyemang Duah in the Ashanti Region

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