MTTU appeals for modern equipment

Accra, Jan 11, GNA - Superintendent (Mrs) Debora Addison-Campbell, Deputy Commander of the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) of the Gh= ana Police Service, has appealed to Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and=

other stakeholders and to equip the Drivers Training School with modern equipment to enable them to organize vigorous education programmes for drivers in the country.

She mentioned projectors, computers, furniture and writing materials= as some of the equipment the school was lacking, and expressed the hope that=

through collaborative efforts with the stakeholders the carnage on the ro= ads would minimize. Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on Monday= , Superintendent Addison-Campbell said "in view of the rampant accidents at=

the moment, there is the need to have a continuous sensitization in educating road users to play their roles effectively and to be vigilant about the carnage on the roads." She suggested that monies paid from fines by drivers should be used to run the driver-training school, adding that "it will go a long way to off= er drivers adequate and useful information all the times."

On driver fatigue - related cases on the roads, she said excessive hours of work are dangerous not only to drivers alone, but to the road us= ing public in general, hence the need for them to take the mandatory rest periods seriously.

Superintendent Addison-Campbell expressed her condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in accidents on the Ada and Kumas= i roads recently, in which 21 lives were lost, and urged drivers to exercis= e the greatest caution to avert similar occurrences in the future.