Carnage on Ghana’s Highways: How many more must die before we act?

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  • You 1 year ago

    This is a good right up. Our leaders have failed us big time.
    Thank you for this article. Let it be frequent so that our leaders can learn from it. God bless you

  • Pelicles 1 year ago

    These types of accidents rest solely at the feet of our drivers. Ask yourself was the driver of the VIP bus the only driver who plied that road that fateful day, if not, how come he had an accident?

    A lot of vehicles was ...
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  • Ola 1 year ago

    In the late 1990s, Kenya government introduced speed governors that limited commercial vehicles to a specific speed beyond which they could not go. It reduced the carnage drastically, but guess what, some years later, the mea ...
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  • Ola 1 year ago

    https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://resolute-dynamics.com/blog/speed-governors-how-they-work-and-why-they-matter/&ved=2ahUKEwiP_sGSsP-JAxUZUkEAHc3zBGoQFnoECBcQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1vVxuYP0cCEMDKw ...
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  • Ghana man 1 year ago

    I still can't understand why the Government is to be blamed for everything. This is just common sense. How many of the drivers obey road regulations in Ghana?

  • Seniorman 1 year ago

    Majority of the road users have had no driving lessons and have little or no knowledge of road usage, hence drive with impunity. We complain when roads are bad yet overspeed when roads are of good standard.

  • Ako 1 year ago

    Talk to the ppl who turn the roads in the middle of being constructed to market places
    Why would sensible human beings decide to put tables and stalls on roads that are in the middle of being constructed and sell over ther ...
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  • Martin 1 year ago

    This calls for the citizens of Ghana to hold all successive Governments after Kwame NKRUMAH accountable!
    They've ALL FAILED US,

  • KBE 1 year ago

    Great write up. It’s all dereliction of duties and responsibilities by the institutions concerned. Simple safety requirements like road markings are even absent on highways.

  • ankoma 1 year ago

    You talk about dualization of our highways and still wants speed ramps on these roads? Who does that in this era? What we need is a regional highway policy where there are exit and entry lanes, where the are buffer zones, whe ...
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