From George Ernest Asare, Asante Mampong
AS part of measures to instil sanity on the road and reduce the incidence of road traffic accidents in the Mampong Municipality and its environs, the Police Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) has embarked on an exercise to arrest and prosecute motorists who have been flouting road traffic regulations.
So far, nine drivers have been arrested, prosecuted and fined to pay various sums of money since the exercise started last week.
Four others were cautioned and discharged when they appeared before the court.
A Mampong Circuit Court, presided over by Miss Joyce Bamfo, fined the nine drivers to pay a total of GH¢1,308 after the court, found them guilty of flouting various road traffic regulations.
The drivers pleaded guilty to using expired road worthy certificates, underweight driving licence, rickety vehicles and worn out tyres among other offences.
Briefing The Mirror about the exercise, the Mampong Municipal MTTU commander, DSP Benjamin Kwadwo Gyasi, said with Christmas festivities the tendency for motorists to disregard road safety measures with the intention of increasing sales was high, hence, the exercise.
He pointed out that the Municipal MTTU had put stringent measures in place to ensure that motorists strictly abided by road traffic regulations before, during and after the Christmas festivities, to reduce the trauma passengers go through anytime a vehicle was involved in an accident.
He gave the names of the convicted drivers as; Frank Kwarteng; Louis Osei Peprah; Kofi Akyeampong and Daniel Boakye.
The others included; Francis Boadi; Abdulai Awudu; Emmanuel Adomako; Peter Owusu and Emmanuel Osei Justice.
DSP Gyasi urged drivers to be law abiding by strictly complying with road traffic regulations to prevent them from being arrested and prosecuted.
He pointed out that the duty of the police was not to harass drivers but to ensure that they operated within the confines of the law to make travelling more comfortable and enjoyable.
DSP Gyasi said it was equally important for executives of the various drivers’ unions to impress on their members to maintain their vehicles regularly and regularise their documents to ensure that they did not fall victims to the exercise being carried out by the police.
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