From George Ernest Asare, Kumasi
Five recalcitrant heavy truck drivers, who have been flouting road traffic regulations with impunity by constantly parking their trucks on the shoulders of the main Tetteh Quarshie-Achimota Highway, disregarding the danger they pose to other road users, were slapped with a total fine of GH¢1,860 by a Motor Court for flouting road traffic regulations.
The Motor Court, presided over by Justice Emmanuel Bart Plange-Brew, directed the convicts to serve various prison terms, ranging between eight and 10 months, if they failed to pay the court fines.
The convicts, whose ages ranged between 35 and 62 years, were arrested on Friday, January 7, 2011 after they had parked their trucks on the shoulders of the Tetteh Quarshie-Achimota Highway in Accra, blocking the view of on-coming vehicles.
The convicts, Zakari Jibril, 52, Seidu Ouadrago, 35, Abdulai Issaka,58, Alhaji Hamidu, 54 and Anthony N. Quainoo, 62, pleaded guilty to charges of wrongful parking of vehicles when they appeared before the court, and the Judge convicted them on their own plea.
While Zakari Jibril who was in charge of a DAF truck, was convicted to pay a fine of GH¢360, or serve 10 months jail term in default, Abdulai Issaka also in charge of a DAF truck, was convicted to pay a fine of GH¢240, or serve eight months jail term in default.
Seidu Ouadrago, a Burkinabe in charge of a DAF truck, was convicted to pay a fine of GH¢360, or serve 10 months jail term in default, while Alhaji Hamidu in charge of a DAF truck has been slapped with a fine of GH¢420 or serve 10 months jail term.
The oldest among the convicts, Anthony Quainoo aka Oldman, who was driving a Man Diesel truck, was also slapped with a fine of GH¢480 or serve 10 months jail term in default.
Prosecuting, Chief Inspector Dora Serwah told the court that the convicts were arrested around 10 a.m. on Friday January 7, 2011, for parking their trucks on the main Tetteh Quarshie-Achimota Highway.
She explained that as part of their routine motor checks, the Police Motor Traffic and Transport Unit spotted that the trucks were parked at an area that posed great danger to other road users.
She said the MTTU , mindful of the danger posed to motorists when vehicles are parked at unauthorised places, had been educating drivers to desist from such action, but some of them always ignore such advice.
She said MTTU personnel who spotted the trucks parked at the unauthorised places effected their arrest and after investigations, they were charged with the offence.
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