Enforce road safety regulations to protect lives

Dear Editor,

I write this letter to bring to your notice, the increasing rate at which motorists and pedestrians alike totally disregard road safety regulations in the country.

This form of disregard involves drivers of both private and commercial vehicles as well as motor riders ignoring traffic lights and pedestrians crossing roads at unapproved points, especially on highways.

It is sad to say that these acts by both motorists and pedestrians has led to accidents that had claimed so many lives.

However, as a country, we seem not to learn from them.

You only see motorists and pedestrians obey road safety regulations when they see a police officer.

But the question I keep asking myself is, do we need to see these officers before we comply with road safety regulations? Definitely not.

As much as I will like to commend road safety regulators such as the National Road Safety Commission and the police service for ensuring that road safety regulations are adhered to, I would urge them to enforce the regulations to the latter to address this issue.

Of greater concern is the alarming rate of recklessness on the Kasoa highway by young commercial vehicle drivers.

Their attitude have often resulted in altercations with passengers that do the right thing by asking these recalcitrant drivers to drive with caution.

Unfortunately some of the police men (emphasis on some) don not help the situation as they prefer to punish these wayward drivers by demanding monies from them.

I believe that because they are no examples to guide them, they think road traffic regulation can be broken and paid for but what they fail to understand is that there are lives at stake.

Pedestrians that cross highways at unapproved places should be made to face that aspect of the law, if it exists.

I would urge the motorists and pedestrians to have a change of attitude and stop the disregard of road safety regulations to protect human lives.

Ghana must be saved from its current level of degeneration. There seems to be lawlessness everywhere and only the poor seems to be facing the consequences.