Atittudes

ATTITUDES

Carnage on our roads could be avoided if the driver and pedestrians could observe the necessary road safety regulations. Passengers should be mindful on the roads.

Sometimes drivers do certain things that can be extremely irritating and dangerous. Bad tailgating, poor care discipline, not indicating and undertaking are just a few bad habits that frequently and are very annoying.

Aside from the inconvenience to other road users, this kind of inconsiderate driving is also very dangerous.

Tailgating is probably of the greatest offenses, some drivers are extremely impatient they sit behind their steering flashing their head lights in an effort to move you but of course there is nowhere to go as you are in the process of overtaking and there is no room to pull in on the left. Most drivers of today refuse to observe motor traffic rules and regulations and that are the main causes of accidents on our roads.

Despite the fact that, numerous education on the road safety awareness, some drivers still drive carelessly. They should be cautious on the roads to be alert on road accidents.

Some Nungua market women 

Personnel of the Metro Mass Transport Union (MMTU) are also a factor and if they put up right attitudes on our roads, they will go a long way to helping solving or minimizing the road accidents on our roads.

Police personnel should do all they could to resist corruption and be professional in the discharge of their duties and arrest people who attempt to bribe them when caught on over speeding, overtaking, overload etc.

Hawking on our roads should also be ceased to help have a smooth flow of vehicles on our roads. The primary responsibilities of road worthiness of vehicles are that of the vehicle owner and the user. It is a legal. Most vehicles owners do refuse to do maintenance of  their vehicles them to  extent that we usually drive rickety vehicles on our road. Stakeholders who are responsible to ensure proper road manages on all our roads within regions to curb needless accidents are also failing to heed to their duty.

street hawking at achimota