of Ghana National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) I will spread out, unfold, unfold circulation technologyis a technology-driven road enforcement initiative by the end of the second quarter of 2024.
Details
The automated speed limit enforcement program will be implemented using cameras placed at vantage points on the country’s roads and highways.
How would it work?
The NRSA is currently undertaking an outreach and awareness program for drivers to strictly adhere to speed limits prior to the implementation of the traffic technology initiative.
Drivers who exceed the limit will have to pay a fine. Failure to pay the fine will result in more severe penalties.
Speed limit technology involves cameras placed in front of the operating area to record the speed of drivers within 200 metres.
The cameras record license plates and the speed at which they were traveling, as well as drivers without seat belts.
Camera information would be transmitted to the NRSA and police officers who then stop drivers either to make them aware of the consequences of their behavior or to take them to court in extreme cases.
By The Numbers
According to the NRSA, speeding counts for 60% of traffic accidents in Ghana. The authority also claimed that though speed limits were posted in various zones, 70% of drivers speed limit violation.
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This is not the first time the NRSA has tried to implement a speed limit project. In 2011the Ministry of Roads started a project to install speed limiters.
In 2012the NRSA had attempted to install speed cameras on highways to capture speeding drivers.
The last time NRSA attempted a speed technology project, they tried it release one in 2017.
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