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December 23, 2011
ACCIDENT FREE YULETIDE; STATEMENT BY ONE MAN CRUSADER
AGAINST ROAD CARNAGE
As Ghana celebrates Christmas and the yuletide, I write to
urge motorists not only to drive with care, but obey all
traffic rules and laws during the Yuletide and the New Year.
The yuletide is a symbolic period of sharing love, merry
making and expression of tiding and peace and it would be
appreciable if we as a nation could go through the
celebration of the yuletide without a shred of blood
spilling on our road. I pray that we would all abide and
ensure the highest standards of basic rudiments of road
ethics especially in this festive period.
In the mean time, there are steps that can be taken without
any government intervention to avoid the perennial loss of
human life and its resultant psychological suffering. GPRTU
should do more by monitoring their members with incentives
such as best driver of the year with half of the votes
coming from the general public and penalizing those that
come at the lower end of the pile. The concept of democracy,
which has come to stay in our lives, should not be used only
in just legitimizing political parties to assume reigns of
government but must be appropriated in every sphere of our
lives. Passengers should be able to asset their right when
drivers are driving carelessly and over speeding; because if
you don't protest the way your hair is being shaped it will
be done badly. And if you sit in a car and the driver is
driving like there is no tomorrow and you do not protest
there is no such thing as being hard done but you end up in
the grave.
We have to create the awareness in our communities, in our
churches and mosques, in the various private clubs and most
importantly the GPRTU. Any application of the strong arm of
the law is going to be counterproductive because the
officials of the MTU division of Ghana police service will
just make a fool of the system. The police would not
compromise its stands on safety during the festive period
also identified proper maintenance of vehicles, day-light
traveling, and observances of traffic rules and laws among
others as factors that could reduce accident rate on high
ways. We are also begging you not to take alcohol because
your own lives and that of others may depend on your
composure while driving,
This is a tragedy that can be avoided; it is basic common
sense. Let us pull our sleeves and tackle it head on.
I wish you merry Christmas and an accident free prosperous
New Year.
Ampadu-Siaw
One Man Crusader Against Road Accident.
0208113190
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