{"id":1788,"date":"2018-01-09T13:29:29","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T13:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/police.gov.gh\/en\/?page_id=1788"},"modified":"2020-07-13T15:02:42","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T15:02:42","slug":"road-safety-agencies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/police.gov.gh\/en\/index.php\/road-safety-agencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Road Safety Agencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1513213245918{margin-bottom: 32px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-9 vc_col-md-9&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Road Safety Agencies&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h4|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1515504455580{margin-top: 40px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div id=\"u48759-4\" class=\"clearfix colelem\" data-muse-uid=\"U48759\" data-muse-type=\"txt_frame\" data-ibe-flags=\"txtStyleSrc\">\n<p>Road Transportation still remains the major means of transport in Ghana.\u00a0 However, road transportation in Ghana is saddled with many safety challenges making our roads unsafe and susceptible to preventable road traffic fatalities and injuries.\u00a0 Due to the above, Ghana has Road Traffic Laws and Regulations established to define the scope of our behavior towards each other as road users.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"u48760-44\" class=\"clearfix colelem\" data-muse-uid=\"U48760\" data-muse-type=\"txt_frame\" data-ibe-flags=\"txtStyleSrc\">\n<p>Key Agencies Include:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u48760-34\" class=\"list0 nls-None\">\n<li>National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) &#8211;\u00a0<a class=\"nonblock\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mot.gov.gh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Driver And Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) &#8211;\u00a0<a class=\"nonblock\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dvla.gov.gh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click Here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ministry\u00a0 Of Road And Highways (MRH)\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0<a class=\"nonblock\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mrh.gov.gh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click Here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ministry Of Transport (MOT)\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0<a class=\"nonblock\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dvla.gov.gh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click Here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ministry Of Health (MOH)\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0<a class=\"nonblock\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moh.gov.gh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click Here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Transport Association Eg. GRPRTU, Protoa, Etc<\/li>\n<li>Ghana National Fire Service\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0<a class=\"nonblock\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gnfs.gov.gh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click Here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>National Ambulance Service\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0<a class=\"nonblock\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moh.gov.gh\/national-ambulance-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click Here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Road Transportation still remains the major means of transport in Ghana.\u00a0 However, road transportation in Ghana is saddled with many safety challenges making our roads unsafe and susceptible to preventable road traffic fatalities and injuries.\u00a0 Due to the above, Ghana has Road Traffic Laws and Regulations established to define the scope of our behavior towards each other as road users.<\/p>\n<p>The laws also regulate the use of motorized vehicles and the general road environment.\u00a0 The Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service is by law, mandated to enforce road traffic regulations.\u00a0 In simple terms, road laws, are made to ensure discipline and safety on our roads.\u00a0 The key legal books used for enforcement are the Road Traffic Act 683 and its amended version, the Road Traffic Regulation 2012 L.I 2180 and the Ghana Highway Code 1974.<\/p>\n<p>In road Safety, Enforcement is usually cited by all key players as the weakest link in the safety equation.\u00a0 It is believed that all the necessary laws and Regulations required are in place and rather needs a professional, well-resourced and dedicated enforcement officers including the elimination of certain upstream challenges like interference in enforcement and politicization.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][stm_sidebar sidebar=&#8221;311&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1513235808775{margin-top: 32px !important;margin-bottom: 48px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1513213245918{margin-bottom: 32px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-9 vc_col-md-9&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Road Safety Agencies&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h4|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1515504455580{margin-top: 40px !important;}&#8221;] Road Transportation still remains the major means of transport in Ghana.\u00a0 However, road transportation in Ghana is saddled with many safety challenges making our roads unsafe and susceptible to preventable road traffic fatalities and injuries.\u00a0 Due to the above, Ghana has<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1788","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/police.gov.gh\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/police.gov.gh\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/police.gov.gh\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/police.gov.gh\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/police.gov.gh\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1788"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/police.gov.gh\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4704,"href":"https:\/\/police.gov.gh\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1788\/revisions\/4704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/police.gov.gh\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}