Tag: traffic
8 killed in traffic accident in NW Tanzania
At least eight people, including a one-year-old baby, were killed and 27 others were injured on Friday morning after a bus overturned on...
Public urged to be cautious when buying masks in traffic
The public have been urged to exercise caution when buying cloth masks in traffic as their efficacy and the condition of production cannot be...
Road projects commence in parts of Accra to ease traffic
Work has commenced on 49-kilometres of road in Accra with the construction of critical links and overpass, which when completed, would ease traffic congestion...
9 South African traffic police officers arrested for bribery in December
Nine law enforcement officers have been arrested since the beginning of the festive season, the South African Road Traffic Management Corporation (RMTC) said on...
Painter fined for snatching a mobile phone in traffic
The Juaben Circuit Court in Ashanti, has fined a 22-year-old painter in the sum of GHC300.00, as his punishment for snatching a mobile phone...
Tema Port Records An Increase in Cargo Transit
The Port of Tema has recorded a huge increase in its cargo transit as it anchored.a total of 13,755,593 tonnes between January and October...
AI Technology Puts Hangzhou at a Growing Advantage
The city of Hangzhou’s traffic efficiency has seen substantial improvements a year after it introduced its “City Brain” project, with an artificial intelligence (AI)...
Senior official urges digitization of Ghana’s road traffic policing system
Ghana’s motor traffic policing needs to go digital in order to achieve improved road safety standards, Director in Charge of Education, Research and Training...
Personnel of MTTD cautioned against unethical acts
DCOP Maxwell Atingane, Director General in charge of Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Police Service has warned personnel to be professional,...
Government shelves proposed towing levy
The implementation of the Mandatory Towing Levy, which seeks to tow broken down and disabled vehicles on roads to reduce accidents, has been suspended,...
Roads Safety Commission to Step Up Public Education
The Committee on Roads and Transport of Parliament has lauded the towing service project and called on the Road Safety Commission to step up...
Nigeria proposes psychiatric tests for motorists
Nigeria's road commission on Tuesday released guidelines for the proposed psychiatric examination of traffic offenders in the country.
The exercise will cover...
NRSC Makes GH¢1.33m Out Of Road Traffic Offences In 2016
More than GHC1.34 million was imposed as court fines on offending motorists for various traffic offences in 2016, statistics from the National Road Safety...
Police Asked To Prosecute Pedestrians
A judge has suggested to the Ghana Police Service to start prosecuting pedestrians who crossed roads indiscriminately.
Mrs Victoria A. Ghansah, a Magistrate at the...
Who Cares About Accra’s Traffic Headache
The traffic situation is sad especially when you have to put up with schedules outside of your company, office or workplace. Worst case scenerio...
Ghana to install devoted traffic cameras
The National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) is to install the first-ever dedicated traffic cameras in the country by June, 2017. The cameras are to...
Australian taxi drivers bring traffic to standstill in protest of industry reforms
Victorian taxi drivers caused traffic chaos Monday on Melbourne's roads for the second time in a month in protest of proposed industry reform.
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Australian man crashes car into oncoming traffic on major highway, killing one, injuring two
A man has deliberately driven his car into oncoming traffic on a Western Australia motorway on Saturday, killing one woman and critically injuring two...
Takoradi Port Off Dock Container Terminal To Start Receiving Cargo
The first phase of the off dock Container Terminal being constructed by Ibistek Limited in partnership with the Ghana Port and Harbour Authority (GPHA)...
Okponglo Multiple Car-Crash Wounds 7
Seven vehicles have been involved in an accident at Okponglo Traffic Light Junction in Accra, leaving several persons injured.
The Friday evening accident according to...
Tema Police Clamps Down On Okada Operators
The Tema Regional Police Command has issued a warning to operators of motor bicycle taxis popularly as ‘okada’ in the Region to put a...
Road Traffic Accidents Increase In C/R
Seven Hundred and Eighty Nine (789) road traffic accidents were recorded in the Central Region (C/R) from January 1st to 31st December, 2016 against...
MPs Call For Traffic Rules To Be Implemented
Dr Benard Okoe Boye, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ledzokuku, on Friday stressed the need for the nation to pay more attention to...
N1 Highway Heavy With Traffic Over Fuel Tanker Fire
There is a heavy vehicular traffic on the N1 Highway after a diesel tanker caught fire close to the Dzorwulu traffic light.It took the...
Somali Election: Major Roads in Mogadishu Sealed Off
A traffic ban has been imposed and major roads sealed off in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, ahead of a presidential vote.
MPs will gather at...
George Andah Shares Experience Of Constituents In Parliament
The Member of Parliament who prior to his political sojourn, had been adjudged a "CIMG Marketing Practitioner of the year", has been directly engaging...
178,000 police officers on duty for holiday traffic
Police officers Gao Yang (C-L) and Nie Yingjie (C-R) patrol at the Changchun Railway Station during Spring Festial travel rush in northeast China's Jilin...
Road Traffic Crashes In Upper West Decline
Total number of persons killed through reported road traffic crashes in the Upper West Region has reduced from 12 in 2015 to nine in...
Police To Temporarily Close Roads For Inauguration
The Ghana Police Service would temporary close some principal streets on Saturday, January 7, to the motoring public at certain locations from 0400 hours...
Passengers Encouraged To Report Driver To Police
The Central Regional Directorate of Road Safety Commission, has called for a national debate with stakeholders in the road transport industry, to adhere to...