NewzThe Ghana Police Service says motorists caught exceeding prescribed speed limits under its planned TrafficTech system could be issued court notices based on evidence captured by automated devices. Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Alexander Kwaku Obeng said the system would use cameras and other technological devices to detect and document road traffic offences. “We hope to issue court notices to those who may be violating speed limits in their vehicles,” he said in an interview on JoyFM’s Super Morning Show on Wednesday, August 26.
ACP Obeng explained that the initiative was supported by Regulation 242 of the Road Traffic Regulations, 2020 (L.I. 2519), which provides for automated road traffic offences and fines. “The police are required to deploy traffic devices that are technological.
Those hardware devices, including cameras and other devices, whether they are independently working on their own, handheld, left on tripods or mounted permanently on poles,” he stated. According to him, the system will particularly target motorists who exceed speed limits in school zones, densely populated areas, highways and motorways. He disclosed that the necessary hardware and software had been procured and were being tested, while a back-office system had also been established to facilitate enforcement.
“That capability has been procured and is being tested, with the back office built, the hardware ready and the software application that will run on this police technology also available,” ACP Obeng said. He added that the Ministry of Transport, supported by agencies within the road safety management sub-sector, would lead the certification process before the technology becomes fully operational. ACP Obeng said evidence captured by the devices would enable the police to pursue vehicle owners and drivers without necessarily stopping them and taking them to police stations.
Director of Education, Research and Training of the Police Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD), Alexander Kweku Obeng, has said the introduction of the automated traffic enforcement system known as TrafficTech would enable the Police to track motorists who repeatedly commit offences within a specified period. Motorists who repeatedly violate road traffic regulations could face arrest, prosecution, revocation of their driving licences and a one-year ban from driving, the Ghana Police Service has warned. Speaking on JoyFM Super Morning Show on Wednesday, August 26, ACP Obeng explained that traffic offences captured by cameras would first be transmitted to a Police back office, where designated personnel would review and validate the incidents before enforcement action is taken.
He said the system would allow authorities to monitor repeat offences and apply progressively tougher sanctions in accordance with the Road Traffic Regulations, 2020 (L.I. According to ACP Obeng, motorists who commit repeated offences within a 24-month period could eventually lose the option of paying an ordinary police-issued fine. “On the fifth offence, Police cannot issue you with a fine.
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