Observe traffic regulations-Awuni

Observe traffic regulations-Awuni
26/11/07
Story: Salome Donkor
THE Nima Divisional Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Angwobutoge Awuni, has warned that the police will not relent in its efforts to arrest and prosecute drivers who flout regulations.
He, therefore, advised drivers to obey traffic regulations to ensure safety on the roads.
Speaking to the Daily Graphic in reaction to a reader’s letter published in the November 7, 2007 edition of the paper, Chief Supt Awuni said it behoved both private and commercial drivers to strictly observe traffic regulations to help reduce the spate of accidents.
The writer of the said letter had accused the Nima District Police of what he termed “the inhuman manner in which the Nima District Police has been arresting and detaining commercial drivers who commit minor traffic offences, without recourse to the due process of the law”.
The writer accused the police of “hiding themselves in obscure corners of the road and writing the registration numbers of vehicles for minor traffic offences just to milk them dry in situations where drivers are unable to meet their unholy demands”.
Chief Supt Awuni explained that some commercial drivers operating at Nima caused obstruction with their vehicles by stopping and parking at unauthorised places, in addition to committing other road traffic offences that necessitated their arrest.
He said the Nima Neighbourhood Watchdog Committee had been supporting the police in arresting such offenders by writing the numbers of their vehicles and sending them to the police.
He said it was necessary to obey traffic regulations in the interest of road safety and called for maximum co-operation from the drivers.
On the allegation of some policemen milking the drivers dry in situations where drivers were unable to meet their unholy demands, Chief Supt Awuni advised drivers who had suffered such a fate to report to him for those involved to be dealt with.
He said much as the police were bent on ensuring discipline on the roads, they would not condone acts of indiscipline.