We won’t punish motorists for authorities’ failure to provide road signs – Amaliba

The Director-General of the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), Abraham Amaliba, said motorists must not be punished for authorities' failure to provide adequate road infrastructure, particularly speed limit signs.

He said the National Road Safety Authority would ensure the digital Traffitech system does not penalise drivers on roads where applicable speed limits are not clearly displayed.

Speaking on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show on November 4, 2026, on the implementation of the digital traffic enforcement system, Amaliba stressed that it would be unfair to hold motorists accountable for violating speed limits when the authorities had failed to provide the necessary road signs to guide them.

“So, it is only fair that we do not punish people for our own inadequacies,” he said.

Amaliba explained that the cameras would initially be deployed only on roads where speed limits were clearly indicated, adding that motorists should be adequately informed of the applicable limits before enforcement begins.

He argued that although Ghana needed to embrace modern traffic management technology, the country’s infrastructure must also be adequate to support its implementation.

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“So, we cannot use 21st-century digital policing to apply to 19th-century broken-down infrastructure. You know what that means. Our infrastructure is broken,” he stated.

Amaliba cited Boundary Road towards Mahama Road in Accra as an example of an area where the cameras would be deployed because speed limit signs indicating 50 kilometres per hour were already in place.

He explained that roads without the necessary speed limit signs would be excluded from the initial enforcement exercise until the required infrastructure was provided.

Amaliba said the arrangement was discussed at a meeting on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, involving the Ministers for the Interior, Local Government and Transport, the Police Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD), the NRSA and transport operators.

He added that although the restriction had been the system's operational approach, inadequate public communication had created misconceptions about the areas where the cameras would be activated.

Amaliba further disclosed that a dedicated Traffitech committee had been meeting regularly ahead of the rollout to undertake the necessary preparatory work for the digital enforcement system.

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