N1 highway has killed 200 people in 17 months

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DONBOLI 12 years ago

If you allow cars and trucks that are not road safe that in the killer not highway.
That is for ghana, PNDC, PNC AND NDC. This party think it can change his colours from from taking from the people. The party that makes peop ...
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If you allow cars and trucks that are not road safe that in the killer not highway.
That is for ghana, PNDC, PNC AND NDC. This party think it can change his colours from from taking from the people. The party that makes people suffer, the party that killed people, the party whose members and leader steal from ghanaian. The party who dont care about the safety of his people, the party who always say the country dont have more, the party who said Japan and China gave it 2 billion. The shameless party, do you know the party i am talking?
BEN 12 years ago

HIGHWAY OR NO HIGHWAY; SPEED LIMIT FOR CITIES

HIGHWAY OR NO HIGHWAY; SPEED LIMIT FOR CITIES
GHFUO, change ur thinking 12 years ago

WAT IS THE REGIONAL ROAD SAFETY COMMISSION N THE REGIONAL DVLA DOING ABOUT THIS? U CANT JUST SIT THERE FOR THIS TO CONTINUE. GO TO SOUTH AFRICA, GO TO N AMERICA N SEEK SOLUTIONS. REPLICATE THEM IN THE REGION AND THROUGHOUT GH ...
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WAT IS THE REGIONAL ROAD SAFETY COMMISSION N THE REGIONAL DVLA DOING ABOUT THIS? U CANT JUST SIT THERE FOR THIS TO CONTINUE. GO TO SOUTH AFRICA, GO TO N AMERICA N SEEK SOLUTIONS. REPLICATE THEM IN THE REGION AND THROUGHOUT GH.
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Pee 12 years ago

How can a highway kill someone, why are some of you reporters so thick and dump.

How can a highway kill someone, why are some of you reporters so thick and dump.
IBM 12 years ago

What kind of engineer is Samuel Obeng Asiamah?

He should have given us the statistical data that shows that the road condition is the major cause of the 500 accidents. What about the cars' conditions and driving styles?

What kind of engineer is Samuel Obeng Asiamah?

He should have given us the statistical data that shows that the road condition is the major cause of the 500 accidents. What about the cars' conditions and driving styles?
Amegaxoxo 12 years ago

I have never come across a silly article as this before.What about the reckless driving and disregard for road safety measures by the road users.I am specifically referring to both operators of vehicles and pedestrians.This i ...
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I have never come across a silly article as this before.What about the reckless driving and disregard for road safety measures by the road users.I am specifically referring to both operators of vehicles and pedestrians.This is one of the best highways in Africa,comparable to any highway in the world.Blame the people who use the road,not the construction of the road.What constructive research did you do yourself,instead of relying on some half-baked engineer to present this stupid report.
princewilly@ymail.com 12 years ago

A man is driving down a deserted stretch of highway when he notices a sign out of the corner of his eye. It says, 'Sisters of Mercy House of Prostitution 15 km'.
He thinks it was just a figment of his imagination and drives ...
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A man is driving down a deserted stretch of highway when he notices a sign out of the corner of his eye. It says, 'Sisters of Mercy House of Prostitution 15 km'.
He thinks it was just a figment of his imagination and drives on without a second thought. Soon, he sees another sign that says, 'Sisters of Mercy House of Prostitution 8 km' and realizes that these signs are for real. When he drives past a third sign saying, 'Sisters of Mercy House of Prostitution Next Right' his curiosity gets the better of him and he pulls into the drive.
On the far side of the parking lot is a sombre stone building with a small sign next to the door saying, 'Sisters of Mercy'.
He climbs the steps and rings the bell. The door is answered by a nun in a long black habit who asks, 'What may we do for you, my son?'
He answers, 'I saw your signs along the highway and was interested in possibly doing business.'
'Very well, my son. Please follow me.'
He is led through many winding passages and is soon quite disoriented. The nun stops at a closed door and tells the man, 'Please knock on this door.'
He does as he is told and this door is answered by another nun in a long habit and holding a tin cup.
This nun instructs, 'Please place $50 in the cup, then go through the large wooden door at the end of this hallway.'
He gets $50 out of his wallet and places it in the second nun's cup.
He then trots eagerly down the hall and slips through the door, pulling it shut behind him. As the door locks behind him, he finds himself back in the parking lot facing another small sign.
'Go in Peace. You Have Just Been Screwed by the Sisters of Mercy.'
Cambuuushoe 12 years ago

WE COMPLAIN THAT HOLE RIDDEN ROADS WERE THE KILLER. THEN YOU HAVE A MULTI-LANE HIGHWAY, AND WE CALL IT A KILLER TOO? WHAT DO WE NEED? BOATS TO TRAVEL ON THE SEA? SERIOUSLY, IT'S DRIVER DISCIPLINE, OR LACK OF IF THAT IS KILLIN ...
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WE COMPLAIN THAT HOLE RIDDEN ROADS WERE THE KILLER. THEN YOU HAVE A MULTI-LANE HIGHWAY, AND WE CALL IT A KILLER TOO? WHAT DO WE NEED? BOATS TO TRAVEL ON THE SEA? SERIOUSLY, IT'S DRIVER DISCIPLINE, OR LACK OF IF THAT IS KILLING ON THE HIGHWAY. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT HOW INTENSELY DRIVER EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO DRIVE IS IN ADVANCED COUNTRIES, YOU REALIZE THAT IN GHANA, WE ACTUALLY GIVING NEW LICENSES AS TICKETS TO DIE WITH. WE NEED TO HAVE ADEQUATE DRIVER TRAINING. THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE LIKELIHOOD OF ACCIDENT WHEN YOU CHANGE LANE WITHOUT SIGNALLING WELL IN ADVANCE, BLIND SPOTS ETC. THESE ARE ALIEN TO MANY OF DRIVERS ON OUR ROADS. WE SHOULD STOP THE PRACTICE OF GETTING LICENSES THROUGH PEOPLE WE KNOW AT THE VELD OFFICE. THE WORSE THING IS A SINGLE BAD DRIVER ON THE ROAD COULD PUT INTO DANGER THE LIVES OF ALL ROAD USERS.
Doc. 12 years ago

Well ! It's Kwasia wuo. I don't feel sorry for the people who decide to run across the path of speeding cars instead of using the walk ways and ebra crossings. They often misjudge the speed of the car approaching and get kill ...
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Well ! It's Kwasia wuo. I don't feel sorry for the people who decide to run across the path of speeding cars instead of using the walk ways and ebra crossings. They often misjudge the speed of the car approaching and get killed.This is all just to save a few minutes of using the walk ways.
The Government can also help by building more walk ways over this highway to reduce the distance that people have to travel to cross the road.But these shoe shine boys need to know that you cannot outrun a speeding car.

Kotei 12 years ago

doc, you are a fool yourself if not ignorant. THE PEDESTRIAN HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY AT ALL TIMES.

doc, you are a fool yourself if not ignorant. THE PEDESTRIAN HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY AT ALL TIMES.
Oburonewewu 12 years ago

Kotei you must be an idiot to try and walk across a highway.Those barriers you see there are not a christmas decoration Mr Kotei. It's to stop idiots like you from killing yourselves.In most countries you will be arrested for ...
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Kotei you must be an idiot to try and walk across a highway.Those barriers you see there are not a christmas decoration Mr Kotei. It's to stop idiots like you from killing yourselves.In most countries you will be arrested for walking on the hard shoulder of a highway.Your stupidity fells me with horror.
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Koo Nimo 12 years ago

Road dont usually kill it is the stupidity of road user that kills

Road dont usually kill it is the stupidity of road user that kills
Kwesi 12 years ago

In Ghana we all know the problem but we do not want to tackle it but rather propound theories which are not tenable. The road is a motorway, so why are all these pedestrians crossing it the way they do. Even where there are o ...
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In Ghana we all know the problem but we do not want to tackle it but rather propound theories which are not tenable. The road is a motorway, so why are all these pedestrians crossing it the way they do. Even where there are overhead bridges, we do not use them. Nearby you see people running across the road, even women with children at the back and holding other children. We lack the patience to walk to the bridge even 50 meters away but prefer to run across the road with all the danger. Then we turn round to blame the drivers and the road. Where in the world do people cross the motorway except in Ghana and Africa? Even on other roads, we cross at any point expecting vehicles to stop for us. We sell in the middle of the roads making it difficult for drivers to maneuver. The police watch on and rather harass drivers for their "chop money" in spite of single spine. The National Road Safety Committee is busy spending money in the name of useless education. Education is nothing if laws are not seemed to be enforced. get the pedestrians off the road and the accidents will greatly reduce.
Fairness 12 years ago

Can I suggest that you change the caption of your story? Roads do not move so it cannot kill. it is the moving vehicles driven by reckless human beings and reckless human beings called pedestrians who kills themselves. "200 P ...
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Can I suggest that you change the caption of your story? Roads do not move so it cannot kill. it is the moving vehicles driven by reckless human beings and reckless human beings called pedestrians who kills themselves. "200 People killed on N1 highway in 17 months" could be a very good caption.
BOY KOFI 12 years ago

Safety measures must be put in place and the best one is to control the speed limit.There must be warning sign boards within short intervals for both pedestrains and motorists.There must be some traffic lights to allow older ...
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Safety measures must be put in place and the best one is to control the speed limit.There must be warning sign boards within short intervals for both pedestrains and motorists.There must be some traffic lights to allow older people to cross the street,children can also use the zebra crossings for safety.The NI Highway is situated in the middle of a populated area and cannot be used like motorway for cars to speed over 100 kph,it does not make sense at all.
The result is what we are reading now.Earlier the better,the speed limit should come down to 50 kph,that's my opinion.One thing also can help,the bridges but how do you expect old people and small kids to use them?Thank you.
kofie germany 12 years ago

stupid fools and wen dvla wake up and they just accusing used tyres as the problem of accident,ghana u need to wake up,wen i read some stories i become sake and tired,dvla should learn used tyres d ...
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stupid fools and wen dvla wake up and they just accusing used tyres as the problem of accident,ghana u need to wake up,wen i read some stories i become sake and tired,dvla should learn used tyres dont cause accident ooooooooo dvla even new china tyres can cause accident,europe even we used used tyres ooooooooooo stop fooling ghanaians oooooooooooo
BOY KOFI 12 years ago

Reduce the speed limit to 50 kph.

Reduce the speed limit to 50 kph.
Don Blunt 12 years ago

Why don't you call for the stoppage of trading and "marketing" on that road?
Where in the US, Europe etc. does anybody buy or sell a toilet roll at the traffic light?
Maybe humans with such useless brain power do not deser ...
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Why don't you call for the stoppage of trading and "marketing" on that road?
Where in the US, Europe etc. does anybody buy or sell a toilet roll at the traffic light?
Maybe humans with such useless brain power do not deserve to live on.

WOYOME 12 years ago

how many footbridge is on the road? Ghanaian leaders thinking is limited, if you are going to build a highway in middle of the city you need bridge in every mile so people can cross the road.

how many footbridge is on the road? Ghanaian leaders thinking is limited, if you are going to build a highway in middle of the city you need bridge in every mile so people can cross the road.
Obroni 12 years ago

A highway doesn't kill people.
The laziness kills, most of them are disregarding all safety measures taken, don't wait for traffic lights, cross through holes in fences, jump fencing etc.

A highway doesn't kill people.
The laziness kills, most of them are disregarding all safety measures taken, don't wait for traffic lights, cross through holes in fences, jump fencing etc.
EZEKIEL 12 years ago

The BASIC FLAW in Ghana is.....INDISCIPLINE.......!!!!!! Of course, ALL that the engineer pointed out are VALID but we have to EDUCATE the population too!! It should be an ON-GOING EDUCATION for pedestrians, cyclists,motorist ...
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The BASIC FLAW in Ghana is.....INDISCIPLINE.......!!!!!! Of course, ALL that the engineer pointed out are VALID but we have to EDUCATE the population too!! It should be an ON-GOING EDUCATION for pedestrians, cyclists,motorists.
How can a peddler think he/she can CROSS a 3-lane road with fast driving vehicles with a pan full of Oranges on the head + a baby at her back???
Drivers with cell phones conversing WHILES DRIVING ? The Police can MONITOR this, but will it hold....KNOWING our "bribery prone" police ???
Whatabout the 6 OVERHEAD FOOT-BRIDGES ?? Ghana can foot this Bill,looking at what we pay AS JUDGEMENT DEBT every now and then ??
BLACKMAN, WHY ??We wait till some young graduate from THE WB/IMF comes to tell us what OUR OWN Engineer is proposing and WE ACCEPT IT BECAUSE THERE ONE CAN GET SOME KICKBACK !!!!
Why CAN'T WE ALSO THINK OF THE POOR PEOPLE FOR ONCE ?????
ANOTHER AFRICAN PATRIOT 12 years ago

WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE STREET LIGHT ON THE N1 HIGHWAY? WHY ARE WE SO TERRIBLE WHEN IT COMES TO MAINTENANCE. WILL THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES WAKE UP. THE HIGHWAY IS DANGEROUSLY DARK AT NIGHT.

WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE STREET LIGHT ON THE N1 HIGHWAY? WHY ARE WE SO TERRIBLE WHEN IT COMES TO MAINTENANCE. WILL THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES WAKE UP. THE HIGHWAY IS DANGEROUSLY DARK AT NIGHT.
OKOE 12 years ago

THE ENGINEER HAS A POINT BUT HE IS POINTING TO THE WRONG DIRECTION. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH NEITHER THE ALIGNMENT, WIDTH NOR THE CONSTRUCTION. THE BLAME LIES WITH SPEED CONTROL, PEDESTRIANS CROSSING WHEN THEY SHOULD NOT ...
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THE ENGINEER HAS A POINT BUT HE IS POINTING TO THE WRONG DIRECTION. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH NEITHER THE ALIGNMENT, WIDTH NOR THE CONSTRUCTION. THE BLAME LIES WITH SPEED CONTROL, PEDESTRIANS CROSSING WHEN THEY SHOULD NOT AND CONTROL OF SPEED ON THE ROAD. EDUCATION REGARDING DRIVERS, INSTALLING SPEED SIGNS AND ENFORCEMENT OF WHERE TO CROSS. THOUGH THERE ARE BARRIERS TO PREVENT ILLEGAL CROSSING, PEOPLE STILL DO. THE MEDIA MUST JOIN TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON ROAD SAFETY.
Mma 12 years ago

People need to be sensible and stop thinking of short cuts. The beauty of the high road should not be destroyed for stupid people who want short cuts. They must use the approved pedesteran ways to cross.

People need to be sensible and stop thinking of short cuts. The beauty of the high road should not be destroyed for stupid people who want short cuts. They must use the approved pedesteran ways to cross.
nana 12 years ago

there is nothing wrong with the highway,except that people compromise safety with their own lives.U can build 200 footbridges,and still people will look for shortcuts.Take a closer look at circle,they have barbed wires,and st ...
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there is nothing wrong with the highway,except that people compromise safety with their own lives.U can build 200 footbridges,and still people will look for shortcuts.Take a closer look at circle,they have barbed wires,and still people find time to cut these wires in the night to create shortcuts
Kwame 12 years ago

We are all well aware that in some countries even a person passing through his own window to enter his room will be taken as a thief and be shot, I mean shot dead.
We are well aware if we do not live in the jungle that nobo ...
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We are all well aware that in some countries even a person passing through his own window to enter his room will be taken as a thief and be shot, I mean shot dead.
We are well aware if we do not live in the jungle that nobody passes the roof if his house to enter the house. Then how come that the city authorities cut part of the rails that are to prevent people from crossing the streets any how to cross and endanger their own lives. To prevent people loosing their lives let us all respect traffic and road regulations and save lives.
Foreigner 12 years ago

The engineer says it doesn't meet global standards. Is there a highway in Ghana that does?

I think the N1 is great for driving. However, the problem mainly is with the attitudes of drivers and pedestrians. Pedestrians n ...
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The engineer says it doesn't meet global standards. Is there a highway in Ghana that does?

I think the N1 is great for driving. However, the problem mainly is with the attitudes of drivers and pedestrians. Pedestrians need to cross only at the lights and overheads (I agree there should be more overheads). They walk/run across at night thinking you, the driver, can see them and will slow down. Many trotro/taxi drivers cut across lanes of traffic at slow speeds to pick up/drop off a patron.

Please don't do anything stupid like put speed bumps on this road.
KA AKYIRE 12 years ago

IS IT THE STUPIDITY OF THE PEOPLE OR THE ROAD WHICH DOES NOT MOVE? EVERYBODY IS IN HURRY IN GHANA TO DIE! THE PEDESTRIAN/THE DRIVER. ALL VANITY

IS IT THE STUPIDITY OF THE PEOPLE OR THE ROAD WHICH DOES NOT MOVE? EVERYBODY IS IN HURRY IN GHANA TO DIE! THE PEDESTRIAN/THE DRIVER. ALL VANITY

JUSTICE 12 years ago

OVER SPEEDING, RUSTED VEHICLES, TRUCKS WITHOUT BRAKES CAUSES ACCIDENTS. BUILD SPEED RAMS AND PERIODIC CONTROLES OF ALL VEHICLES.

OVER SPEEDING, RUSTED VEHICLES, TRUCKS WITHOUT BRAKES CAUSES ACCIDENTS. BUILD SPEED RAMS AND PERIODIC CONTROLES OF ALL VEHICLES.
Okponglo Guy 12 years ago

No where in the world do you see ladies in high heels trying to cross 3 lane roads when they can use footbridges and yes, we can't 100 footbridges so they should use what we have. ABA! Ghanafuo!

No where in the world do you see ladies in high heels trying to cross 3 lane roads when they can use footbridges and yes, we can't 100 footbridges so they should use what we have. ABA! Ghanafuo!
EZEKIEL 12 years ago

APPEAL to the Manufacturing countries to REDUCE THE SPEED LIMIT to Africa spec.Ghana to 50km/h !!!! We are too foolish and MANY ARE NOT READY to use their Brains!!!!! SOMEHOW, we CANNOT do anything RIGHT !!!

APPEAL to the Manufacturing countries to REDUCE THE SPEED LIMIT to Africa spec.Ghana to 50km/h !!!! We are too foolish and MANY ARE NOT READY to use their Brains!!!!! SOMEHOW, we CANNOT do anything RIGHT !!!
COS 90 12 years ago

The problem is not the high way (N1), not the cars but the DRIVERS.

The problem is not the high way (N1), not the cars but the DRIVERS.
G. Dart.(US) 12 years ago

Mr Asiamah give us TECHNICAL details or this is wasted STREET TALK. Show Better Concern.

Mr Asiamah give us TECHNICAL details or this is wasted STREET TALK. Show Better Concern.
Adobia 12 years ago

I think is simple. Just enforce no Alcohol whiles Driving laws and you will see less accidents happening on our roads.

I think is simple. Just enforce no Alcohol whiles Driving laws and you will see less accidents happening on our roads.

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