Ghana embraces speed limits technology

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Kwadwo 10 years ago

Where is the energy to power these speed detection cameras.

Where is the energy to power these speed detection cameras.
Joe Turkey 10 years ago

I have seen the Police at Atimpoku clocking about 20 cars at the same speed - or overspeed. The garbage is just another avenue for police corruption. Drivers should reject any speed slapped on them without video.

I have seen the Police at Atimpoku clocking about 20 cars at the same speed - or overspeed. The garbage is just another avenue for police corruption. Drivers should reject any speed slapped on them without video.
William Dzikunu 10 years ago

If this would not be money cutting machine for some individuals.

If this would not be money cutting machine for some individuals.
PRINCEWILLY@YMAIL.COM 10 years ago

A police officer attempts to stop a car for speeding and the guy gradually increases his speed until he's topping 100 mph. He eventually realizes he can't escape and finally pulls over. The cop approaches the car and says, ...
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A police officer attempts to stop a car for speeding and the guy gradually increases his speed until he's topping 100 mph. He eventually realizes he can't escape and finally pulls over. The cop approaches the car and says, "It's been a long day and my tour is almost over, so if you can give me a good excuse for your behavior, I'll let you go." The guy thinks for a few seconds and then says, "My wife ran away with a cop about a week ago. I thought you might be that officer trying to give her back!"
back to basics!! 10 years ago

Why don't you do the obvious than waste more money? I mean check/correct the calibre of the drivers on the roads i.e. drivers buying licences without any kind of instructions or test,remove vehicles from the roads that are no ...
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Why don't you do the obvious than waste more money? I mean check/correct the calibre of the drivers on the roads i.e. drivers buying licences without any kind of instructions or test,remove vehicles from the roads that are not roadworthy and check the importation of unroad worthy cars/tyres. I am sure these measures would safe more lifes than some hidden camera which is yet another means of fraud and cheating.
We still have a long way to go with the basics and should not copy the western world where technology is the order of the day!!
back to basics!! 10 years ago

not a comment on previous but my thoughts about the idea!

not a comment on previous but my thoughts about the idea!
Osofo 10 years ago

What do you understand by technology? Speed limit is not one of them.

What do you understand by technology? Speed limit is not one of them.
Nana 10 years ago

Another means to extract money from transport owners and make the cost of living higher. In the late 70s and early 80s, the STC buses had speed alarms to warn drivers and passengers when going to boarding school in Cape Coast ...
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Another means to extract money from transport owners and make the cost of living higher. In the late 70s and early 80s, the STC buses had speed alarms to warn drivers and passengers when going to boarding school in Cape Coast from Accra. Not much speed happens in Ghana due to the poor roads: rather poor knowledge of traffic regulations, lack of speed signs , easy access to drivers licence and whole lot of causes. Good idea but we nned to think. Oman Ghana, the technology will make money for those who order it because we cannot maintain and manage it.
Ama 10 years ago

i remember it in the Kassbroher German busses of STC.It seeems Ghana is going backwards not forward when Nkrumah said at independence.Too many boards and commissions to chop money , no thinking and problem solving ability in ...
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i remember it in the Kassbroher German busses of STC.It seeems Ghana is going backwards not forward when Nkrumah said at independence.Too many boards and commissions to chop money , no thinking and problem solving ability in Ghana. What a sad state of affairs.
JACOB 10 years ago

BUT IN GHANA POLICE POCKETS IT A SHAME GHANA AND AFRICA LEADERS ARE SO CORRUPT

BUT IN GHANA POLICE POCKETS IT A SHAME GHANA AND AFRICA LEADERS ARE SO CORRUPT

JACOB 10 years ago

BUT IN GHANA IS THE POLICE POCKETS THAT THESE FINES END UP

BUT IN GHANA IS THE POLICE POCKETS THAT THESE FINES END UP
zamzam 10 years ago

Another fail policy aim at waiting the tax payer money. Don't you guys think our systems has failed and we need to go back to the drawing board.

Another fail policy aim at waiting the tax payer money. Don't you guys think our systems has failed and we need to go back to the drawing board.
ASEMPA OWUSU 10 years ago

the cameras will work for a month and break down. Thats the end.Foolishpeople

the cameras will work for a month and break down. Thats the end.Foolishpeople
J.Davis 10 years ago

IF MEASURES ARE PUT IN PLACE TO PREVENT THE POLICE FROM COLLECTING BRIBES FROM OFFENDING MOTORISTS,THEN THIS TECHNOLOGY HAS A CHANCE TO REDUCE ROAD ACCIDENTS.POLICE CRUISERS SHOULD BE MOUNTED WITH TURBO ENGINES TO CATCH SPEED ...
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IF MEASURES ARE PUT IN PLACE TO PREVENT THE POLICE FROM COLLECTING BRIBES FROM OFFENDING MOTORISTS,THEN THIS TECHNOLOGY HAS A CHANCE TO REDUCE ROAD ACCIDENTS.POLICE CRUISERS SHOULD BE MOUNTED WITH TURBO ENGINES TO CATCH SPEEDERS.THE CAMERAS INSTALLED ON THE HIGHWAYS SHOULD BE OPERATED BY SOLAR PANELS.
EC 10 years ago

Countries with speed limit technology don't have pot holes on their roads. The Ghanaian Driver spend extra time dodging pot holes and try to make up for the time wasted on the bad roads by over speeding when they get onto the ...
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Countries with speed limit technology don't have pot holes on their roads. The Ghanaian Driver spend extra time dodging pot holes and try to make up for the time wasted on the bad roads by over speeding when they get onto the good roads. Better solution is to make all roads pot hole free then you can introduce the speed limit technology.
J.Davis 10 years ago

I AGREE,BUT POTHOLES SHOULDN'T BE THE EXCUSE TO SPEED BECAUSE OF TIME WASTED IN DODGING POTHOLES.IN AMERICA,THERE ARE POTHOLES,YET SPEED LIMITS ARE STILL BEING ENFORCED.SPEEDING KILLS AND WASTE TIME MORE THAN DODGING POTHOLES ...
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I AGREE,BUT POTHOLES SHOULDN'T BE THE EXCUSE TO SPEED BECAUSE OF TIME WASTED IN DODGING POTHOLES.IN AMERICA,THERE ARE POTHOLES,YET SPEED LIMITS ARE STILL BEING ENFORCED.SPEEDING KILLS AND WASTE TIME MORE THAN DODGING POTHOLES.
jeff. uk 10 years ago

This is just another avenue for the thieving Ghana police to steal from poor illiterate Ghanaian drivers

This is just another avenue for the thieving Ghana police to steal from poor illiterate Ghanaian drivers
EC 10 years ago

If you agree why do you compare Ghana potholes to America Potholes ? Our roads are bad period. Come and live in Ghana and you will know what am talking about. I lived in America too so stop comparing.

If you agree why do you compare Ghana potholes to America Potholes ? Our roads are bad period. Come and live in Ghana and you will know what am talking about. I lived in America too so stop comparing.
Kwadjoe Yeboah 10 years ago

Oops! and you forgot to mention overtaking and police bribery. Law abiding motorists normally end up dying of overtaking by reckless and thoughtless motorists on the roads. I'm wondering how the technology can stop someone fr ...
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Oops! and you forgot to mention overtaking and police bribery. Law abiding motorists normally end up dying of overtaking by reckless and thoughtless motorists on the roads. I'm wondering how the technology can stop someone from overtaking another law abiding motorist which usually result in head-on collisions, killing all the occupants of the oncoming driver from the opposite direction. Some of the things to stop such senseless accidents/madness is to introduce center/median divider system on all major roads/highways. I live in the United States with over 20 years of driving experience but it doesn't even cross my mind to drive whenever I visit Ghana. Regardless of how careful you are on the road there are always less exposed and stupid individuals on the road who try to overtake and involve law abiding motorists in accidents on the road in Ghana. It's pretty scary, guys.
adjoa 10 years ago

good news .put speed camera in all streets and roads. create a control rooms to monitor, this will create jobs for unemployed students, reduced accidents , revenues, cut crimes, reduce police corruptions because it can be don ...
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good news .put speed camera in all streets and roads. create a control rooms to monitor, this will create jobs for unemployed students, reduced accidents , revenues, cut crimes, reduce police corruptions because it can be done by non police personal. invite the manufacture of this equipment to come and train it uses and repair

Plasma Kote 10 years ago

Kelvin Kenneth, quite a story, we need some more details please.

Kelvin Kenneth, quite a story, we need some more details please.
Concerned Ghanaian 10 years ago

Any civilized community will use all means (including technology) to address problems, including traffic offenses. I welcome camera monitoring of speeding. But lets ask ourselves, where are the speed limit signs? Elsewhere, i ...
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Any civilized community will use all means (including technology) to address problems, including traffic offenses. I welcome camera monitoring of speeding. But lets ask ourselves, where are the speed limit signs? Elsewhere, in other countries where these are used, the road user is left in no doubt about the speed limit on any street they drive on. at minimum, every 3 miles or so, you will see a conspicuous sign regarding the speed limit. That is existing technology that we are not using. I hope we can wake up enough to make the new one work. BY the way, the two must go hand in hand

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