The Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service on Thursday, August 10, 2023, educated arrested motorbike riders on the need to adhere to safe riding regulations.
The team, led by Superintendent Joseph Appiah, explained to the riders, the consequences involved in not abiding by the regulations, making reference to fatal accident cases involving bikers that had been recorded at various hospitals as a result of indiscipline on the road.
According to the Superintendent, some motorbike riders, even after hitting pedestrians, failed to stop to assist the victim to seek immediate medical attention, and rather ride off.
The arrested bikers, numbering about twenty, were given warning letters and advised not to ride facing oncoming vehicles, always wear their helmets, not to ride on pavements, obey traffic regulations, and register their bikes, among others. “Once you find yourself back on the road, do well by obeying all the rules, because by doing that, you are protecting yourself and the lives of other road users,” he added.
He said it was the responsibility of every rider to ensure that their pillion passengers wear their helmet at all times.
The programme, which is part of the intensified Police Action Against Rider Indiscipline (Operation PAARI), is an initiative by the Inspector General of Police, has specially formed police team with cameras strategically installed on their uniforms that record every activity on the road.
The PAARI officers, also a rider, according to Superintendent Appiah, were stationed at vantage traffic points, and would arrest any traffic violators, process them and put before the courts/
“We must know that safety on our roads, is everyone’s responsibility,” he explained.
The exercise was held at the Airport Divisional Police Headquarters and streamed live on the social media page of the Ghana Police.
