{"id":53507,"date":"2023-09-05T17:38:16","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T17:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?p=53507"},"modified":"2023-09-05T16:05:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T16:05:29","slug":"run-traffitech-gh-but-never-abandon-traffic-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/run-traffitech-gh-but-never-abandon-traffic-lights","title":{"rendered":"Run Traffitech-GH but never abandon traffic lights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. <\/strong><\/span><b>We applaud a new technology dubbed \u201cTraffi\u00adtech-GH\u201d introduced by the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service (GPS) in conjunction with the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) to boost the enforcement of road traffic laws and regulations to improve road safety in the country.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The automated system is programmed in a way to automatically take pictures or videos of vehicles whose drivers or riders flout road traffic laws and regulations by doing breakneck speed\u00ading and running through red lights.<\/p>\n<p>The system is such that the cameras and sensors be\u00ading used are fixed at various strategic locations in vehicles and the roadside; radar gun devices also are used.<\/p>\n<p>This means the police and the NRSA want to ensure that this time around offending road users, drivers or motorcycle riders, would be captured and cannot deny perpetrating the partic\u00adular offence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\">Ghana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. 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