Road Safety education is one of the major solutions to help curb road accidents in the country.
Road Safety education aims to teach people how to be safe road users by understanding traffic rules and developing practical skills. This helps to prevent accidents and reduce their impact.
Western Regional Director of the National Road Safety Authority, Mr. Victor Kojo Bilson is calling for the intensification of adherence to road signs and education.
He observes that pedestrians lack a basic understanding of road traffic rules, and it is important to embark on such education at basic school levels and driving schools.
He said this will be done through regulatory bodies like the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority, DVLA, the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, NaCCA and the Ghana Education Service.
” The education part is probably part of the way we are right now when we were kids and were being taught about the traffic light if we were to implement everything they taught us about traffic lights, I don’t think we would be sitting here.
The education was not good for us, but at least through the National Road Safety Authority, NaCCA and GES, we’ve been able to get some part of road safety into their syllabus, and now they are learning some things apart from just the traffic light.
We are trying to let them understand all these things. The education didn’t go down well for us, so we are trying to help them understand how the system is working now, so they grow with it,”
Mr. Victor Bilson also advised drivers to exhibit professionalism whilst on the road.
” As a professional or defensive driver, you need to be able to forgive when one person makes a mistake.
The law provides that when you are being overtaken, you need to slow down for the other person to pass, if you do not it is considered inconsiderate driving,” Mr. Victor Bilson said.
