CECON educates drivers

*On road safety regulationsSTORY: CHARITY A. SACKITEY
Challenge Entrepreneurship and Co-operate Network (CECON), a non-governmental organization formed by victims of road accidents, is organizing a road safety tour with the aim of educating drivers on road traffic regulations.
According to CECON, some drivers are illiterate and do not go through the right channel to become drivers hence the increase in the carnage on our roads.
The organization was founded by Mr. Nicholas Nimo, a victim of road traffic accident with support from other colleague victims of road accidents like Mr. John Adjah and some other members of the group.
The road safety education, which is on the theme ‘No more accident’ began last week with commercial drivers at the Circle Neoplan Station and continued all the way to the Achimota Station where the exercise was carried out successfully with the help of the Achimota Road Transport Terminal Welfare Association (ARTTWA).
Addressing participants at the event, the Chairman of ARTTWA, Alhaji Abubakar Saliu, urged drivers to be patient with one another to pave way for understanding and peace amongst them.
He underscored that a driver must have a certified drivers license and also abide by the rules and regulations of the drivers union.
The Chairman of ARTTWA urged all drivers to desist from taking in substances like alcohol, drugs, tobacco and others that would make them dizzy and cause accidents.
Mr. J.H. Mensah, the Chairman of the Asuta Mampong Drivers Union, in a contribution decried the behaviour of some of the young drivers who through reckless driving and wrongful over-takings cause accidents.
“The kind of attitude our young drivers of today show on the road these days is nothing to write home about. They just drive anyhow without care. They overtake anyhow on the highways, sharp curves and over speed haphazardly,” Mr. Mensah explained.
On some of the causes of road accidents, Mr. Anthony Nyarko, a driver of the Odorna Drivers Union, cited that car owners also contribute to road accidents.
He noted that car owners expect so much from drivers and in doing so, they mount incessant pressure on drivers who in turn vent their spleen on passengers and end up causing accidents.
“A car owner will impose a huge amount of money on a driver as daily sales and since drivers do not want to lose their jobs they speed up to make sure they go beyond the target so that they can also make amends everyday. So in the cause of speeding up anything can happen,” Mr. Nyarko explained.
For his part, Mr. Nicholas Nimo, appealed to government to assist the network and also other companies to come to their aid to help bring out the good work of CECON.