The Ghana Police Service says motorists using unauthorised tinted glass, driving without a valid licence and committing other roadside offences face arrest and vehicle impoundment across all 25 police regions.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Alexander Kwaku Obeng said officers had been prepared to intensify physical enforcement during the Christmas season, alongside the TraffiTech-GH automated speed-enforcement system introduced on November 1.
Speaking on TV3’s Hot Issues, ACP Obeng, who is responsible for education, research and training at the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD), said speed violations were being recorded electronically by automated cameras.
However, offences requiring direct inspection would continue to be dealt with by officers on the roads.
“But if you commit, please, manually, you will be arrested, and your vehicle will be impounded,” Obeng said.
“We will impound the car if the need be. We will arrest you if the need be and take you to police to process you and we will all have a date with the judge for summary trial,” he added.
The operation covers motorists with unauthorised tinted windows, drivers without valid driving licences and motorcyclists not wearing crash helmets. It also targets improper parking and vehicles displaying unregistered number plates.
Police are additionally removing sirens that have been fitted illegally to vehicles not covered by statutory exemptions.
“This year we have been deploying stringently, physically, sometimes turning ourselves into mechanics in removing what do you call the sirens that are illegally retrofitted into vehicles that are not exempted,” Obeng told TV3.
The restrictions on vehicle tinting are set out in the Road Traffic Regulations, 2026 (L.I. 2519). Regulation 92 prohibits tinted front windscreens, while a similar ban is contained in Regulation 67 of the Road Traffic Regulations, 2012 (L.I. 2180).
Side and rear windows must permit at least 70% of light to pass through so that occupants remain visible. Exemptions apply only to specified vehicles, including ambulances, hearses, bullion vans, presidential convoys and designated security vehicles.
A legal explanation from the Ghana Police Service Legal and Prosecution Unit states that anyone convicted under Regulation 92 can be fined between 25 and 50 penalty units, equivalent to GH¢300 to GH¢600.
The court may also impose a prison sentence of between one and three months. Both a fine and imprisonment can be ordered for non-compliant tinted glass.
The physical enforcement campaign is being conducted at the same time as the electronic TraffiTech-GH speeding system. Authorities have also urged motorists to check that any violation notices they receive through that system are official.
