Vehicle owners whose cars are repeatedly recorded speeding by Ghana’s TraffiTech-GH system will not have their driving licences automatically revoked under the country’s current laws, the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) has said.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Alexander Kwaku Obeng, the MTTD’s Director of Education, Research and Training, said owners would instead be required to pay the applicable fine for every offence recorded against their vehicles.
He said motorists should not assume that multiple electronic speeding tickets would result in the loss of their licences, as can happen in some other countries, because Ghana’s existing legal framework does not provide for automatic revocation on that basis.
“If the ticket comes 100 times, he will pay 100 times. Nobody will revoke an owner’s driving licence for speeding as per the current law,” ACP Obeng stated.
The clarification comes amid concerns about how repeated violations will be handled under TraffiTech-GH and the penalties vehicle owners may face when their vehicles are detected exceeding speed limits.
ACP Obeng also explained the process used by the system to identify and enforce speeding offences. He said violations are captured by the cameras, with the evidence processed within three minutes before an Electronic Notice of Violation is sent to the vehicle owner’s registered phone number.
The notifications are sent using the official GPS-MTTD sender ID, he added.
According to ACP Obeng, the system is intended to make vehicle owners more conscious of the consequences of speeding and encourage them to comply voluntarily with prescribed speed limits.
As part of efforts to strengthen enforcement, some cameras have also been installed in unmarked vehicles. Those vehicles are deployed to locations where speeding continues to be a significant concern.
ACP Obeng said the measure was aimed at improving compliance with road traffic regulations and encouraging safer driving behaviour.
