[ 2015-05-28 ]

Accra taxi drivers declare strike June 1
Some taxi drivers in the Accra Metropolis will
park their cars from June 1, 2015 to register
their protest over some new directives from the
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA).

The Ghana Committed Drivers Association say
activities at the DVLA frustrate their business.
They said the DVLA’s directive to only register
commercial vehicles with seat belts will collapse
their business.

According to the DVLA, the new directive is in
conformity with Section 119 of the Road Traffic
Regulation Legislative Instrument (LI) 2180 which
will help achieve a 50 percent reduction in deaths
and serious injuries associated with vehicle
accidents by 2020.

Speaking at a press conference to announce their
strike, the chairman of the Association Charles
Mensah said the DVLA should be humane.

“They [DVLA] are worrying us with the new
biometric road worthy sticker, our license and the
seat belts that should be put in all trotro
seats,” he said.

Mensah added: “All our roads are not good; it is
not the seatbelt which is killing Ghanaians, it is
not the drivers who are killing Ghanaians, it is
the bad roads we are working on. Nowadays, they
are not potholes; they are manholes that we are
working on.

“Traffic lights are not working; visibility is
poor due to the dumsor which is going on. All
these are the atrocities we are going through so
we will strike.”

Source - Starrfmonline

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