The Coordinator for Highway Enforcement dubbebed Road Safety Squad, has as part of reducing road carnages and casualties in the country, was invited for road safety awareness talk on a topic, ” Road Safety Tips and Our Role as Road Users” hundreds of students at the University of Education, Winneba.
Addressing the North East Students Union (NESU-UEW). Mr. Misbau Adinda Director at M360 gave tips on managing and sustaining ones self after graduating from the University. He asked graduates from the institution University, there is need to seek for new skills, leverage and add value to ourselves as we leave the four corners of the University. He also gave a bit of insight on how he strived to get where he’s today and still making efforts.
Mr. Misbau then gave statistics on the occurrences of Crashes on our roads in the year. He laid emphasis on the lost lives in roads crashes Mr Misbau Adinda disclosed that about one thousand two hundred and thirty six people died during the first half of the year (2024). This, he referred to as very bad record as those precious lives can never be replaced. Besides the dead records, he added, over seven thousand people sustained injuries across the country due to road traffic accidents.
To address or minimize such injuries and fatalities, Mr Adindi Misbau advised drivers to be wary of the dos and dons governing their profession. This only, he stressed when done will ensure sanity on the roads. He also asked passengers to caution reckless drivers with decency whenever the drive carelessly. This, only he added when done will avert many of the avoidable road crashes in the country. Mr. Misbau hammered the need for passengers in the country to see sanity on the road as a shared responsibility and not the sole responsibility of the road enforcement agencies.
Mr. Misbau enumerated speeding, drunk driving, wrongful overtaking, tired driving and the use of mobile phones by drivers as main causes of road casualties in the country.
Speaking On Emergency Aids, he expressed worried about how some individuals could afford to buy expensive vehicles yet find it too expensive to afford first aid box, fire extinguisher and others. This , coupled with other factors he noted result in the lost of such expensive cars and lives
He concluded by cautioning those who drive without licenses to do the needful before the unexpected happens and also appreciated the leadership of North East Students Union at the University of Education, Winneba (NESU-UEW)
The open forum saw the gatherings asking questions on issues that transpired during the program. Some of the questions were on the need for such talks happening regularly in all the 16 regions of the country and many more.
Mr. Misbau ended the day’s programme with the students by taking them through laws governing driving and other legal issues
