Road signs: Zoom Lion driver raises Ghanaian "ingenuity" higher (PHOTO)
You can always trust the Ghanaian for his ingenuity. I have often heard others stretch the claim to cover all Africans, what I am unable to do is to confirm that far.
But if you doubted my claim, check out what methods come to the mind of the Ghanaian driver when his car breaks down in the middle of the journey. It has very little to do with what the law provides anyway.
It is always inconveniencing to have your vehicle breaking down on the road. It is even more disheartening if you are unable to move the vehicle off the road to park it safely.
Road safety experts advise that you try and get the vehicle off the road if possible and warn other traffic users by using your hazard warning lights, particularly if your vehicle is causing an obstruction and set up a warning triangle on the road as a danger signal to other motorists.
Regulations on road safety in Ghana make it imperative for all motorists to carry warning triangles on board. The triangles, made of red reflective material are to be set up on the road as a danger signal in case of a breakdown.
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) and the police have on numerous occasions insisted on enforcing the use of the warning triangles with reflective lights to help curb road accidents.
Police personnel from the Motor Transport Traffic Department (MTTD) have always been deplored to check these things, yet many motorists flout the regulation.
In Ghana many motorists have devised their own form of warning triangles ranging from branches of trees, leaves, stones, spare tyres, uprooted grass, and many others.
Last Tuesday, the lenses of Graphic Online captured this scene at Adjirgano in Accra, where the driver of a broken down truck had resorted to the use of a disused toilet pot and leaves as warning signal.
The truck which belonged to the waste management company, Zoomlion with registration number GS 442 - 09 had been parked on the road and abandoned by the driver.
Surprisingly at the time Graphic Online arrived at the scene and took these photographs, two police pick up vehicles with personnel aboard passed the scene but appeared too busy with their mission and so carried on.
