President John Dramani Mahama has ordered that signposts be mounted at every point where a TraffiTech-GH camera is operating, for drivers to know in advance that they are approaching a speed camera.
The point, he argues, is not to catch motorists unawares but to make enforcement open and fair.
According to him, drivers who are warned have no excuse to speed, and the system then works as a deterrent rather than a trap.
Speaking to 1957 News on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting at Jumby Bay Island in Antigua and Barbuda, President Mahama the new technology must be operated in transparency.
“You need to put signposts, warning motorists, that there is a speed camera ahead. I think that transparency is important,” he has said.
He has, however, rejected the argument that government should fix the roads first before rolling out TraffiTech, saying road safety cannot wait for perfect roads.
He indicated that schoolchildren are knocked down and killed or left permanently injured on their way home every year, a development that makes the checking of speed limit urgent.
TraffiTech, he explained, is starting with speeding alone, adding that jumping red lights and wrongful parking will be added later.
“I hear they say we should fix the roads before we introduce TraffiTech, I mean, it doesn’t happen like that. The roads are not perfect in UK and yet they have speed cameras,” he added.
Regarding complaints that the fines are expensive, the President said drivers should see that as a caution to remind them not to overspeed. “If it is too expensive then don’t overspeed, that’s all, there is a solution to it.”
The Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service rolled out TraffiTech-GH on Sunday, November 1, 2026, with the first phase focused on speeding.
Children are killed or permanently injured every year due to speeding – Mahama defends Traffitech-GH
