The Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service in Sunyani, in the Bono Region, has impounded over 50 motorbikes after the riders flouted road traffic regulations.

Majority of the riders also disregarded the physical distancing protocol, which forbids them from carrying pillion riders in the Covid-19 era. This is the fifth time the MTTD is carrying out this operation in 2020.

The Bono Regional Commander of the MTTD, Superintendent Stephen Tenkorang, said the offenders are being prepared for court.

“Usually, a motorbike is supposed to take two passengers but per the President’s directive, they don’t want any motorbike to carry two passengers. Only one person is supposed to be on board and the person must have a nose mask. So we conducted the operation yesterday and we arrested 51 persons in all. Anyone who was on a motorbike without a helmet, nose mask and rider’s licence was arrested. So this morning, we began processing them for court,” he noted.

Commercial vehicles ordered to carry fewer passengers

Road Transport Operators had earlier directed all commercial vehicles to reduce the number of passengers seated on a row to ensure adequate space between all passengers.

The Operators arrived at the decision following consultations with the Ghana Private Transport Union (GPRTU) and the Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council.

The move is among others aimed at ensuring that precautionary directives given by President Nana Akufo-Addo on physical distancing are observed on all commercial vehicles and at all terminals.

Pix: Motorbikes impounded by the police

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