Mahama urges patience with TraffiTech

President John Dramani Mahama has called on Ghanaians to be patient with the recently introduced TraffiTech traffic management system. He believes that the technology will significantly reduce road accidents and save lives. The system became operational on November 1, 2026. President Mahama assured the Presidential Press Corps during a press engagement that the TraffiTech system would be assessed monthly by comparing accident statistics from the current year with the same period last year.

He urged motorists to reduce their speed and follow the discipline promoted by the system. President Mahama recounted an instance where a driver had never paid attention to his speedometer until the TraffiTech system was introduced. He noted that the system would be a major step towards modernising road safety management in Ghana.

In 2025, 2,151 people lost their lives in road accidents, which President Mahama described as preventable deaths. He further disclosed that 474 pedestrians were killed in 2025, mostly due to excessive speeding by motorists. The introduction of the TraffiTech system replaces manual speed enforcement by police officers with technology-driven monitoring systems.

The manual approach often led to disagreements between motorists and police officers over speed violations. The current phase of the TraffiTech system focuses solely on speed enforcement, with additional modules for traffic light violations and illegal parking to be rolled out next year.