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WE ARE ALL MAD!!!

We are all mad people on Ghana’s roads; driving, walking, commuting or policing. You are, and so am I. Please don’t get defensive or start pointing fingers at others. I bet you’re wondering, what is this mad woman babbling about? lol. Well I am talking about a topic which is too often ignored in Ghana, by the media, public health officers, road contractors, engineers, law enforcers, presidents… ignored by Ghanaians.   ROAD SAFETY   Reporting on road safety can be frustrating. News makers think it’s not news, it’s not compelling or whatever the justifications given for stories on road safety making almost never making it on the airwaves. How can human lives not be news or compelling? Imagine that! And just when there has been a horrific accident with massive loss of lives we suddenly grow some consciousness or better yet a conscience. An “aha” moment! Road safety will cease to be news within the same speed the accident happened. Yet p...