Road safety

VANGUARD Assurance has embarked on a road safety campaign to draw attention of the public to the spate of recklessness on our roads and how to avoid road accidents.
The campaign is also aimed at educating drivers on the need to drive professionally during and after the Valentine's Day celebration.
The acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Vanguard Assurance, Mr Gideon Amenyedor, said human errors, resulting from tiredness, drunkenness and wrong overtaking could be avoided through proper and regular training of drivers.
“In view of this, Vanguard instituted the Vanguard Best Taxi Driver Award Scheme, with the aim of addressing human-related errors,” he stated.
He added that the award started with rigorous training of taxi drivers who were insured by Vanguard on defensive driving, road signs, regular maintenance of vehicles and courtesy towards passengers.
Mr Amenyedor noted that Vanguard collaborated with PHC Motors and Ecobank and gave out 300 Tata Indico cars on hire purchase to drivers who could pay within a reasonable number of years in order to enhance road safety on the roads.
He advised drivers not to drive when tired, not to overtake in a curve, regularly maintain their vehicles and be courteous towards passengers.
The Vice-Chairman of Vanguard Assurance, Mr Daniel Awuah Darko, also reminded drivers to apply safe driving methods to keep road users safe.
He advised all beneficiaries of the scheme to work harder in order to acquire their own cars.
For his part, the Chairman of the Ghana Road Transport Co-ordinating Council, Mr Matthew Hayford, appealed to the management of Vanguard Assurance to extend the scheme to other intra and inter-transport companies in the country to curb fatalities on our roads.