MTTD clamp down on use of strobe lights, unauthorised sirens in VR

The exercise in progress Featured Jul - 06 - 2026 , 09:57 1 minute read A Team of the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) in Ho, in collaboration with the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) have impounded 34 tricycle taxies and 28 vehicles in the municipality for the unauthorised use of strobe lamps and sirens.

Meanwhile, in a similar exercise in front of the Regional Police Headquarters the next day, 18 tricycle operators and one motorbike rider who did not possess valid licences were arrested, and their machines impounded.

She told the Graphic during the exercise last Tuesday, that data gathered by the police in recent times proved some road accidents were caused by the extremely bright strobe lights, which blinded drivers of vehicles from the opposite direction on the road.