Police impound over 700 vehicles for using unauthorised lamps, sirens in Western Region

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Alexander Kwaku Obeng, the Director of Education, Research, and Training at the Ghana Police Service, who led the exercise in Takoradi, said the move formed part of nationwide enforcement of Regulations 74 and 65 of the Legislative Instrument (LI) 2180, Road Traffic Regulations 2012, which regulated horns, sirens, and light on vehicles.

He said the police had observed that motorists and vehicle owners had over the years violated the Regulation 74, which authorised only certain individuals and institutions like a head of state, security agencies, Bank of Ghana, hospitals and others to use sirens and lamps in the performance of their official duties.

ACP Obeng said the police would sustain the enforcement exercise on the roads, and warned motorists and vehicle owners against retrofitting unlawful lamps and sirens on their vehicles.