The Ghana Police Service, along with road safety agencies, has begun the installation of large advance warning signboards along key road corridors. These signboards are designed to alert motorists to the presence of automated TraffiTech-GH speed cameras. This initiative follows a request from President John Dramani Mahama, who emphasised the need for administrative transparency in the deployment of the automated traffic enforcement system. He insisted that drivers should be clearly informed in advance about the locations of the cameras.
Photographs from the installation process show police personnel and technical crews preparing and mounting large blue-and-yellow reflective gantries using heavy lifting equipment. One of the images features ACP Alexander Kwaku Obeng, Director of Education, Research and Training at the MTTD, standing beside a sign displaying a 50 m speed limit. Some of the newly introduced billboards prominently feature a camera icon alongside a red-ringed “80” km/h speed limit sign. Bold inscriptions on the panels read: “24-hrs speed camera monitoring” and “Speed kills, kill it now”.
Fulfilling the transparency mandate
The introduction of road signage directly responds to public concerns that emerged following the launch of the TraffiTech-GH initiative on November 1, 2026. Several commercial transport operators and private motorists had criticised the initial implementation of the system, arguing that issuing automated traffic fines without clearly visible warning signs could amount to entrapment.
President John Mahama had earlier endorsed the technology as an important intervention to reduce pedestrian fatalities while urging the police and other implementing partners to install prominent warning signs ahead of camera locations. He made the remarks on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Antigua and Barbuda earlier this month.
The President stressed that motorists must be adequately informed about the presence of speed cameras to ensure transparency and fairness in enforcing the system. “All I will urge is that the police and those implementing TraffiTech should put signs showing where the cameras are, because that is one of the things you need to do if you are introducing this kind of innovation,” President Mahama said. “You need to put signposts warning motorists that there is a speed camera ahead. I think that transparency is important,” he added.
How the TraffiTech-GH system operates
TraffiTech-GH operates under the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service. The system uses fixed, mobile, and radar camera sensors to capture speeding violations in real time. When a vehicle exceeds the posted speed limit, TraffiTech-GH automatically generates an Electronic Notice of Violation (ENV) and sends an SMS alert to the registered owner’s mobile phone, detailing the infraction and the corresponding statutory fine.
Road safety officials have announced that the current installation of warning signs will be expanded across major highways and urban roads nationwide. Additionally, authorities are preparing to introduce further enforcement measures for red-light violations and illegal parking.
