"Campaign to get BAC revised gains momentum"

" Campaign to get BAC revised gains momentum \r\n\r\n \u00a0 Key road safety stakeholders have joined the advocacy, led by CUTS International, Accra to support government efforts, through the Ministry of Transport to revise the Road Traffic Act, 2004 (Act 683), particularly, the Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) levels to reduce the 10% crashes caused by drink driving in the country.\r\n\r\nAt a stakeholder engagement organized by CUTS International, Accra in partnership with the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), in Accra, the West African Regional Director for CUTS International, Mr Appiah Kusi Adomako disclosed that, key road safety stakeholders including Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), Tipper-truck Drivers Association, National Motor Riders Association, Ghana Accidents Victims Support Association, the Media, CSOs Platform on Road Safety, Journalist Platform on Road Safety, among others are supporting this advocacy campaign.\r\n\r\nHe explained that drink driving is a major cause of road crashes in the country causing about 10% of total crashes and evidence has shown that the risk of a fatal crash occurring under the influence of alcohol increases significantly at 0.08 mg\/ml BAC level and above.\r\n\r\n\u201cAt this level, all drivers are said to be impaired regarding driving performance. As such, most countries across the globe have revised their BAC limit from 0.08 mg\/ml to 0.05 mg\/ml to conform with WHO standards, hence, the campaign\u201d he explained.\r\n\r\nMr Adomako explained that the behavioral consequences associated with alcohol intoxication included impaired driving leading to road crashes, acts of aggression and violence towards self and others.\r\n\r\n\u201cBeing aware that the government, through the Ministry of Transport (MOT), has started the process of revising the blood alcohol content limit from the current 0.008 mg\/ml to 0.005 mg\/ml as a way of reducing accidents on the road occasioned by drunk driving and conform with the World Health Organization (WHO) standard, we support the initiative\u201d he added.\r\n\r\nTouching on the current state of Road safety in Ghana, Ag. Director General, National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), Ing. David Adonteng revealed that measures and campaigns embarked on by the Authority is yielding positive results as the current statistics indicate that crashes in the first quarter of the year has reduced by 20% as compared to same period last year.\r\n\r\nHe further opined that the legal instrument (LI) to empower the operations of the NRSA has been passed and soon his outfit will embark on rigorous nationwide enforcement exercises.\r\n\r\n\u201cParliament has approved and passed our LI which gives us the power to arrest and prosecute road recalcitrant drivers and users who breach traffic laws. We are coming for drivers who abandon their broken-down vehicles on the shoulders of the road for months and years.\r\n\r\nOn his path, the Communication and Programmes lead for CUTS, Mr Shadrack Nii Yarboi Yartey urged all stakeholders including drivers\u2019 union, private transport operators, motorist, civil society organization, Parliament to support the BAC amendment process.\r\n\r\nHe further called on all road users to be disciplined and adhere to road safety regulations to stay alive and reduce\u00a0road\u00a0crashes.\r\n\r\nCUTS with support from the National Road Safety Partnership is advocating for the revision of Ghana\u2019s Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) level from 0.08mg\/ml to 0.05mg\/ml."

"Campaign to get BAC revised gains momentum"

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