The Ghana Private Roads and Transport Union (GPRTU) has been suggested to make it a precedence to ensure that any automobile that leaves its terminal has an active insurance and the driving force additionally with a legitimate driving license.
Western Region Director of the National Insurance Commission Justice Agyei Peprah is assured such checks will assure that within the unlucky occasion of an accident, victims don’t battle to get the required compensation.
“Each passing day, hundreds – if not thousands – of people travel either to work or vacation. One major transport operator that aids this is GPRTU. So imagine if before a car leaves any terminal or lorry park the managers of the place check for validity of insurance cover and license. That, without an active insurance cover or valid license you don’t move. It will compel many to do the right thing.”
He continued: “Once such thorough checks are conducted and the right action taken, both the passenger and driver can be rest assured that in the unfortunate event of an accident all the victims will have the due compensation.”
The Western Region Director of the National Insurance Commission is apprehensive that regardless of steady training variety of vehicles ply the highway with out an active insurance cover.
According to him, the danger related to driving with out an active insurance cover is way – reaching.
Speaking after a three-day highway enforcement train in Tarkwa within the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipal Assembly, Mr. Agyei Peprah was apprehensive {that a} good variety of vehicles checked are with out active insurance cover.
He said that in some cases, some vehicles had been with their new insurance stickers however checks revealed they had been pretend.
“It will interest you to know that some people have been able to do our new stickers. The good thing, however, is that, it is impossible to get to our system with such fake stickers. There is a short code we use to check for the authenticity of the sticker. And once it is fake the system will reject it. So if you want to validate it just dial *920*57# then you wait after which you key in your vehicle number.”
He additionally requested passengers to test whether or not the automobile they board have an active insurance cover earlier than they board.
“It is also of utmost importance for passengers to check whether the insurance is active before they embark on any form of journey on any vehicle whether old or new.”
The enforcement train, in collaboration with Police MTTD, was to test whether or not vehicles have the Third Party insurance cover.
By Eric Yaw Adjei|Connect FM|3news.com|Ghana
