{"id":447083,"date":"2017-12-14T14:34:50","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T14:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/14\/ama-goes-to-war-on-drunk-driving\/"},"modified":"2017-12-14T14:34:50","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T14:34:50","slug":"ama-goes-to-war-on-drunk-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/14\/ama-goes-to-war-on-drunk-driving\/","title":{"rendered":"AMA goes to war on drunk-driving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday, 14 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>adomonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-14<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/94683318.295.jpg\" alt=\"Accident Car 1\" title=\"Accident Car 1\" width=\"295\" height=\"176\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Accra Metropolitan Assembly  has launched a campaign to keep the festive season devoid of accident<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513262090_441_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has launched a campaign to rid the streets of all hazardous situations during and after the Christmas festivities.<\/p>\n<p>Particularly important to the assembly is to eliminate drink driving, a noted cause for most road carnages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn anti-drink driving MTTD task force equipped with gadgets donated by philanthropists will be deployed throughout the season and beyond to keep the streets safe\u201d, Accra Mayor; Mohammed Adjei Sowah said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Joy News, he made it clear that drivers that fall foul of the anti-drunk driving law will be made to face the music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI, therefore, send a note of caution to all drivers, do not drink and drive in the city of Accra, you will not get away with it\u201d, Mr. Sowah said.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor also says that the narrative about the Lapaz intersection on the N1 Highway being one of the most accident-prone intersections in Accra will soon change with the launch of the AMA\u2019s Pedestrian Road Safety Action Plan.<\/p>\n<p>Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited (GGBL) has also launched its annual road safety campaign \u2013 dubbed Twa Kwano Mmom (Go the distance instead) in a bid to educate the public against unsafe road practices.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 57 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Thursday, 14 December 2017 Source: adomonline.com 2017-12-14 Accra Metropolitan Assembly has launched a campaign to keep the festive season devoid of accident The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has launched a campaign to rid the streets of all hazardous situations during and after the Christmas festivities. 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