The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has directed transport company, 2M Express Limited to Implement the Regulation on Pre-Trip Operational Inspections as prescribed by the National Road Safety Regulations, 2022 (L.I.2468).
The NRSA says this is to ensure minimum operational standards before the commencement of every trip and keep records of trips.
This directive amongst others follows a meeting with the transport company on Friday, February 28, 2025 over the recent spate of road traffic crashes involving 2M Express vehicles.
In a statement released on March 3, 2024 detailing the outcome of a meeting with 2M Express Limited, the NRSA in addition has also directed the company to ensure that all drivers use manual logbooks to help enforce speed limits and compliance with rules on maximum driving hours to reduce the risk of driver fatigue.
Also, the Authority has asked the transport company to ensure that all its drivers undergo a Refresher Road Safety Training to improve their knowledge of risk perception and reaction to hazards to minimize the risk of road traffic crashes, injuries and deaths.
NRSA says to ensure compliance with these measures, the Authority will continue to conduct periodic and random inspections and, where necessary, impose the sanctions prescribed for non-compliance.
The meeting with management of 2M Express Limited also involved discussion over recent complaints regarding the service quality of its operations on the Accra-Kumasi route to implement measures to enhance road safety.
According to the statement, 2M Express Limited informed the Authority of an initiative to incorporate drug tests of drivers as part of its pre-trip operational (pre-departure) checks to improve safety controls and service quality.
NRSA further commended 2M Express Limited for this proactive anti-drug use measure and called on other transport operators to emulate same.
