A Symphony of Chaos – The Ghanaian Road Experience.

The horn blares. Tires screech. A speeding trotro swerves past your car, missing your side mirror by inches. Your heart pounds, a word of prayer —another close call.  This is driving in Ghana.

A daily gamble where bad roads, reckless drivers, and broken systems turn every journey into a potential tragedy.

Why Are Ghana’s Roads So Deadly?

The Roads Themselves Are a Battlefield.

Potholes deep enough to swallow tires lurk like traps.  No road markings. The lanes are imaginary. Overtaking is a free-for-all.

Faulty or missing traffic lights,  leaving intersections as death zones. Pitch-black streets at night, with streetlights either broken or nonexistent.

Drivers Who Treat Speed Like a Sport.

“Top speed is small boy’s game”—yet even commercial drivers race like Formula 1 is their calling.  No patience, no caution—just raw, unchecked aggression behind the wheel.  Drunk driving? Common. Phone use while driving? Standard.

Driving Schools Failing Ghanaian Drivers.

Lessons focus on passing tests, not real-world safety. Many drivers get licenses without proper training. No enforcement of refresher courses—once you get your license, that’s it.

The Human Cost – Stories That Break Hearts.

The mother who never made it home because a speeding driver ran a red light. The student killed by a drunk driver on his way to school.

The entire family wiped out in a head-on collision because someone had to overtake at a blind curve.  These aren’t just statistics. They were people. With dreams, families, futures—gone in seconds because of carelessness.

Who’s to Blame?

Government? For allowing roads to decay and ignoring traffic law enforcement.

Drivers? For treating human lives as less important than saving five minutes.

All of us? For normalizing reckless driving, for laughing when someone speeds, for staying silent.

How Do We Fix This?

1. Strict Law Enforcement – Traffic cameras, speed guns, and actual consequences for reckless drivers.

2. Road Maintenance – Fix potholes, repaint lanes, and repair streetlights now.

3. Driver Education – Make driving schools teach real safety, not just test tricks.

4. Public Awareness – Campaigns that show the real cost of reckless driving—not just fines, but funerals.

A Plea to Every Ghanaian Driver

Slow down.

Respect the road.

Remember—the life you save might be your own.

E.A-B Kelzi