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What causes traffic jams?
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What causes traffic jams?

Road construction, accidents, and rush hour are often the direct and observable causes of traffic jams. Road construction may require lane closures or reduced speed limits, while car accidents can cause traffic to slow due to vehicles blocking the roadway or drivers slowing down to look at the accident (commonly known as rubbernecking). And of course,...

Accra streets deathtrap for motorists: Traffic lights dead
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Accra streets deathtrap for motorists: Traffic lights dead

Linda Sah   Jul – 18 – 2023 , 12:34A random check by the Daily Graphic team through the capital revealed that at least 123 traffic lights on 14 major routes in Accra were either not functioning, had poles without bulbs, or had their bulbs hanging on damaged poles. The situation has left these intersections...

Solving Ghana’s traffic light menace
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Solving Ghana’s traffic light menace

Source: Emmanuel Kwasi Debrah31 March 2021 11:56pm In 2019, the Roads and Highways Minister, Kwesi Amoako Atta announced a remote-controlled traffic system. He raised the hopes of Ghanaians that the introduction of the remote-control system will be possible because the erratic power supply in the country has come to an end. With the country still battling...