The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) is working on a smartphone app to increase road safety in the United States.
The mobile application, known as the Public Eye Enforcement Programme (PEEP), would allow anybody with a smartphone to record traffic offenses and transmit them to the Authority for punishment.
The NRSA's Board Chairman, Jermaine Nkrumah, revealed this when he led a delegation of Authority officials to praise Greater Accra Regional Minister Henry Quartey for his leadership and dedication to supporting road safety in the region.
Their visit was also to thank the minister for his successful coordination with stakeholders in controlling motorcycle and tricycle operations on key roadways, as well as restoring some sanity to the situation.
PEEP is a smartphone application that allows you to keep track of your
Concerning the mobile application, Mr. Nkrumah stated that it will be piloted in the Greater Accra, Eastern, and Ashanti regions as soon as Parliament approved the Authority's new legal instrument.
"We're now working on a website and mobile application, and we're going to make use of the constitution's component of citizen arrests to empower anyone with a mobile device to record," Mr. Nkrumah explained.
He went on to say that the sender of a video that resulted in prosecution would be compensated.
"If a person puts in a video and the video leads to prosecution, the sender's cellphone number will receive a percentage of the fine if it is registered with mobile money," he says.