Four years after an attempt by the government to introduce a nationwide towing service fizzled out, the problem of break down vehicles on our roads remains a major threat to the safety of road users.
While many vehicles break down on the highways, such as Accra-Winneba, Accra-Kumasi, Tarkwa-Bogoso-Ayafuri, the Tema Motorway and Kumasi-Tamale, there is no efficient towing mechanism in place to clear them, as required by law.
The Daily Graphic has been monitoring the highways between June and December this year, and with nine days to Christmas, has still observed that some of the abandoned vehicles had been on the roads for more than a month.