{"id":17536,"date":"2026-08-18T09:54:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T09:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=17536"},"modified":"2026-08-18T09:54:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T09:54:18","slug":"no-ban-on-airpods-earphones-while-driving-police-clarify","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=17536","title":{"rendered":"No ban on AirPods, earphones while driving \u2013 Police clarify"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana Police Service has urged the public to disregard a flyer circulating on social media claiming that the use of AirPods, earphones and other audio devices while driving or riding is prohibited by law.<\/p>\n<p>In a Facebook post on Tuesday, August 18, the Police said the flyer was not issued or authorised by the Service.<\/p>\n<p>The Police said its Cybercrime Unit is working to identify those behind the publication.<\/p>\n<p>The Service, however, cautioned motorists and other road users against activities or devices that could distract them or affect their attention, hearing, vehicle control or awareness of surrounding traffic.<\/p>\n<p>It urged motorists and motorcyclists to avoid distractions and exercise maximum caution while using the roads.<\/p>\n<p>The Police also encouraged road users to familiarise themselves with and comply with the Road Traffic Regulations, 2026 (L.I. 2519), and other applicable road traffic laws.<\/p>\n<p>It said compliance with the regulations is critical to reducing road crashes and protecting lives.<\/p>\n<p>The Service further advised the public to rely on its official communication channels for accurate information on road traffic regulations and other public safety matters.<\/p>\n<p>The Police reaffirmed its commitment to enforcing road traffic laws fairly and professionally while working with stakeholders to improve road safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana Police Service has urged the public to disregard a flyer circulating on social media claiming that the use of AirPods, earphones and other audio devices while driving or riding is prohibited by law. In a Facebook post on Tuesday, August 18, the Police said the flyer was not issued or authorised by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":17537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[238,41,386],"tags":[5504,5505,916],"class_list":["post-17536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-general-news","category-security","tag-airpods","tag-earphones","tag-ghana-police-service"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17536"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17538,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17536\/revisions\/17538"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}