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As part of measures to ensure an accident-free yuletide, drivers in the Obuasi Municipality will from Monday be subjected to a pre-departure alcohol test. Aside the above, the executive of the various transport unions in the Municipality have been tasked to ensure a pre-departure test of drivers regularly at their lorry stations. The Obuasi Divisional Commander of the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU), Douglas Kumah, who made the disclosure during the Annual General Meeting of the Obuasi branch of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union, also cautioned drivers against over-speeding before, during and after the yuletide. He said interference by opinion leaders, chiefs and politicians who plead on behalf of road traffic offenders was hindering efforts at ensuring road safety. He called on the general public, especially passengers, to remain vigilant and report recalcitrant drivers, and never to remain passive during trips on public transport. The Obuasi Municipal head of the Driver Vehicle and Licensing Authority (DVLA), Mr. David Nordor, said his outfit would soon descend on drivers and motor riders without licenses and prosecute culprits. The local Secretary of the GPRTU, Mr. Kwame Adu Gyamfi, outlined a number of challenges facing the union, including traffic congestion at the main lorry station. He said, looking at the pace the municipality was developing, there was the need for the city authorities and key stakeholders to ensure that all commercial drivers were registered, in order to monitor their activities.