A driver of ride hailing app, Uber has been spotted falling asleep in a traffic jam.
The stretch on which this incident occurred is yet to be confirmed.
In a video shred on X, an eyewitness gave a detailed account of events.
According to him, the traffic light had turned red and all the cars on the stretch had come to a halt but after the lights turned green, all but one driver remained in the traffic jam, refusing to move.
Suspecting the unfortunate may have happened to the driver, all around, including police officers approached the vehicle and knocked on the side window but the driver was still unresponsive.
After a series of knocks on the glass and yelling, the driver finally woke up. Unbeknownst to the police and residents, the driver who had been working for over 24hours had fallen asleep in the car.
“He was tired. He was sleeping because he had been working for the past 24hours. It is not that Ghanaian youth are lazy. We are just working hard in a wrong country. Just look at this,” the eyewitness stated.
The eyewitness believes the driver was working on a ‘work and pay’ basis to pay for the car, hence making his overwork himself.
After the police managed to wake him up and pulled him over by the side of the road, the driver vehemently rejected the police’s advise for him to take a nap and continue his journey.
This incident has generated a number of comments on social media.
Read some comments below:
@creamikwaku – 1500 ₵ weekly for this care no be joke ,Charley
@VonKwameKyere – He needs to sleep … and uber driver almost killed me in Dansoman sometime ago … he fell of whole driving… i had to jump from the back seat to control the steering myself…
@AzumaTurner – Just 12hrs. Maybe he’s on medication cos during the campaign and even now I could go 26hrs no sleep only coke, water
@Babel_Frezl – Masa,this is one thing I hate about people who take videos of events happening. If u’ll take the video,take it properly and let’s see exactly wats happening and if u won’t take to just walk away. What’s this annoying thing u are doing and just throwing ur camera around
@ArBroni – Funny thing is thats how junior doctors in the country are treated in most government hospitals. Just overworked . Doctors doing 24hrs shift is seen as normal. As for 12 hours de3,it’s a regular occurrence. It’s sad
@DanielYawson3 – On uber you can’t driver pass 12 hours a day… maybe he’s not feeling well or on medication
@MrGbuntui- You go go inside Some yawa gerh dey tension am too for one side. Chaley
Watch video:
Scary moment ride hailing app driver fell asleep in a traffic stop just because he’s been working for over 12 hours.
Ghanaian youths are working hard in the wrong country indeed. It will be shocking to know that he’s not making ends meet with this much hour work 😢 pic.twitter.com/bq423P8n9c
— WithAlvin 🇬🇭 (@withAlvin__) April 2, 2025
