BY OLUWATOSIN IGHOTEGUONO

FEDERAL ROAD. SAFETY CORPS, FRSC, ONDO STATE WILL ENSURE THAT ALL COMMERCIAL VEHICLES INSTALL THE SPEED LIMIT DEVICE.

‘THE SECTOR COMMANDER EZEKIEL SONALLAH ANNOUNCED THIS DURING A NEWS BRIEFING TO COMMEMORATE THIS YEAR’S REMEMBRANCE 0F ROAD TRAFFIC VICTIM DAY HELD IN AKURE.

ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDER, SO FAR IN 2021, THE SECTOR RECORDED A TOTAL NUMBER OF THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR CASES OF ROAD CRASHES AND ONE FORTY FIVE DEATHS.

COMMANDER SONALLAH OBSERVED THAT OVER SPEEDING WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR SEVENTY PERCENT OF ROAD CRASHES IN NIGERIA SAYING THERE WAS THE NEED FOR DRIVERS TO REDUCE SPEEDS TO SAFE LIVES OF PASSENGERS AND OTHERS ROAD USERS.


HE ALSO CHARGED MOTORISTS TO ENSURE THEIR VEHICLES WERE ALWAYS IN GOOD CONDITION AND NOT EXCEED THIRTY KILOMETERS PER HOUR.

MR SONALLAH ALSO CALLED ON THE MEDIA TO HELP IN SENSITIZING THE PUBLIC AGAINST THE USE OF PHONES WHILE ON WHEEL AND DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL.

THE FRSC BOSS WHO INFORMED THAT THE “ACT FOR LOW SPEED CAMPAIGN” CALLS FOR CONCERTED ACTION AGAINST OVER SPEEDING, COMMISERATED WITH FAMILIES OF VICTIMS OF ROAD CRASHES WITH PRAYERS FOR QUICK RECOVERY OF THE INJURED.

 

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