The Federal Road Safety
Corps (FRSC) has disclosed that top on its agenda for this year is the mandatory
enforcement of speed limit device and rear seat belt usage, ITRealms reports.
The Corp Marshal, Mr.
Boboye Oyeyemi made this known in Lagos at the weekend while briefing members
of Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), at the sector headquarters,
saying that strategy is to continuously reduce accidents and fatal crashes on
Nigerian roads.
He warned that most
Nigerians, especially those who are described as ‘car-owners’ and who usually
seat at the rear should imbibe the habit of wearing their seat belts among rear
passengers or face the wrath of the law, stressing that if they do, and even have
a company at the rear, definitely such a passenger will wear theirs as well.
According to him,
annually, most probable cause of road traffic crashes have been linked to speed
violation, loss of control and dangerous driving.
On top of this list, Oyeyemi
said, has been speed violation, which has also continued to reduce in the last
four years with about 8.7 per cent, citing for instance, that as at December
2015, speed violation road accidents was at 26.5 per cent, while loss of
control was at 22.9 per cent and dangerous driving at 9.4 per cent.
He also revealed that
the Corps has commenced advisory enforcement on the use of rear seat belts to
further reduce fatalities and save more lives.
He, therefore, solicited
partnership with the Nigerian media to ensure this initiative gets the buying-in
of all Nigerians.
Oyeyemi advised Nigerians
and media practitioners particularly to also show examples by fastening their
rear seat belts.
He
also solicited media partnership with FRSC, saying that … Nowhere in Nigeria is
better covered without the Press, adding that information from remote parts of
the country can be accessed through the Press and vice versa, hence, FRSC has
better mileage when the Press is there for her.
Pix: Oyeyemi, FRSC Corps Marshal at rear and on seat belt
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