We’ll Intensify More On Enforcement To Stem Rising Case Of Traffic Crashes – FRSC
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The Agbado/Ifo and Itori Unit Commanders of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) ACC Joseph Akinsanya and Shamaki Yerima have expressed concern over the rising number of accident-related deaths on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, Ogun State.
The Unit Commanders ascribed the cause of the incessant road traffic crashes on road to overspeeding, recklessly, lane Indiscipline and driving under the influence of alcohol by drivers.
“It has been observed with dismay that drivers engage in some bad practices such as night travels, driving under fatigue, driving under the influence of substance, excessive speeding, overloading, reckless driving, lane indiscipline, use of rickety vehicles and wrongful overtaking among many negative practices to the detriment of lives and property.”
To end this menace, ACC Akinsanya and ACC Yerima have pledged to intensity more, in accordance with the directive of the Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, on public enlightenment campaign and full enforcement on critical offences likely to cause traffic crashes on the highway.
They said the Corps personnel will be visible in all the black spots on the expressway to subject motorists to full enforcement of traffic laws, saying the increased number of road crashes is a result of some drivers’ attitude and lack of caution to safety and driving rules.
The Unit Commanders appealed to traders, especially in Ifo, a community along the expressway to stop obstructing the road with their goods which is always causing traffic gridlock on the ever busy highway. “FRSC would no longer tolerate the indiscipline and whoever caught violating traffic rules would be definitely prosecute in accordance with road traffic laws,” they added.
