Driving in the rain can be a scary thing, and in the night, it is even worse. It is difficult to see out of the window, and the other car’s lights seem to make it worse. Here are some tips on how to avoid getting into an accident when it is raining.
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There is no doubt that there is a relatively high level of information and knowledge concerning the presence, availability and use of alcohol, tobacco, caffeine and cannabis among trailer-tanker drivers.
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Reckless Sex lives: The presence or otherwise of sexual partners has been found to be a predictive factor for all current alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, cannabis/alcohol and alcohol containing concoction use. A UNAIDS Report of 2007 indeed established known association between increased high risk sexual behaviour and psychoactive substance use. This might be because current alcohol users tend to socialize more, […]
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In Nigeria, it is not uncommon to find non-commercial alcohol being sold in or around the motor parks. They are sold as herbal concoctions against malaria or low back aches popularly referred to as ‘jedi-jedi’. Often the buyers are unaware of the components of such herbal drugs especially the alcohol content.
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The main concern regarding drugged driving is that driving under the influence of any drug that acts on the brain could impair a truck driver’s motor skills, reaction time, and judgment. Drugged driving is a public health concern because it puts not only the truck driver at risk, but also every other vehicle and pedestrian that shares the road as […]
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In spite of the reality of the above established facts, driving under the influence of psychoactive substances has continued unabated in Nigeria. This cannot be said to be for reasons of poor or inappropriate sensitization. In fact, the Federal Road Safety Corp and other civil organizations have continued to put up campaigns against drunk-driving. The Beer Sectoral Group (BSG) of […]
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In Nigeria, heavy duty truck drivers (HDT) are often involved in road traffic accidents which are often associated with colossal damage to lives, properties and infrastructures. In 2011, the FRSC in its Traffic Digest reported that Nigeria has an average of approximately 5,000 tankers involved in wet cargo haulage, moving about 150 million litres of fuel, and 2,500 trailers in […]
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Following persistent traffic gridlock in Apapa area which has spilled over into some parts of the state, the Lagos State Government, yesterday, issued a 48-hour ultimatum to tanker drivers parked within 300 meters of fuel depots in the state to relocate to safe parking lots pending the availability of petroleum products Hundreds of tankers had suddenly emerged on the Eko […]
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Transport workers of Dangote Group of Industries have made a passionate plea to the management to improve their working conditions to make life better for them. The drivers were reacting to a recent advertorial in some national daily newspapers where the management of Dangote Industries Limited offered to pay N500,000 as reward to anybody with useful information that could lead […]
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Capacity building or training for Truck Drivers has never been one of the strong points of haulage companies in Nigeria. Many believe that training truck drivers is none other than a clear waste of scarce resources. Some even believe that Truck Drivers are ‘untrainable’! (We will be coming up with an extensive study of this unhealthy paradigm in some weeks’ […]
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There are a thousand and one reasons why every trucker should be concerned about his or her health. Relatively speaking, trucking is a dangerous work. In fact, about 12 percent and the highest total number of all work-related death are accounted for by the truck drivers. Research has also proven that truck drivers are five times more likely to die […]
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True Life Story In a fact-finding training session for truck drivers, a participant shared a related experience: He left for a 3-day trip mid-afternoon on a certain day. Ordinarily, this was not a trip he would have loved to take. He was in a state of anger borne out of frustration. He had just been notified of a debit against […]
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