About 90 per cent of accidents witnessed on the roads in the country are caused by fake vehicle parts fixed mostly by mechanics, the Federal Road Safety Corps has said. The FRSC Sector Commander in Abuja, Mr. Sunday Oghenekaro, who was represented by the Superintendent Route Commander, Mr. Barnabas Asongo, said this in an interview with SUNDAY PUNCH, after inaugurating […]
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IMPORTED COMMERCIAL VEHICLES MUST HAVE SPEED LIMITER – FRSC
The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, on Monday said all commercial vehicles coming into the country from January 1, 2017 must be fitted with speed limiter. Oyeyemi stated this in Kaduna when he visited the FRSC Sector Command for routine interaction with personnel to strengthen operational duties and general service delivery. Oyeyemi represented […]
Continue reading »SENATE PASSES MOTION TO BRING BACK TOLL GATES
The Senate has passed a motion for the reintroduction of toll gates on Federal roads in the country. In the motion, Suleiman Nazif, a Senator from Bauchi North, who sponsored it, expressed dismay over the state of roads in the country, saying they had become a “national shame and embarrassment”. He said the re-establishment of toll gates would solve “the […]
Continue reading »HISTORY IS MADE AS FIRST SHIPMENT USING SELF-DRIVING TRUCK TAKES PLACE
The road to autonomous trucking reached a major milestone with the announcement on Tuesday of the completion of the world’s first shipment using a self-driving truck by Otto and Budweiser. If you’re in Colorado Springs, you might buy a can of beer that was shipped by a self-driving (Autonomous) truck.
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