The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Commission, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, has said the speed limit device introduced by the FRSC will reduce road accidents by 6o per cent.

Oyeyemi, who was represented by a top official of the FRSC, Mr. Victor Nwokolo, said this in Umuahia, the Abia State capital on Monday during the commencement of the 2016 ‘ember months safety sensitisation campaign initiative’ of the FRSC.

He said that speeding was responsible for 50 per cent of fatal road accidents in the country, adding that the speed limit device would help to reduce auto crashes in the future.

Meanwhile, the Bayelsa State branch of the National Union of Road Transport Workers has asked the Federal Road Safety Corps to extend the deadline for the implementation of the speed limiting device scheduled to begin on October 1.

The State Chairman, NURTW, Mr. ThankGod Eribo, made the appeal in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, on Wednesday.

The NURTW boss said, “The initiative is as important as the engine of a vehicle, especially to our members, who are the major users of the nation’s roads and this is what we have been expecting from the FRSC.

“We will comply with the initiative because the belief of anyone on the wheel is to start a journey and arrive at his destination safely. So, since it is a safety precaution to reduce crashes, we will give it 100 per cent compliance.”

Eribo, who noted that the enforcement deadline was too short, pleaded with the FRSC to extend the date as well as make the price of the device affordable.

He contended that the call for the reduction of the price of the device became imperative due to unprofitable transportation business in Bayelsa State.

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