A tow truck belonging to the Federal Road Safety Commission in Edo State and two other vehicles were burnt in an auto crash involving a tanker on the Benin-Ore Road. The FRSC Sector Commander in Edo, Mr. Oluwasusi Familoni, who confirmed the accident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Benin, said the driver of […]
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The Federal Road Safety Corps has given indications that it will commence testing petrol tanker drivers at fuel loading bays to check their alcohol level and other related drugs. This is in effort to check the spate of accidents involving petrol tankers across the country, following three different cases of accidents which occurred in Lagos within one week in which […]
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has expressed deep concern over the recent spate of road traffic accidents involving tankers and trailers on Nigerian highways. At a One-Day Stakeholder’s Summit on “Haulage Operations for National Development” in Abuja on Monday, the Corps Marshal of FRSC, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, said that from January to June 2015 alone, 1193 vehicles caused road […]
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has identified drug abuse as one of the major causes of road crashes in Nigeria. Speaking at a sensitization programme for commercial drivers in Kaduna, Chief Inspector Atese Ben noted that drug intake impairs the vision of a driver, thereby causing him/her to misjudge distance. He said in some instances, it could make a […]
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The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Sattrak Telematics, Mr. Abdul Bamgbopa, in this interview with COMFORT OSEGHALE of Punch Newspapers, speaks on the benefits of the speed limit device and the high rate of road crashes in Nigeria The Federal Road Safety Corps has fixed June 1 for the enforcement of the speed limit device to commercial vehicles. What do you […]
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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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