No fewer than 19 drivers have been arraigned by the Lagos State Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit for driving against traffic.
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KANO FRSC TO REINTRODUCE PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST FOR TRAFFIC OFFENDERS
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kano Sector Command, has expressed determination to reintroduce a psychological test for traffic offenders in the state.
Continue reading »MOTORISTS LOSE N2BN MONTHLY ON LEKKI-EPE ROAD
Many motorists are guilty of lane indiscipline, a major cause of highway gridlock that is costing the nation a huge loss, the Founder, Safety Beyond Borders, Mr. Patrick Adenusi, has said.
Continue reading »COLLAPSED NIGER BRIDGES: MOTORISTS SEEK SECURITY
Motorists plying the Mokwa-Lagos route in Niger have called for deployment of security to prevent armed attacks.
Continue reading »NORTH CUT OFF FROM THE SOUTH AS TWO BRIDGES COLLAPSE BETWEEN JEBBA AND MOKWA
It is now a difficult moment for transporters, commuters and motorists shuttling between the northern and southern parts of the country through Ilorin-Mokwa-Jebba road.
Continue reading »FRSC RELEASES GUIDELINES FOR PROPOSED PSYCHIATRIC TESTS FOR MOTORISTS
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Tuesday released guidelines for the proposed psychiatric examination of traffic offenders in the country.
Continue reading »FAKE MILITARY OFFICERS ROB MOTORIST IN LAGOS TRAFFIC
A suspected fake naval rating, Kingsley Chukwueke, has been arrested by policemen from the Zone 2 Command, Lagos, for allegedly robbing a motorist.
Continue reading »FRSC ARRESTS OVER 50 MOTORISTS IN KWARA OVER SPEED LIMITING DEVICE
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Kwara has arrested more than 50 commercial drivers for failure to install the Speed Limiting Device on their vehicles.
Continue reading »LAGOS COMMISSIONS COMPUTERIZED VEHICLE INSPECTION CENTRE
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has expressed his determination to mitigate the high level of road carnage which has resulted in loss of 416 lives and 2, 498 injured persons in the last year on Lagos roads as he commissioned the Ojodu computerized Vehicle Inspection Centre. The Centre, one of the 57 to be built in all the Local […]
Continue reading »LASTMA OFFICIALS, LAGOS RESIDENTS IN FREE-FOR-ALL
There was chaos on Assbifi Road, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos State, after no fewer than 17 officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority engaged some residents and workers of an Information Technology company in a free-for-all. A Youtube video which was viewed by PUNCH Metro showed that some LASTMA officials had attempted to tow away a car parked by the […]
Continue reading »FRSC WARNS 21,744 MOTORISTS OVER SPEED LIMITERS
The Federal Road Safety Corps has issued a warning to 21,744 commercial motorists between October 1 and 6, 2016, for their failure to install speed limiters in their buses and trucks. The corps described the warning as an advisory enforcement, which does not attract any penalty or fines.
Continue reading »LASG WARNS TRUCK DRIVERS AGAINST SPEEDING, HARASSMENT
The Lagos State Government has warned drivers of trucks and other articulated vehicles against speeding and harassing of other road users. The government said it would intensify the enforcement of the Lagos State Traffic Law 2012 to reduce accidents as the year ended. The Chief Executive Officer of the Lagos State Drivers Institute, Philip Ogunlade, spoke at a sensitisation organised […]
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