Politics
SOME security experts on Saturday warned motorist against reckless driving to recoup extra profit as the years runs to an end .
The experts gave the warning in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abeokuta, adding that road crashes are avoidable .
An ex Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC), Mr Paul Ayeni, urged commercial drivers to desist from overloading.
Ayeni said that overloading, as result of prevailing fuel scarcity in the country was not an option.
” It should be avoided by all means” he said.
The Founder, Useful Youth Vision Concepts (UYVC), Mrs Adetokunbo Shonibare-Ayantunji pleaded with motorist not to engage in excessive speeding .
Shonibare-Ayantunji said that according to the third quarter statistics on road accidents by the Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), the most common cause of road traffic crashes is excessive speeding.
” The statistics said excessive speeding is responsible for 52 per cent of the road traffic crashes,” she said.
She urged the corps to impose the use of speed detectors by commanding drivers to enforce speed reduction.
A Human Rights advocate, who is also a government official, Mr Sunday Olowoyobiojo, urged the Ogun government to increase the workforce of the corps for effective monitoring
He further urged the state government to purchase extra patrol vehicles to patrol the corridors for constant monitoring patrol to reduce carnages.(NAN)
23rd November, 2024.
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