Mr Bisi Kazeem , spokesperson for The Federal Road Safety Corps, while addressing the press on Tuesday revealed the agency is set for the...
According to him, the initiative is in response to the high rate of commercial vehicles in accidents, according FRSC statistics commercial vehicle account for 50 percent of raid crashes across the country.
To ensure success in this exercise, He stated that sector and field command of the agency, the army,police, civil defense, Department of State Services (DSS) and other security agencies have been mobilzed to provide support. He addedb thatvSector commanders have been instructed to carry out joint patrols with unit commands in the whole of February to ensure effectiveness.
Mobile court he said have also been setup nationwide to ensure enforcement. Commands are expected to hold Mobile Court setting from the onset and where these courts are likely to slow down enforcement, they can proceed without them.
“To facilitate enforcement, a portal of speed limiting device (SLD) was created and is operational and a short code to confirm the installation of SLD is active.“A standard operating procedure (SOP) has been dispatched with a directive that copies of those SOP be shared to security agencies within the commands’ areas of jurisdiction.“A template for daily report has also be designed and forwarded to commands, while booking sheets with Failure to Install Speed Limiting Device (FSLD) have been distributed to field commands,’’ .We have created a situation room to monitor and collate report on daily basis and test-run for the clampdown. Sector commands are fully prepared and have made arrangements for security backups and joint patrols with the police, civil defence, army and other security agencies,’’ he said.
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