Federal Road Safety Corps, (FRSC), yesterday announced that it has
impounded 453 articulated vehicles following a special operation to rid
the country of the rampant re-occurrence of trailer accidents.
Speaking during an inspection of some arrested trailer drivers in
Lagos, Corps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi gave the figure of trailers
impounded by the agency.
Oyeyemi added that 209 erring drivers were charged to court in the
last one week since the agency embarked on ‘Operation Scorpion’ to check
the menace of trailer accidents on the roads.
“This special operation started on Monday and will end on Friday. It
is not meant as a punitive measure, but a reminder that trailer owners
and drivers should take precautionary measures to ensure they prevent
accidents. They must ensure their trailers are secured properly from the
ports, and drivers must have valid driver’s licence and steer
road-worthy vehicles.”
“We have arrested 453 erring drivers and prosecuted 209 of them. The
arrest is not aimed at collecting fines, but to serve as warning to
others to take all precautionary measures to ensure safety on our
roads.”
“This exercise will be sustained and we believe that with the support
of the stakeholders, there will be drastic reduction in accidents
caused by articulated vehicles.”
President of the Association of Maritime Truck Owners (MTO), Remi
Ogungbemi in his reaction to the arrest of trailer drivers and the
impounding of articulated vehicles also urged government to fix bad
roads across the country.
“We support FRSC in sanitising road usage, but we appeal to
government to rehabilitate the bad roads across the country. The blame
for accidents on our roads should not be placed entirely on the doorstep
of truck drivers and its owners. Bad roads also contribute to accidents
and put our drivers and other road users lives in danger, Ogungbemi
said.
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