FRSC WARNS, CAUGHT DRIVING AND RECEIVING CALL YOU WILL BE ARRESTED AND JAILED

The Federal Road Safety Commission
(FRSC) has announced a newly adopted
strategy that would ensure that any person
caught using the mobile phone while driving,
would no longer be fined but immediately
taken to court and jailed.
Corp Marshal, FRSC, Mr. Osita Chidoka said
other offences like speed driving,
dangerous overtaking and overloading would
equally attract court action instead of the
usual fines.
The FRSC boss, who was speaking at a news
conference in Abuja, said these new
measures are part of a newly launched
campaign to reduce the increased spate of
road crashes in the country.
Commercial bus drivers are now expected
to install speed limit devices in their
vehicles so they henceforth should not
exceed 100km per hour.
National President of the National Union of
Road Transport Workers (NURTW)
however admitted that some drivers are
guilty of the aforementioned road accident
causing crimes.
The FRSC says it is partnering with several
organizations including oil companies to
fulfill its promise to make Nigerian roads
one of the safest in the world by the year
2020.

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