Safety: FRSC impounds 1,291 vehicles over failure to install Speed Limiting Device

*The Federal Road Safety Corps says it continuously enforces installation of speed limit device in vehicles to reduce road crashes in Nigeria

Emmanuel Akosile | ConsumerConnect

The Lagos Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said the Command intercepted 1,291 commercial vehicles for operating without the mandatory Speed Limiting Device.

Mr. Olusegun Ogungbemide, Corps Commander of FRSC in the state, disclosed this development in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria last weekend in Lagos.

Ogungbemide said 611 vehicles were arrested in January this year while 680 were intercepted February 2022.

Speed Limiting Device

The FRSC Commander said that crashes caused due to absence of speed limiting device were on the high side.

He explained that 80 percent of crashes in Nigeria were associated with failure to fix the safety device in vehicles.

Ogungbemide also noted: “The crashes caused by absence of speed limit device were many.

“Before now, there had been issues with the implications of the speed limit device before the Federal Government endorsed it.

“The Federal Road Safety Corps had continuously enforced the installation of speed limit device to reduce road crashes to the barest minimum.”

He, nevertheless, observed that the Service had not been checking the installation of speed limit devices on cars.

The FRSC has remained focused on commercial vehicles because of the passengers’ traffic involved.

According to him, the law permit the FRSC to check the use of speed limiting device on both commercial and private vehicles in the country.

The  Corps Commander further assured that the FRSC would implement the law guiding the speed limiting device on private vehicles, after it had perfected its operations on the commercial vehicles.

He as well emphasised is no going back on the implementation of speed limiting device on commercial vehicles. adding that various transport associations should encourage their members to install the devices on their vehicles.

The regulatory agency also urged drivers should ensure they are in right state of mind as well as put their vehicles in proper shape before embarking on any journey.

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