YULETIDE: SPEAK UP AGAINST DANGEROUS DRIVING, FRSC TELLS COMMUTERS
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lagos State Command, on Thursday advised commuters not to be silent but speak up against dangerous driving to mitigate crashes and fatalities on roads during the Yuletide.
The FRSC Sector Commander in Lagos state, Kehinde Hamzat, said this in Surulere, at a Town Hall Meeting with stakeholders on Ember Months sensitization.
The town hall meeting, organised by RS2.116 Costain Unit Command, Surulere, has the theme: “Speak Up Against Dangerous Driving: Crashes Kill More Passengers than Drivers”.
Hamzat, who was represented by Sikiru Aduloju, the FRSC Area Commander, Badagry Area Command, said everyone, including commuters, must take responsibility for creating safer roads devoid of fatalities.
According to him, passengers are at a higher risk of losing their lives in Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) than drivers.
He said that ignorance and complacency on the part of drivers and passengers respectively had contributed to many road traffic crashes and fatalities.
He added that passengers should also report individuals driving recklessly to the agency as part of their responsibility.
Hamzat said that many lives had been lost because of reckless driving, driving under influence of alcohol or hard drugs, rage driving, and complacency on the part of passengers.
