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Zonal Commander urges motorists to avoid night driving

The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) is advising all motorists to avoid driving at night.

Late night driving

The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) is advising all motorists to avoid driving at night.

According to the Zonal Commander of Ogun and Lagos States, Nseobong Akpabio, motorists should avoid night journeys because 80% of accidents occur at night.

This survey was done with accidents recorded during the festive season, where at least 110 drivers were guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol.

“They were arraigned before a mobile court and were convicted for one offence or the other. Like I did promise, we will rid the roads of vehicles that are not road-worthy as well as reckless drivers."

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Last year, the Corps Public Education Officer, Corps Commander, Imoh Etuk, made a plea to the public concerning late night driving.

Just like Akpabio, Etuk stated that accidents were likely to occur at night.

"Since the human eye takes time to adjust to new levels of light, a driver on night trip suffers temporary vision impairment when moving from bright areas(motor way intersections in the urban centres) to dark areas(rural areas where there is minimal road lights).

At 100 metres/ph, a vehicles moves at 28 metres per second, meaning that the lives of all occupants of such vehicles will be put to serious danger when the driver suffers a temporary loss of sight”.

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