Agency to reduce road crashes by enforcing the use of Speed Limiting Devices

The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) is set to tackle Nigeria’s high rate of road crashes with the use of Speed Limiting Devices (SLD).

In light of this, the agency has embarked on a training for it’s officers.

According to FRSC Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi, teaching the commanding officers on the SLD policy will help enforce the use of SLDs nationwide.

“Implementation of SLD policy requires proper planning and FRSC is very mindful of that. Speed accounted for 50.8 per cent of road crashes in 2014; that informed the adoption of the policy by all critical stakeholders in order to stem the crash. Nigeria has 204,000km road network, 924,000 sq km land mass and vehicular density of 8.5million, which requires proper planning.

The policy has got the support of the current administration and the deadline of April 2016 is final. Enforcement of SLD policy will be in phases, starting with commercial vehicles in April, while other vehicles will follow suit later. We are nurturing the commission to a greater height by building the capacity of its personnel from time to time.’’

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Will this reduce the rate of road crashes in Nigeria?