Lagos State Chairman warns members, motorists of the consequences of reckless driving

Alhaji Tajudeen Agbede, the Lagos state of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) is sensitizing it’s members and the general public on the ills of reckless driving.

Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), he spoke of the importance of lives and the need for people to refrain from anything that destroy it.

According to him, this can only be done if drivers, commuters and traffic agents work together to prevent accidents.

“It is only the living that has dreams and hopes. We should not kill ourselves and others because of carelessness on the roads. Our drivers must not be reckless behind the wheels and commuters must also caution drivers whenever they observed that drivers were becoming reckless on the roads for the benefit of all.

“Safety is number one in our job. We can stop all preventable human and material losses on our roads from Lagos to Abuja to far North and East. It is the union’s responsibility to sensitize its members on the need to shun reckless driving, obey traffic laws and traffic wardens in order to prevent motor accidents.”

Last week, the Secretary of NURTW, Mr Muhammed Idris, also spoke against reckless driving.

“We must be careful while driving, especially during this yuletide season, to ensure that the lives of other road users are not compromised, whether they are car drivers or pedestrians.

Reckless is usually borne out of a need to intimidate and outperform other road users without regard to the safety of other drivers. Most people drive without giving warnings; however good and however skilled you are, such can amount to reckless driving.”