Secretary warns members to avoid reckless driving

The Secretary of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Mr Muhammed Idris, is advising members to avoid reckless driving during the yuletide season.

In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Mr Idris said the recent increase in reckless driving-related accidents was reason to warn his fellow members.

“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.”

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He compared reckless driving to driving without a valid driver's licence, among other traffic offences, before revealing the Union's plan to collaborate with with the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC).

Mr Idris said the partnership would educate its members about road signs, and more