The Federal Road Safety Corps, (FRSC) has charged motorists to adopt the use of speed limit devices to deplete the rate of accident . The tracking device has been exclusive preset to restrict excessive speed.
The Isolo Unit Commander, Hauwa Olowokere, an Assistant Corp Commander (ACC) said the the introduction of the speed checker was part of efforts towards establishing sane and safe highways. She said adopting the device has inherent advantages such as live safety, low cost of vehicle maintenance and reduced need for fuel.
She said: “Overtime, we have discovered that most crashes on the road are speed related; in the sense that when a vehicle is moving in excess of the required speed, you discover the driver no longer has control of that vehicle. So he loses it and of course rammed into a road user of or a fellow motorist. FRSC has been mandated to ensure that this device is fitted in vehicles. It is contained in the National Road Traffic Regulations Policy, and the FRSC Establishment Act. In line with that, the FRSC thought it wise to commence its enforcement. The whole essence of this is to reduce fatality rate on our road. We are not on the road at night and even if we are on the road, our intervention time may be hampered, before we get there, the deed might have been done. So we discourage night driving. And encourage road users to drive within the prescribed limit.”
She noted that sensitisation on the device has kicked off from park to parks in Lagos.
She said: “The device is designed to regulate your movement with preset speed limit. It will not allow the driver to drive beyond that limit. The maximum speed limit is 100km per hour. The device will not be set beyond that limit. So you are expected to drive within zero to that limit.
“We also educate people on defensive mechanism. Defensive driving requires that the driver should drive within a required speed limit. He is not expected to drive beyond that limit and in built up areas, you have high human movement.”
Advising motorists on safety consciousness, she said the device can be accessed through licensed vendors.
“What we are doing is an advisory enforcement which commenced in October, it is going to run through February. We have been asking commercial vehicles if they have installed the device and to reawaken the consciousness in them because it is to their own benefit. The device can be got from certified vendors,” she said.