Ember months: FRSC tells travellers to report reckless driver

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Friday urged commuters to always speak out and report reckless driving on the roads in order to reduce crashes.

Mr Shehu Muhammed, Corps Marshal, FRSC, made the appeal in Ore, Ondo State, during the 2024 Ember Month sensitisation flag off and town hall meeting organised by the Ore Unit Command.

The theme of the campaign was “Speak Up Against Dangerous Driving: Crashes Kill More Passengers Than Drivers.”

Muhammed, who was represented by Dr Samuel Ibitoye, Ondo State Sector Commander, said that the stakeholders’ meeting was to align with the ongoing “Ember Months” campaign, which focused on commuters’ rights.

According to him, the corps has digitised its operations in line with President Bola Tinubu’s ‘Renewed Hope Agenda’ for economic growth.

”This is the time for all road users to speak out against reckless driving through the instrumentality of the recently launched FRSC Mobile Application.

“In order to sustain our operations, we need to re-evaluate and adapt new strategies to align with the dynamics of contemporary transport system,” he said.

Muhammed appreciated the stakeholders for their contributions toward ensuring a safer motoring environment, and charged road users to continue to support and collaborate with FRSC.

Speaking, Ibitoye noted that with all efforts by the FRSC to reduce crashes, casualties were been recorded on the highways due to reckless driving and other traffic disobedience.

He said commuters and other road users are free to call the FRSC toll free lines 112 and 122 to report any reckless driving or disobedience to traffic laws.

“Many lives are lost in the process of any error cause by one driver and that is the more reason commuters have to speak out and report reckless drivers to FRSC,” Ibitoye said.

The Special Adviser to the State Governor on Transport, Olugbenga Omole, also condemned the menace of indiscriminate parking on the highways, especially on the Ore-Benin, Ore-Ondo and Ore-Okitipupa axis.

Omole, represented by Mr Taiwo Adegoroye, Chairman, Odigbo Local Government, said the FRSC must take charge by checkmating indiscriminate parking and loading on the highways.

“We will continue to support FRSC and collaborate with other sister agencies to ensure our highways are safe, and lost of lives and properties are reduced,” he said.

Mr Murufu Alale, the Ore branch Chairman of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), said the union always engaged its members in series of enlightenments on safe driving.

He urged the state government to construct a standard motor park in the town to reduce indiscriminate parking on the highways and repair all bad portions on the roads to reduce accident.

Officials of NURTW, Road Employers Association of Nigeria, FRSC Marshals and Special Marshals, Police, Department of State Security, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, students among others, were present at the meeting.