Road Indiscipline: FRSC Seeks Stakeholders’ Collaboration

The Sector Com
mander, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Rivers State, Mr Ayodele Kumapayi, has solicited for collaboration of stakeholders in reducing the high rate of indiscipline on the road.
Kumapayi, who spoke to The Tide in an exclusive interview, Thursday, in Port Harcourt frowned at the rate of insensitivity of some road users to the interest of their follow road users.
“Road indiscipline is high in Rivers because most drivers don’t consider the interest of others who also use the road with them,’ he said, stressing that, to check the trend, members of the public were needed to assist the commission.
He appealed to vehicles owners, especially fleet operators  to install the speed limiting device for the safety of their vehicles and passengers.
The commander disclosed that the first phases of the campaign for installation of the device had since began from 1st January and will terminate in March while full enforcement will commence on April 1st, 2016.
He noted that over speeding is the major traffic challenge in the state and that with the speed limiting device it would be reduced.
He lauded stakeholders for their collaboration during the safety campaign in December saying, it drastically reduced road crashes.
Kumapayi revealed that only three crashes were recorded at the 2015 Christmas period as against the nine recorded at the same period in 2014 and attributed the feat to the robost campaign during the season.

Chris Oluoh