The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has disclosed that no fewer than 280 deaths were recorded from 480 road accidents between December 19, 2012 and January 3, 2013. According to the commission, 323 people sustained various degrees of injuries from the accidents within the first quarter of 2013, even as it stated that most of the road crashes were attributed to over speeding, impatient and reckless driving .
The Managing Director/CEO of ABC Transport Plc, Mr. Frank Nneji, stated this at this year’s “Accident–free Award Ceremony organized by the company in Owerri at the weekend. He said that, a study conducted by the FRSC revealed that 35 percent of the road traffic crashes that occurred in the country in 2012 were a direct result of violation of the speed limit. According to him, ABC transport company, had observed the FRSC recommendation of installing speed limiters on all convoy and commercial vehicles, stressing that his company had been very proactive in installing these speed limiters in all its vehicles in order to discourage over speeding among the drivers .
He added that the company could not over emphasize the importance of driving; hence it had always spent a lot of resources in making sure that its drivers and attendants were brought up to date on modern trends in defensive driving, road traffic safety and management . He explained that accident free award was meant to bring members of the driving crew who had displayed a remarkable sense of professionalism together for appreciation.
Nneji commended the FRSC for ensuring that safety remained a critical aspect of “our national life and for rating the ABC transport very high among the operators that were inspected last year . Also speaking at the ceremony, Dr. Lazarus Okoroji of the department of Transport Management Technology, Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), charged the drivers to always shun self–medication while driving .
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