Speed Limit: FRSC Impounds 5,700 Vehicles In Ogun
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC yesterday revealed that it has impounded about 5,700 vehicles in Ogun State in two months for not having speed limit in their vehicles.
Ogun state Sector Commander, FRSC, Clement Oladele disclosed this at the 10th Anniversary of Temidayo Ogan Child Safety and Support, (TOCSS) Foundation, and the premiere of a new movie on road safety by the foundation, titled , ‘Amigas’ held in IKeja, Lagos.
According to him, the Corps normally arrest an average of 100 commercial vehicles per day since 1 February, 2017 since the commencement of speed limit enforcement on the country.
Oladele said the penalty for not having speed limit was a fine of about N3000,saying that the FRSC was determined to enforce the law to the letter.
He also revealed that accident rate had gone down drastically in the country because of the proactiveness of the Corps.
Oladele added that about 10,000 road crashes were recorded on 2016, out of which about 6,000 people died.
Also speaking, Executive Director, TOCSS Foundation, Temidayo Ogan said the foundation had been self-sustaining all through its 10 years of existence, as it had continued to grow in leaps and bounds.
She charged parents and wards to ensure their children were strapped to seat belt or booster seats while driving their vehicles.
Ogan said her motivation to begin child safety campaign was when she had an accident in 2007 as she was driving with her child strapped to a booster seat, adding that because she was on seat belt and the child on booster seat, the child was safe.
She said since then, she decided to launch a foundation on child safety to create awareness on the need to protect the child from harm.
