NIGERIA: FRSC Intensifies Safe Driving Campaigns On Major Festive Corridors

By Onoja Baba, Nigeria 

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has intensified public awareness campaigns urging motorists to practise safe, responsible and disciplined driving along critical highway corridors that experience heavy traffic during the festive season.

The awareness drive focuses on the Lagos–Ibadan–Egbeda corridor, the Abuja city gate–airport road–Giri–Kubwa–AYA route within the FCT metropolis, the Abuja–Kaduna–Zaria corridor, the Abuja–Lokoja–Zariagi route, the Benin–Asaba–Awka corridor, and the Sagamu–Ijebu-Ode–Ore–Benin corridor.

These routes, together with several other major arteries across the country, serve as vital national highways that record significantly increased vehicular movement as Nigerians travel to reunite with families and loved ones during the Christmas and New Year festivities.

The Corps Marshal, FRSC, warned that violations of traffic regulations along these corridors pose grave and far-reaching dangers.

He highlighted that speeding, wrongful overtaking, lane indiscipline, drunk driving and disregard for traffic control devices drastically reduce drivers’ reaction time and increase the severity of crashes.

Such infractions often lead to loss of vehicle control, dangerous head-on collisions, pedestrian knockdowns and multi-vehicle pile-ups that overwhelm emergency response efforts and leave families permanently devastated.

The FRSC emphasised that the campaign is aimed at reducing preventable road crashes by promoting adherence to traffic rules, including speed limits, proper overtaking procedures, seat belt usage and zero tolerance for alcohol while driving.

The Corps called on all road users, especially drivers, to cooperate with enforcement teams deployed along these corridors and to prioritise safety over haste duringthe festive period.