The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) said it is targeting underaged drivers in Adamawa as a road safety mechanism, Operation Eagle Eye, has been launched by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to curtail unsafe driving in the state as the Christmas/New Year season sets in.
The state FRSC Sector Commander, Alhassan Hussaini, who spoke at the launch of the Operation in Yola, said underage driving is a traffic violation no matter good at the wheel the underage driver may be.
Hussaini, who also took exception to drivers of trailers and articulated vehicles taking undue advantage of their big size to the detriment of other road users, said, “Long vehicle drivers should avoid intimidating other road users using bodies of their vehicles to cause accident.”
Hussaini assured that more FRSC personnel would be deployed across the state to ensure accident-free before, during and after Christmas and new year celebrations, and advised all road users to acquant themselves with road safety rules as the FRSC and other relevant authorities would not condone any plea of ignorance from traffic offenders.
In his own comment, the Head of Yola Operations Office of NEMA, Ambani Garki, also cautioned motorists against traffic violation as people travel far and near to facilitate with their loved ones.
He urged road users to take a positive advantage of good roads which the federal government expects to reduce rather than increase the rate of road accidents.
- PM NEWS
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