Easter: Take 30 Minutes Rest After Every 4-hour Drive, FRSC tells Motorists
The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kwara state Command, Commander Stephen Dawulung, has advised motorists travelling across the state for this year’s Easter celebrations to avoid night journeys and also take adequate rest for at least 30 minutes after every four hours’ drive.
This is just as the Command disclosed that it had deployed 856 personnel comprising officers and marshals for a special Easter patrol which would begin from Friday, March 29 to April 2, 2024.
The Command in a statement released Friday by its Public Education Officer, OB Basambo, added that 276 special Marshals and123 first responders would also be fully involved in the operations.
“The special patrol which aims at the reducing road traffic fatalities and injuries and the enhancement of free flow of traffic within Kwara state, will also involve the deployment of 42 patrol vehicles, two power bikes, four ambulances, four medium private tow trucks and one 70-tonne tow-truck so as to ensure prompt removal of obstructions and rescue of road crash victims, amongst others.
“The sector commander strongly advises motorists to avoid excessive speeding, overloading, route violation, and driving with worn-out tyres, which form the major causes of road traffic crashes.”
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Curfew Lawan Onilupeju Of Ilupeju Toyin Sanusi Hussein Oloyede Rotimi Oyedepo Ibrahim Oloriegbe Abubakar Aliagan Rasheed Jimoh Playing Host Mansurat Amuda-Kannike Elese Of Igbaja BIR Ajibola Ademola Julius Tanke Osinbajo Radio SBS Sheikh Ariyibi CACOVID Palliatives Dele Belgore James Ayeni Hakeem Idris Offa Grammer School SWAN Makama Olupako Bayo Lawal Kwara-SAPZ Project Saad Omo Iya Ubandawaki Lanre Aremu Hauwa Nuru Wahab Kunle Shittu Coalition Of Kwara North Groups Saka Asiat Ayinke Nagode Okin Biscuit Abdulmajeed Abdullahi Centre For Digital Economy Gobirawa 08001000100 Tunde Yusuf Yusuf Ali Ahmed Shuaib Buranga Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade Congress For National Consensus Bamidele Adegoke Ahmed Bolaji Nagode Mahmud Ayinla Giwa Saheed Akinwumi Adijat Adebiyi Olaitan Buraimoh YAKOOYO Saidu Yaro Musa Yemi Sanni Malete Issa Oloruntogun Olomu Of Omu-Aran Modupe Oluwole EndSARS Harmony Holdings Government House Sayomi Baaziki Sulaiman Government High School (GHS), Adeta Kulende-UITH Suraj Tunji Oyewale Oja-Oba Yunus Lawal Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa Ahmed Raliat Islamic Foundation Kwara State Television (KWTV) Maja Ganiyu Abolarin CELF Kayode Ogunlowo