FRSC warns that people who use phones while driving will go to jail

The Federal Road Safety Commission ,FRSC, has announced a newly adopted strategy that would ensure that any person caught using the mobile phone, while driving, would no longer be fined but immediately taken to court and jailed.

Corps Marshal, FRSC, Mr. Osita Chidoka said other offences like speed driving, dangerous overtaking and overloading would equally attract court action instead of the usual fines.

The FRSC boss, who was speaking at a news conference in Abuja, said these new measures are part of a newly launched campaign to reduce the increased spate of road crashes in the country.

Commercial bus drivers are now expected to install speed limit devices in their vehicles so they henceforth should not exceed 100km per hour.

National President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers,NURTW, however admitted that some drivers are guilty of the aforementioned leading to road accidents and crimes.

The FRSC says it is partnering with several organisations, including oil companies to fulfil its promise, in order to put Nigerian roads among the safest in the world, by the year 2020.

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