Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Boboye Oyeyemi on Sunday advised fleet operators, other commercial drivers and passengers as well as private vehicle owners, to desist from night trips.
He said night trip, often characterized by poor visibility, fatigue, sleeping on wheels and excessive speed is unsafe and utterly dangerous.
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Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, in a statement, quoted Oyeyemi as giving the warning while reacting to reports of fatal crashes recorded at night at the beginning of the year.
He said intelligence report had revealed that most fleet operators and other vehicle owners, including private vehicle owners, who were addicted to night journeys, did so for selfish economic gains, unnecessary overloading of vehicles with both passengers and goods and to avoid arrest and enforcement on physical distancing by FRSC patrol teams.
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