The Federal Road Safety Corps says articulated vehicles without minimum safety standards would be barred from operating in the nation’s ports and tank farms as from September 1.
FRSC Corps Marshal, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, made this known on Monday while inaugurating the ‘Operation Safe-To-Load’ on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Oyeyemi, represented by the Assistant Corps Marshal, Victor Nwaokolo, in charge of Command Administration and Strategy, FRSC Headquarters, said the corps was passionate about maintaining sanity on major highways.
“There will be no operation (for articulated vehicles) in the Nigerian Port Authority — the port, no operation in the tank farms except the vehicles meet these minimum safety standards,” FRSC chief said.
“The haulage operation in Nigeria has been taken care of, and this is just a start of it.
“This will go on simultaneously with sensitisation slated to hold between July and August.
“From September 1, something will happen, something very good. Very soon, we will bring sanity to haulage operation in Nigeria.
“What is this all about? It is that all these, whether wet or dry cargo vehicles, keep to the minimum safety standard. If they don’t have it, they will not be on the road.
Oyeyemi said that the target enforcement was on large containers’ latching of loads, tyre violation, failure to put speed limiting devices, lane discipline, number plate violation, driver’s licences, overloading, speed, among others.
“It (operation) is all about bringing sanity to articulated vehicles on this special corridor, very all-important corridor- Lagos-Sagamu-Ibadan.
“This exercise is because of the road traffic crashes that have been involving these categories of vehicles-tankers and trailers.
“These crashes have taken many lives and property on this corridor,’’ Oyeyemi said.
“There will be no operation (for articulated vehicles) in the Nigerian Port Authority — the port, no operation in the tank farms except the vehicles meet these minimum safety standards,” FRSC chief said.
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