By IbrahimG Ahmad
The Zamfara Command of the Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC) says it is embarking on special patrol to enforce the use of speed limiting device by all kind of vehicles to checkmate rate of highway crashes.
This is contained in a statement by the Command’s Public Education Officer, Aliyu Isah in Gusau, Zamfara on Thursday.
The command said the action followed reports of reckless nature of large truck drivers passing through Zamfara, saying: “most often with over loading or mix loading and on high speed.”
The command emphasised that all other traffic violators would not be spared during the enforcement patrol.
It said that henceforth, the special patrol team would apprehend road traffic offenders that include; mix loading of goods, animals and human beings by trucks drivers, over loading and failure to fix speed limiting devices.
The Sector Commander, Aliyu Ma’aji urged motorists to cooperate with the corps personnel for their safety and to ensure safer road environment in and around the state.
Ma’aji emphasised the need for motorists to adhere strictly to the road safety laws including activation of the speed limiting devices.
He warned motorists plying the Zamfara-Sokoto highway without proper registration or those covering their number plates to desist or face prosecution.
