I think I must say that the FRSC isnt doing enough to ensure road safety in Nigeria.

CURRENT TASKS/ ACTIVITY OF THE FRSC

-Provide drivers licences and Vehicle registrations
-randomly check Compliance to vehicle safety gadgets
    -Fire extinghuishers
    -Caution signs
    -Spare tyre
    -Jacks
    -Brake lights
    -Turn indicators
    -Use of seatbelts

My rating of these tasks contribution to road safety is about 20%

My suggestion

FRSC should be empowered by law at the national/ state  level to
1. Seal-off (declaring a state of emergency) highways or roads duely considered as unsafe for use, in terms of their surface condition, security and terrain, thereby compelling govt to fix these concerns immediately once this is done either by repair, patrol or night lighting.

2. Maintain presence in road junctions and heavy traffic areas to ensure compliance to road traffic rules.
3. Advice and enforce govts to site markets and bus stops at areas that do not constitue a nuisance to traffic flow.
4. Enforce parking and stopping rules within the city and highways to decrerase traffic congestion and accidents.
5. General light and heavy vehicle road worthiness certification and legal impoundment of scrap vehicles on our roads.
6. Maintaining FRSC outposts and camps with Emergeny and rescue support (Ambulance, Tow van, metal cutting and lifting equipment etc) on our highways.
7. Maintaining night patrols within the cities and highways to check night driving, social influences to driving behaviour, overloading and undesired behaviour of commercial vehicle operators.
8. Direct support by police or integration into the Nigerian police force traffic unit to ensure prompt arrest and prosecution of defaulters of traffic rules.
9. On the scene education and enlightenment/ Testing of traffic rule defaulters and support, training and rehabilitation of offenders of traffic rules to ensure better community of road users.
10. making the highway code available to all motorists and riders and carrying same in their vehicles at all time.
11. Enforcing federal and state govts to develope unsafe terrains to improve visibility for drivers especially where its caused by bushes or trees and installing road signs at relevant points on our roads and highways.

OR NAIRALANERS, WHAT DO YOU THINK?