Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, has said the commission would begin impounding of vehicles with expired tyres across the country from next week.

Making this announcement at a capacity development workshop themed “Enhancing Operational Activities in Field Commands” for Zonal and Sector Heads of Operations of the commission in Enugu on Thursday, Oyeyemi said: “We have a major problem in our hands. Our management team will be in the field next week to enforce the ban on usage of expired tyres on our roads.

“I will personally lead a team that will impound vehicles with expired tyres and secure other vehicles to convey passengers in affected vehicles to their destinations,” he said.

He said that usage of expired tyres and speeding were among the most significant challenges in traffic management in the country currently.

According to him, the rising rate of road crashes is alarming; more than 90 per cent of such incidents, between Feb. 9 and April 7, were as a result of tyre burst.

Oyeyemi added that the commission would also embark on sensitization of motorists on the dangers of using expired tyres, saying that the step was part of the efforts to minimise road crashes.

He said that use of old tyres had accounted for many fatal auto crashes.

“Tyres are like drugs and last for four years. Some cars move on tyres produced in 2008,” he said.

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