The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Sunday reiterated its total ban of petroleum tanker drivers from embarking on night journeys across the country from Monday, Dec.19. Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, the FRSC Corps Marshal, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that efforts had been put in place to impound any truck found contravening the order.

According to him, the ban is to promote safe petroleum haulage in the country. “No tanker should be seen on the road at night, we need to find solutions to incessant crashes of tankers on the road. “Beneficial as petroleum sector is to the nation, safe haulage remains FRSC concern.

“There is a problem and we have solutions to them, no more night journeys for petroleum products as from Monday, Dec. 19, enough is enough. “The effects of crashes are quite unquantifiable on human life, the environment and to the economy,” Oyeyemi said. The FRSC boss also said that a crash involving a tanker laden with petrol would lose about N50million being the cost of its contents and the vehicle. Oyeyemi said that many crashes that happened at night had also caused severe damage to people and the community.

He said that apart from the lives lost, number of houses, shops, farm and other investment were usually engulfed in flames during a crash involving fuel tankers. The Corps Marshal added that such incident had portrayed the nation in bad light in the comity of civilised nations. Oyeyemi said that the dimension and scale of devastation caused by crashes involving petroleum tankers was evident in its multiplier-effects on the society. According to him, there are existing laws and policies of government that are sufficient in tackling the problem if every stakeholder complies. He said that the National Road Traffic Regulations 2013, the Road Transport Safety Standardisation Scheme and Safe-to Load- Projects were part of the government efforts to tackle the problem. Oyeyemi advised tanker drivers to stop deliberate violation, neglect and non-compliance to basic road traffic regulation. He also appealed to them to stop intimidating other road users,especially, those who drive light weight vehicles by exposing them to unnecessary risk.

The FRSC boss said that the mandatory Speed Limiting Device installation was a good initiative aimed at reducing speed-related crashes. “It is also essential to install trackers in the vehicles on the fleet to obtain real time information about drivers and driving behaviour which are paramount for successful operations. “Also drivers involved in delivery and distribution of petroleum products in the country must be properly trained and certified.

“Exposing drivers to new and emerging trends in the transport sector should be considered a priority,” he said. NAN reports that two weeks to the end of the year, the FRSC had said that about 283 tankers had been involved in road accidents across the country. Oyeyemi disclosed this statistics in Lagos on Saturday Dec. 17, at the Branch Executive Council Meeting of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTDs). He said that over N2billion was lost as a result of the accidents during the period

http://www.metronaija.com/2016/12/frsc-bans-night-travels-for-petrol.html

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Great steps!

Good move

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Buhari sef

good for them

Lol. But most crashes happen during the day na.

Good move

good

Good move

I reserve my comment

Is it not better for them to travel at night? FRSC uwaka

For Lagos na night tankers dey travel o.

Truth is Night travel should be encouraged for big trucks while public transport should be discouraged for same

Is that the best?

BornStunner1:

WHEN WILL THEY BAN NIGHT TRAVEL FOR FULANI HERDSMEN?

Good question!

These Boko Haram men now called Fulani Herdsmen murder for their god in Tarba state a couple of days ago!

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This is a well planned Jihad in the making

I thought it's meant to be the other way round?

Mujaheeeden:
Truth is Night travel should be encouraged for big trucks while public transport should be discouraged for same

exactly

what is there business abt that what a wrong statement

Please what has that solved?

Please from what time is really described as NIGHT??

ItsawrapOutfit:
I reserve my comment

I comment my reserve

They'll never comply, and FRSC will never enforce it. Messed up country.

It is noted.

But that is suppose to be the best time for them if the roads were good enough. I mean a time when if they crash, there will be less or no victim, and most importantly, they won't have to compete since they have the roads to themselve.

Doing this is parallel to creating a more clumsy environment.

Nigeria is notorious for having weak institutions...

This ban is only on paper...

I dare any FRSC patrol team to stop any truck fully loaded with petrol, by 12 midnight, travelling from portharcourt to Kano...

It would be RIP for the FRSC officials!!!

Ayam not understanding this move!... If it is unsafe to transport fuel by road at night, then is it safer during the day when it is clear that casualties may be far higher in the event of a crash?... I would have expected the FRSC to encourage night only travels for fuel tankers and other heavy haulage vehicles.

The reverse should be the case especially a city like Lagos, where commuters travel in the day. Most accidents involving tankers happen in the day. Why not stop them from traveling in the day instead. Nawaooh APC government and negative policies

Good move with penality

I love this developement .. Thank God