Modrov:


Then keep driving till you find a designated parking spot.

It is because you guys have not seen people involved in accidents from taking a call while driving...that's why you are busy grumbling. These rules are made for your safety.

From the usa

1. Whenever these people wanna make a quick buck, they don’t bloody care, they will cook up allegations so they can extort you.
From the quote you posted notice they specified hand held phone use?
Not hands free devices.
The “rule” frsc are seeking to enforce isn’t even in the constitution, they’re just trying to create an avenue to extort people

sucess001:
Senselessness.
So they should also ban listening to radio na...what's the difference.

So if I connect call to car Bluetooth nko? You go arrest me?

You see the thinking pattern of the people in govt? That's why Nigeria is where it is

Most car owners in Nigeria don't have a Bluetooth enabled car.

So, the decision makes sense.

The aim is to minimize distractions while driving...

Modrov:


Well, in all the time I have done that in the FCT, no one has come to arrest me. I pull over on the side, in a safe and suitable spot, and take my call.

I also once used my phone while driving, disregarding my own rules, and nearly got into a bad accident.

Be honest we’re you taking a call with a hands free device, holding your phone to your ear, or texting?

tayoccu:


1. Whenever these people wanna make a quick buck, they don’t bloody care, they will cook up allegations so they can extort you.
From the quote you posted notice they specified hand held phone use?
Not hands free devices.
The “rule” frsc are seeking to enforce isn’t even in the constitution, they’re just trying to create an avenue to extort people

Well, most of us don't live in Lagos anyway.

Stop grumbling. Seriously, stop grumbling. You have no good excuse to use a earphone while driving. How would you hear noises, and other drivers while using your earphone to listen to Mayorkun?

seunayantokun:
What do you expect from people who just take instructions from Garba Shehu up and down without using their own mind.

In Europe, your phone is connected or fitted and wirelessly connected to your car's dashboard so that you can use your map for navigation, make and receive calls. And, when it comes to traffic matters, you've got more stringent measures over there. FRSC needs to grow up, please.

does your phone comes with ear piece? A lot of people will be banging loud music on their ear piece while driving… even when someone is horning you don’t even hear them…

tayoccu:


Be honest we’re you taking a call with a hands free device, holding your phone to your ear, or texting?

Holding phone to ear.

This name of this Road Safety Commission is an irony in itself

This is stupidity. Nigeria isn’t developing because of these anachronistic sycophants.

I guess it should also illegal to listen to radio or music while driving.

These are the kind of laws you get when educated illiterates run institutions

Modrov:


Well, most of us don't live in Lagos anyway.

Stop grumbling. Seriously, stop grumbling. You have no good excuse to use a earphone while driving. How would you hear noises, and other drivers while using your earphone to listen to Mayorkun?

You assume everybody with AirPods are listening to music all the time

DubaiLandLord:
I dey connect my phone Bluetooth with my car Bluetooth.

So I no dey break any law when making a call, unless them go say make I no dey talk at all.

Its stated clearly, if talking to passengers is an offence then talking to any phone gadget while driving is an offence.

DubaiLandLord:
I dey connect my phone Bluetooth with my car Bluetooth.

So I no dey break any law when making a call, unless them go say make I no dey talk at all.

that's what they're saying. No talk at all. If your passenger talks to you, ignore the talk and concentrate wholeheartedly like your life depend on it for the sake of 6 months imprisonment.

Next Will be .... don't talk to passengers in the car, it is a distraction....

tayoccu:

You assume everybody with AirPods are listening to music all the time

And you assume you can use an earphone and not be distracted while driving.

I wish you good luck. If you have an accident, it won't bother me...and my fellow doctor who would treat you will make his kudi and go.

DubaiLandLord:
I dey connect my phone Bluetooth with my car Bluetooth.

So I no dey break any law when making a call, unless them go say make I no dey talk at all.

My brother, that one follow inside. I think the FRSC leadership needs to be psychologically evaluated

leofab:
does your phone comes with ear piece? A lot of people will be banging loud music on their ear piece while driving… even when someone is horning you don’t even hear them…

Interesting...
Ma’am will you be so kind as to provide a link to the source of data that established the fact you just posted?
Why blast music from earpiece when there’s a fully functional audio system in The car?

limcar:



https://punchng.com/motorists-driving-with-earphones-risk-six-months-in-jail-frsc/

i'm also against any form of distractions while driving.

But how will dey catch me on the act to risk 6months jail term?
I mean being on my GLA with tinted screen all up!! i would probably do the needful before approaching their unit.

Modrov:


Holding phone to ear.

Now that’s different, that’s a high risk maneuver

SarkinYarki:


Who even changes cassettes while driving these days ? You can see these people are still living in the 80s

You don’t change radio stations or skip tracks while driving?

Charmingrascal:
How can you be driving with your earpiece on.

It is wrong and 6 months jail is not too much

it's called handsfree, majorly for driving. But if the ears are covered and listing to music, then it's wrong. It can only be used to answer calls.

Modrov:


Well, most Nigerian car owners don't have that type of car ...so the warning is still in order.

You should be allowed to enjoy it if you have a good car.

Demmtek:
who are the people making this policy, so using car inbuilt handsfree will be a crime very soon too.
always looking for ways to milk the citizens.
imagine taskforce telling me to bring 150k to Bail the car that was towed on my street in front of mu House.

Hands free is not safe...

While 80% of drivers in the U.S. think using a hands-free device while driving is safer than using a hand-held phone, studies have, unfortunately, indicated that this simply isn’t true. According to the National Safety Council, 24% of all call crashes involve cell phone conversations, hand-held and otherwise. In fact, some research even suggests that talking on the phone through a hands-free device is more dangerous than driving drunk!

SAUCE

blaise26abj:
So developed economies that design and manufacture cars with Bluetooth and buttons to pick up calls on the steering wheels are stupid for doing so right ?Not surprised . When we have idiots in power that can’t produce pencils start employing imbeciles into key positions , we will keep having such stupidity .

While driving, taking your windows up/down, turning on/off your AC and speaking to other riders should also be penalized. They’re all distractions.

Madness!!!

Modrov:


And you assume you can use an earphone and not be distracted while driving.

I wish you good luck. If you have an accident, it won't bother me...and my fellow doctor who would treat you will make his kudi and go.

Something you hear on the radio can distract you, so should they ban listening to the radio too?
Your passenger’s actions can distract you, maybe they should ban multiple people inside cars too?

seunayantokun:


You should be allowed to enjoy it if you have a good car.

Even then, that's a tiny minority of Nigerian drivers. Majority don't have that type of car, and FRSC has to tailor its orders for the majority of drivers.

It is for your safety too. What if you got rear-ended by a person using earphones while driving?

Another means to extort the Nigerians again...

First, it is wrong...very wrong...show me any place in the world you get 1 day in jail for wearing headphones while driving?

Your politicians are doing literally what's worst than driving with an ear or headphone, killing thousands everyday by thier curruption but none of them is in jail... Even frsc gives them escort when these politicians drive in the city.

Think about it, a man with maybe 3 children and this man is the bread winner... He is put in jail for 6 months... My question is who takes care of the family in terms of food, rent, fatherly presence and guidance for the children for next 6 months? You, me or the government?

Guess what also, this same law will be enforced in southern Nigeria but not in northern Nigeria, why?

Anyway, from your comments it is glaring why black people are called monkeys all over the world... Your comments is an example why we black people should have been left in the forest where there is no car and earphones but talking drums.

Charmingrascal:
How can you be driving with your earpiece on.

It is wrong and 6 months jail is not too much

leofab:
does your phone comes with ear piece? A lot of people will be banging loud music on their ear piece while driving… even when someone is horning you don’t even hear them…

Ear pieces of any sort not needed. Buy a phone holder, fix it to the dashboard, slot the phone there and connect, and there you go. It's even doable on 20 years old cars.

Please retards are smarter these people... These people that make laws or think like this are devils.

armadeo:
Lol.

There is a reason they are called hands free.


Retards

PAWG:



You don’t change radio stations or skip tracks while driving?

I skip tracks directly from my steering wheel..pick calls from the steering wheel ..

amah4game:
Next Will be .... don't talk to passengers in the car, it is a distraction....

truly it is. I had an accident last year as a result of talk talk distraction by a half naked babe with exposed cleavage with me at the front seat.

Her talk distracted my brain and her shape distracted my concentration. Behold boom!!! I ramed into a spoilt car parked at the centre of the road. Thanks to seatbelt and airbag.

zombieHUNTER:
How can one then answer calls?...

use Bluetooth or park to answer calls. Your utmost priority is to concentrate on the road while driving. A dead man can answer phone calls.

So as an experience and expert driver I can’t make calls and drive... you are joking your self