The Unit Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, in Ore, Ondo State, Mr Kehinde Dahunsi has disclosed that ahead of the enforcement of the Speed Limiter Device, SLD, in April, the Commission has begun a sensitisation campaign for commercial drivers on the need for installation of the device.
Dahunsi made this disclosure while addressing newsmen on Thursday at Ore, adding that the awareness programme had been taken to different motor parks and eateries in Ore and its environs.
Meanwhile, the SLD which is expected to cut down the rate of road traffic crashes and the resultant loss of lives on the nation’s highways, is a device installed on vehicles to limit speed to a prescribed level, making further acceleration unresponsive.
As stated by the Commander, “Speeding and reckless driving are major causes of road crashes and this is why the FRSC introduced the speed limiter device to reduce speed on the highways.
“We are commencing the enforcement by April, especially with commercial vehicles, and that is why we are starting with the sensitisation with them, first,” Dahunsi added.
While appealing to commercial drivers to obtain the device from accredited vendors, Dahunsi warned that offenders would not be spared when the enforcement eventually began.
He, however, noted that there were categories of speed limits for categories of vehicles and after reaching the prescribed speed, vehicles that have the device will not respond to further acceleration.