In the last two months, according to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Badagry Unit Command, no fewer than 40 cars were stopped and impounded for failing to employ speed-limiting devices on the Agbara Badagry Motorway.
The Unit Commander, Mr. Williams Manga, revealed this information during an interview on Wednesday in Lagos.
He said that before their cars were restored to them, the drivers of the seized vehicles were fined and had to install the device.
According to Manga, one of the steps the corps is doing to decrease accidents on the motorway is to enforce the usage of speed limiters.
“We stopped 40 vehicles between June and July, and before turning the cars over to the owners, we urged them to install limiters. One of the steps we are doing to reduce the number of accidents on the Lagos-Badagry Motorway, particularly between the Age-Mowo and Mowo length of the road, is to enforce the usage of speed limiters.
He stated, “Our personnel work on the motorway from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily to carry out enforcement and to make sure road crashes are reduced to a minimal level.”
Manga warned drivers against going over the posted speed limit, especially those operating commercial buses, citing it as one of the main reasons for accidents on the motorway.
Additionally, he advised drivers to constantly warn passengers of high speed when on the motorway, claiming that doing so would lower the likelihood of accidents.
The unit commander forbade nighttime driving, stating that it was dangerous.
“Some drivers don’t know how to drive at night. This route is narrow, so turning on all of your lights might interfere with oncoming traffic and cause an accident.
“The contractor handling the project just constructed one lane and left the other undone, so vehicles coming to Lagos and those going to Badagry use just one lane and this has resulted in many accidents along the Agbara Badagry motorway,” he claimed.
The unit commander said that the corps has been teaching commercial bus drivers and transportation unions proper motorway driving practises.
“We have a meeting with NURTW leaders and members in Seme border, whose cars usually use the motorway, to discuss safe driving.
We usually advise cars to slow down in the Age-Mowo area since accidents frequently occur there.
We meet with other stakeholders as well, and we always recommend that they utilise their speed limits.Our staff members go to parks and garages every morning before six in order to do what we refer to as “Early Morning Cry.”
We get passengers and drivers together and educate them about the hazards of overloading, speeding, and the value of speed restriction systems in their cars.He stated, “We are checking crashes on that motorway with all of these.
Since the expressway’s development began in 2020, NAN says that a number of deadly incidents have occurred on its Age-Mowo section.
On March 9, 2022, a deadly accident along the Age-Mowo section of the motorway left five persons completely burned beyond recognition and three others wounded.
Also, Two members of the same family died from burn injuries in the same area of the motorway on June 17, 2022.
On 9 July of this year, a car accident at the same Age-Mowo section of the motorway claimed the lives of 15 people, including a four-month-old infant, who were heading to the Republic of Benin on a commercial bus with the registration number MUS 411 XU carrying 19 passengers.