Passengers must fill manifest form before commercial transporters drive out of motor parks, the Ikeja Unit Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps, Emma Fekoya, has said.
She said filling of the form must be a mandatory exercise by passengers on each vehicle, saying it enables easy trace of the passengers address in case of an accident.
She spoke at Eid-Kabir celebration and pre-ember month safety campaign at interstate commercial transport motor park at Iyana-Ipaja, Lagos.
Mrs Fekoya said all commercial vehicle owners and drivers are expected to ensure filling of the passengers manifest as other component parts in their vehicle.
She appealed to drivers to avoid night journey, saying crashes in the night are always fatal while casuality are higher than the day due to lack of quick response of traffic agencies.
The FRSC chief said the exercise was organised in accordance to the Corps mandate of improving public education to stem the high level of accidents.
She said the Command has been organising such campaign/rally in the motor parks across its jurisdiction. She noted that the Command has also organised capacity building workshop for its Special Marshals, titled: “Aspects of road safety” to train both Regular and Special Marshals with the Corps strategy that would reduce traffic crashes during the ember months.
The officers, she said were trained on enforcement of road signs/markings, speed limiter violation, drug abuse, tyres violation, lane indiscipline, overloading, excess speeding and role of technology in road safety.
She said the Road Safety officers would disguise, entering commercial bus unlike other normal passengers but inspect the vehicle’s component and also monitor the drivers’ behaviour while on the road.
