Federal Road Safety Commission,FRSC, has concluded plans to commence enforcement of speed-limiting devices in commercial vehicles, including articulated trucks and lorries.

Its Corps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi, said a recent decision by the House of Representatives to lift a moratorium on the enforcement of the speed-limiting devices also helped the commission in its decision.

The House had in June gave the FRSC the green light to commence enforcement of the devices in vehicles, also urged the FRSC to explore other speed-limiting technologies with a view to adopting them.

Oyeyemi made the announcement, following the submission of the committee’s report and its debate at the plenary of the house, the recommendation for the lifting of the suspension order was adopted and the house has accordingly lifted the suspension order on the enforcement of the device.

According to him, consequently, the corps is coming up with a new date for the commencement of the enforcement on the compulsory use of the device as soon as consultation with relevant stakeholders is completed.

Oyeyemi said adherence to the use of speed-limiting devices would help reduce crashes on Nigeria roads, saying the measure had yielded significant positive results in countries where it had been adopted in recent years.

He said the agency was still working out the frameworks on the implementation of the devices on other passenger vehicles.