Federal Road Safety Corps has commenced operation “Show Your Licence’’ across Lagos state to arrest drivers without valid licence and curb road crashes.

The Lagos State Sector Command, this week, inaugurated operation ‘Show your License’ campaign across the state to arrest motorists who had no valid driving license.

According to the command, the operation was part of the ember month programmes to sensitise drivers on the need to possess valid licences before driving.

Its Sector commander, Hyginus Omeje said the command recorded fifty-seven road crashes in the third quarter of twenty-seventeen, saying the development showed a decrease of forty-six point two per cent, compared to the same period last year.

According to Omeje, there are fifty-five thousand eight hundred and two unclaimed licences in the sector command due to the failure of many drivers to claim such documents.

Omeje said enforcement of speed limiters had brought tremendous reduction in road accident across the state, saying all commercial fleet operators must install the speed limit device in their vehicles, as compliance level had reached thirty-three point one per cent in the state.

He said personnel of the command, on patrol, stopped six thousand and seven vehicles in the last three months, saying out of the number, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-three vehicles had had the device installed.

According to him, four thousand and fourteen vehicles without the device and others motorists were booked, while another one hundred and ninety-two motorists were cautioned and seven motorists were charged to court for allegedly failing to install speed limiter.

He also said there was plan to equip all the patrol vehicles in the state with breathalyzers to detect motorists, especially the commercial ones driving under the influence of alcohol.