Federal Road Safety Commission, has restated the corps’ commitment toward ensuring safer roads ahead of the ember months.

According to the commission, the ember months include September, October, November and December and they were characterised by increased vehicular movements due to associated activities before, during and after the yuletide.

Corps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi, gave the assurance at a Strategy Session for the 12 Zonal Commanding Officers and 37 Sector Commanders in Abuja, saying the senior officers meet annually in August to agree on the focus for ember months and end of year patrol.

Oyeyemi said with road crashes recorded around construction sites, more road safety assessment would be carried out to stem the tide, saying they need to carry out more road safety audit to ensure appropriate markings and signs, auto reflective and retro-reflective were deployed to roads.

He said this was because if the crashes were occurring around construction sites, then something needs to be done, saying the corps would ensure enforcement of speed limiting device for all commercial vehicles.

On number plates’ enforcement for motorcycle and tricycle riders, Oyeyemi said modalities were on ground to ensure compliance by Oct. 2, 2019, “We are fully on course; we have seen an increase already in the number of motorcycle riders processing their class A Drivers Licence.

“We have also been bombarded by states now with requests for more number plates for motorcycles.

“There is an increase now in the number of motorcycles and tricycles having number plates,’’ Oyeyemi said.

The Corps Marshal explained that from inception, it was an act of lawlessness to put a motorcycle or tricycle on the highway without being registered, saying it was road tax evasion.

“Ideally, we ought not to have served any notice for enforcement; we are supposed to go on full blast arrest.

“But again, looking at the present socio-economic and security situations in the country, we need to really reawaken the need for the road users to do what is expected.

“That is why we worked with the joint tax board to give a deadline.’’

He lauded the Department for State Services in its effort at assisting FRSC in the issues of drivers licence, investigation of driving schools and in giving maximum support in field commands.