Today is Valentine’s day set aside to celebrate love, exchange gifts, in memory of Saint Valentine who exemplified love while he lived. To this end, motorists and other road users should desist from indulging in drunk driving, excessive speed, and reckless driving.

The warning is coming from the Federal Road Safety Corps, owing to the need to ensure a safe and crash free celebration, and a way to mitigate all incidences of road traffic crashes during the time.

To this end, Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, had directed Commanding Officers across board to double their efforts by ensuring massive deployment of Officers and Men.

This, he said, was for enhanced visibility, adequate traffic control, and maximum enforcement of all Covid-19 protocols amongst motorists.

According to him, all patrol operatives have been directed to go along with breathalysers, and radar guns.

“This is to ensure that suspected drunk drivers are tested and stopped from continuing their trips so as to avoid unnecessary deaths, injuries and damage to properties, ” he said.

Oyeyemi says the Valentine celebration was a day set aside all over the world to celebrate love, exchange gifts, and show that we care for one another, in memory of Saint Valentine who exemplified love while he lived.

” As such, motorists, who wish to celebrate must be exemplary by complying with all road traffic regulations, because the Corps will not spare any driver caught violating established laws, ” he said.

He urged motorists to leverage on the 122 toll free line of the FRSC to call for emergency intervention in case of any crash, obstruction or when any drunk driving was sighted, for appropriate actions.

He, however, reminded all celebrators to be in strict compliance with all COVID-19 protocols, including use of facemask and observing physical distancing in the vehicle.

He called on all road users to respect operatives deployed to ensure the safety of lives and properties because their presence on the road was for the good of all.