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Sector commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), in Kwara state, Jonathan Owoade, Monday said the commission had in the last two months of September and October recorded an average of about 96 deaths from 72 road accidents.
He identified impatience, wrongful overtaking, night driving, use of phones while driving and over speeding as causes of major accidents on Kwara roads.
The sector commander spoke with journalists in Ilorin on the sideline of events commemorating road traffic crash victims’ day,.
The FRSC boss said Nigerians comply and obey traffic rules and regulations outside the country, but lamented that they exhibit different attitudes in the Nigeria.
“Crashes do not happen on their own, they are caused by our wrong attitude and wrong perception among drivers most of the time. People should give right of way, even when another driver has taken wrong way. Two wrongs don’t make a right. Most people who claim right are in grave yards.
“However, the enforcement of right attitude is made difficult by some offenders who say I have a super brother. I’m connected. That attitude informed wrong attitude to traffic rules among some drivers in the country. If people are made to face wrath of the law, the incidents would be reduced, like when you arrest some offenders, you will then be receiving calls from high places and prominent personalities seeking assistance. That is not encouraging,” he said.
