FRSC Begins Arrest Of Motorcyclists Without Helmets
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ondo State Sector Command, has reiterated its commitment to arrest any motorcyclist riding on highways in the state without a crash helmet.
The State Sector Commander, Dr. Samuel Ibitoye, gave the warning while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Akure, the state capital.
Ibitoye said the corps had redoubled its efforts to arrest, impound, and prosecute any motorcyclist riding on highways without a helmet.
He stressed that most crashes involving motorcycles without helmets usually resulted in fatalities, with victims sustaining broken skulls, limbs, and thighs.
“It is good for motorcycle riders to avoid highways completely, but when they find themselves there, they should use crash helmets and not engage in competition with the vehicles, especially heavy vehicles.
“Don’t claim any rights on the way as an exposed road user, please let the vehicle go and have your own life intact,” he said.
The FRSC commander explained that there is a sanction for any motorcyclist riding on highways without a helmet.
He noted that while the motorcycle would be impounded and a fine paid, the main message from the corps was the need for safety first.
“The motorcycle will be impounded and a fine paid, but that is not the major thing we are preaching. We are preaching the use of the helmet and safety first,” Ibitoye said.
He also called on traditionalists, religious leaders, and title-holders who ride motorcycles without helmets to desist from the practice for their own safety.
“Do not say because you are a titleholder or a religious person, that it is only your turban or cap you must wear.
“No. If you want to entertain your titles, don’t go and ride. Please think of your own safety rather than the title you are talking about,” he cautioned.
Ibitoye emphasised that accidents do not discriminate on the basis of religion, tradition, or titles.
“Crashes do not know religion, it doesn’t know tradition, it doesn’t know titles, and when it happens, it takes you as a human and your body goes for it as a motorcycle rider,” he warned.
The FRSC boss further advised, “So, if you must ride, wear your crash helmet and if you don’t want to wear a helmet, please go and board a vehicle or car. Don’t get yourself killed unexpectedly.”
Ibitoye assured that the command would sustain its enforcement drive to curb motorcycle-related fatalities across Ondo State.
FRSC Begins Arrest Of Motorcyclists Without Helmets is first published on The Whistler Newspaper
