The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Oyo State has commenced Operation Scorpion II targeted at trucks with unlatched containers.
Addressing newsmen on Monday on the Lagos-Ibadan express way during the exercise, the FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Chukwurah Uche, said the operation would end on August 16.
According to her, the exercise is aimed at ensuring that all trucks carrying containers were latched as unlatched trucks were causing accidents on the road.
Uche noted that any unlatched truck would be impounded and the driver fined N50,000.
Her words: “This Operation Scorpion II is about enforcing the law that says all trucks carrying containers are latched before plying the road.
“We are all aware of what happened on July 26 in Lagos where a young lady lost her life as a result of unlatched container falling on a vehicle from a truck.
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“So any unlatched vehicle arrested will be booked for dangerous driving and fined N50,000.
“We are also going to be looking out for their driver’s license, expired tyre and wrongful overtaking.”
She further stressed that the corps would not ignore other offences that could cause accidents on the road.
The sector commander said that the exercise would be conducted in the morning and evening while a mobile court would sit on Wednesday and Friday to try offenders.
She called on owners of trucks carrying containers to ensure that their vehicles were properly latched from the point of leaving.
