The Itori Unit Command of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, has advised motorists to always use their seatbelts in order to reduce fatalities rate in case of road crashes.
The Unit Commander, Mr Shamaki Yerima, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Ota, Ogun.
Yerima stressed the need for motorists to always use their seatbelts because their lives matter as they also contributed to the national economy.
He noted that the level of fatalities are always lower in road crashes when motorists used seatbelts than the ones without the use of seatbelt.
“There is high tendency that people will be thrown out of the vehicle when accident happened due to the pressure, this resulted to fatalities and death sometimes.” he said.
The unit Commander said that most of the road crashes were avoidable if only motorists would adhere strictly to traffic regulations.
He noted that human nature has the tendency of flouting traffic regulations, adding that motorists need to change their behaviours when on the road.
Yerima also appealed to motorists to always obey traffic rules and regulations so as to stem road crashes in the state.
He, however, enjoined drivers to always ensure that they and passenger in front seat use their seatbelts to avoid being arrested by the FRSC. (NAN).
Crashes: FRSC advises motorists on the use of seatbelts against fatalities.
