The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) will engage in massive stakeholders’ advocacy and sensitization on `slow down speed’ in the forthcoming `ember’ months to reduce crashes in Enugu State.

The Sector Commander, FRSC Enugu State Command, Mr. Joseph Udoabba, made this known to Newsmen in Enugu on Monday while speaking on plans for the `ember’ months.

The `ember months are the last four months of the year when there is usually a heightened level of vehicular movement conveying goods and humans.

Udoabba said that the command had concluded modalities to take elaborate sensitization to all motor parks, drivers’ and mechanic unions meetings on ‘slow down speed’ levels.

He said that the command would also visit commercial, government, and private corporate organizations’ fleet operators to sensitize them as well.

According to him, we will take the advocacy to worship places and organized social gatherings to actualize the mandate of ‘minimal speed and minimal crash levels’ within Enugu State.

“The command is already training all its personnel to get ready to be educators and enlightenment officers as we are going to take the gospel of road safety to every stakeholder we know.

“Our flyers and handbills will be handy to go on the mission; as it will involve all staff and myself leading at the forefront of it all,” the sector commander said.

He said that the sensitization would help to ensure that motorists drove at the minimized speed level of 30 km/h (20mph) speed limit within inner cities/streets and human/traffic built-up areas of major road corridors.

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Udoabba noted that the sensitization would address other negative road habits such as under-aged driving, using a phone while driving, driving under influence of alcohol, using worn-out tires, dysfunctional lighting and brake systems, amongst others.

“We will hammer on the need to install speed limiting devices in commercial vehicles.

“To ensure that motorists are within the acceptable speed limit as well as reinvigorate our safety clubs in primary and secondary schools,” he said.