The picture painted with respect to speed related crashes are not peculiar to Nigeria but cuts across the globe. This was why I reminded road users of the
provisions of the National Road Traffic Regulations, 2012 which specifies the speed limits on various roads as well as speed limit of various categories of vehicles. For reminders, the Regulations provides that the maximum speed in Nigeria is 100km/h. The same Regulations stipulates that 100km/h is the maximum speed for cars on the express while the limit for taxis and buses is 90km/h. The speed limit for articulated vehicles is 60km/h.
The absence of appropriate road furniture was my concern when I wrote on a piece I titled, Naked Roads. In fact, a good friend who heard me on air could not stop laughing when I drew a correlation between roads without appropriate road furniture and a lady without her makeup. This is why the global clamour is to rejig the speed factor and tilt the trend of road traffic crashes and deaths in keeping with the United Nations Decade of Action which seeks to cut down road fatalities by 50percent.
So where exactly are we right now. First like I mentioned earlier, this position as been adopted for implementation. Secondly, I believe the low hanging fruit should be in raising massive awareness by all the necessary actors with FRSC playing the lead to get the buy-in of the populace.
In the United Kingdom, series of average and spot speed cameras have been installed on a network of 20mph roads in place such as Plymouth to enable crack down on speak freaks. This strategy of choosing camera solution addresses the concern of residents against speed humps on the narrow streets. According to experts, unlike speed humps ,the cameras are better for the environment because they reduce the number of vehicles slowing down and then speeding up, keeping drivers at a uniform speed.
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