The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has warned motorists against using 18-seater buses for long-distance travel as they were not designed for such.
The Corps Marshal, Dauda Biu, said this on Friday at a news conference in Abuja.
He noted that most traffic accidents recorded in the country involved 18-seater buses.
According to him, the 18-seater buses were designed for short-distance travel.
Biu also said there was an alarming rate of crashes and fatalities from accidents that occurred as a result of night journeys and excessive speed in the country.
“A lot of crashes we have recorded involved 18-seater buses and the crashes also occurred at night. This is devastating and worrisome.
“To this end, great emphasis must be made to discourage the use of 18 seater buses registered under intra-state mass transit, for inter-state long journeys.
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“A practice that contradicts the use of high capacity luxury buses specifically designed for such purposes,” he said.
Biu also said that the corps had put in measures to ensure a drastic decline in road traffic crashes by up-scaling and improving the quality of its public education and enforcement campaigns.
