The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has declared that it will clampdown on alcohol sellers at motor parks to reduce drunk driving by commercial drivers.
Mr Olusegun Aladenika, the Ore Unit Commander of the Corps, told journalists on Wednesday in Ore, Ondo State, that the measure was to save more lives and property on the highways.
Aladenika appealed to the Chairmen of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) to help wage war against alcohol sellers at their motor parks in order to check the excesses of drunk-driving drivers.
According to him, the FRSC on several occasions had sensitised motorists on need to realise the implications of driving under the influence of alcohol, which is responsible for several crashes on the highways.
The FRSC Unit Commander noted that though the alcohol sellers are not found in all motor parks, some of them are still in other parks.
He maintained that he presence of these alcohol sellers attracts drivers and after taking some shots they become dangerous in driving which later results to crashes, loss of lives and property.
Oladenikan appealed to the NURTW chairmen in all parks to do the needful and send away all alcohol sellers in their parks before they begin to enforce the clampdown.
He also warned drivers who engaged in drunk driving to desist saying that the FRSC would not spare any erring drivers.
He added that obedience to traffic rules and regulations as well as the safety of lives and property would remain the corps utmost priority.
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