The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and
Enforcement Corps (TRACE), says it has commenced operation “SAFE AND
RESPONSIBLE DRIVING…… A MUST”, throughout the state with the deployment of 350
operatives, 23 patrol vehicles and 20 tow trucks through the Hired Tow
Operators (HTO), for the festive period.
Spokesman of the Corps, Babatunde
Akinbiyi, said according to a statement by the TRACE Corps Commander/Chief
Executive, ‘Seni Ogunyemi, the operation which commenced on Monday, 18th
December, 2017, would last through Monday, 8th January, 2018.
He added that the TRACE boss said
the special operation would also involve all motorist and other road users
through its TRACE Traffic Whistle Blower Initiative, TRACE Emergency Traffic
Service (TETS), as well as, its Community Based Traffic Management Scheme, as
safety on the road is a collective responsibility.
Ogunyemi said: “Christmas and New
Year celebrations comes with attendant traffic challenges as a result of
increased human and vehicular movement, over speeding, drunk driving and other
overbearing attitude of motorists, hence, the need for a corresponding increase
in road traffic policing to ensure safety of the motoring public”.
The Corp Commander urged all TRACE
operatives to be civil, humane and exhibit a high level of professionalism,
while he admonished the motoring public to cooperate with the Corps to ensure a
crash free celebration, noting that any vehicle contravened for any traffic
infraction(s) during the celebrations would not be released until Monday, 8th
January, 2018, when the Corps Special Operation would have ended, after the
Yuletide season.
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