The Federal Road Safety Corps
(FRSC) has given the condition under which drivers can make use of Google map.
Boboye Oyeyemi, FRSC corps
marshal, gave the condition at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday.
He said the only condition road
users could use Google map is with the aid of car-holding phone devices, adding
that anyone caught holding their phone while using the map will be arrested and
prosecuted.
“The use of google map while
driving is allowed, but hand-held driving and usage are offences associated
with driving and anyone caught would face the law squarely,” Oyeyemi said.
“If you must use Google map while
driving, you must get the car-holding phone devices which is both for your
safety and for better usage of the device and the application.”
Oyeyemi also said the
organisation would work with the Nigeria police force to ensure those abusing
sirens and convoy are prosecuted accordingly, and their vehicles impounded.
He said most abusers of convoys
and sirens are not government officials, but mainly private individuals who are
unauthorised to use them.
“We have seen a lot of people
abusing the use of convoys and we have taken it up to the appropriate
authority. This year, we would take more drastic action,” he said.
“Abuse of convoys and sirens are
an abuse of freedom of movement and intimidation to road users and citizens across
the country and this act must stop.”
The corps marshal added that at
least 690 offenders were prosecuted while 629 others were convicted by the FRSC
mobile court during the end of the year patrol.
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