The Federal Road Safety
Corps has warned that dropping of waste from a moving vehicle is now going to
attract a fine of N5k.
The FRSC said throwing of
any kind of waste outside windows while commuting is extremely dangerous and
could result in an accident.
Chinedu Okafor, an
assistant Patrol Commander, urged drivers to educate their passengers and
provide waste bins to prevent such going forward.
“Dropping off things from a
moving vehicle is wrong. It is an offence known as “Failure to cover unstable
materials’’, and it attracts N5,000 fine,” he warned.
He spoke against the
backdrop of a quarrel between a commercial bus driver and himself, after his
vehicle was affected when a passenger threw out a nylon bag containing the
waste of what she had consumed.
The bag fell on his
windscreen and it almost caused an accident. Okafor, who struggled to control
his car when the object hit his windshield, said he was sad about the
development and advised people to stop the habit.
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