Truck Accidents : LASG To Implement Logistic Routes For Trucks, Articulated Vehicles

Frequent truck accidents : LASG considers the implementation of logistic routes for trucks and articulated vehicles.

Says restricting the movement of articulated vehicles to designated routes will reduce truck accidents in Lagos.

Plans to review the Minimum Safety Standard Procedure for trucks and articulated vehicles being implemented by NPA.

The Lagos State Government says it is contemplating on implementing logistic routes for trucks and articulated vehicles as specified in the State Transport Master plan, following the recurring fatal truck accidents happening within the State.

The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde made this known at a stakeholders’ meeting on Thursday at Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, Alausa Ikeja, adding that the move will reduce frequent truck accidents in the State.

Oladeinde stressed that a combination of different policies, including erecting truck barriers, compliance with minimum safety standard, and restricting the movement of articulated vehicles to designated routes will go a long way in curbing truck accidents in Lagos.

Also speaking, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transportation Engr. Abdulhafiz Toriola, explained that the proposed logistic routes for trucks and articulated vehicles will checkmate the operations and activities of trucks plying the State roads.

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Toriola also disclosed that the Ministry is reviewing the Minimum Safety Standard Procedure for trucks and articulated vehicles being implemented by the Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) with a view to modifying it by including the Vehicle Inspection Service (VIS) and Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) officials in the inspection process.

Toriola also expressed the State Government’s willingness to collaborate with relevant truck operators to ensure that drivers manning the steering of trucks are well-trained and only qualified drivers are allowed to drive the trucks/articulated vehicles within the State.

Present at the meeting were representatives from the Nigerian Port Authority (NPA), Depot and Petroleum Product Marketers Association ( DAPPMAN), Council Of Maritime Transport Unions and Associations (COMTUA), Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN).

Also present at the meeting were representatives from the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO), Association of Maritime Truck Owners (AMATO), National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Amalgamation of Truck Owners Association of Nigeria (ACTOAN), representatives of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) as well as Vehicle Inspection Services (VIS).

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