FCT VIO to stiffen penalties for traffic offenders in new law: Director
The Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS), on Sunday, said the review of FCT Road Transport Regulations of 2005 is ongoing to accommodate the present-day road realities.
Director of DRTS, Wadata Bodinga, in an interview on Sunday, said the review includes the imposition of stiffer penalties for one-way drivers, cutting of lane drivers, intentional road blockage, operations of motorcycles in the FCT, and traffic lights violation.
Mr Bodinga said the review also includes the regulations of dispatch riders and restrictions of commercial tricycle operators within the city centre.
“The Abuja Public Transport Management Scheme is also included in the new regulations, which will soon come into force,” he said.
He stated that 1,678 persons were prosecuted for various road traffic offences in the territory in 2021.
The director further stated that to enforce compliance with the ban on commercial motorcycles within the FCT and its environs, the ministerial task force, which included DRTS men, impounded 1,893 commercial motorcycles in 2021.
He said that the team also impounded 529 unpainted commercial vehicles, 514 commercial tricycles, 368 persons for traffic light violation and 421 for illegal parking.
(NAN)
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