No supernatural manipulations behind road crashes – FRCN

No supernatural manipulations behind
road crashes – FRCN
on october 28, 2013 at 2:11 pm in news
Ibadan - Mr Godwin Ogagaoghene, the Oyo State
Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety
Commission (FRSC), has urged Nigerians to stop
attributing road traffic accidents to evil spirits.
Ogagaoghene said this on Monday in Ibadan while
speaking in Ibadan.
“There are no extraterrestrial or supernatural
manipulations behind road crashes; rather, crashes
are mainly caused by human error and other
factors like poor infrastructure.
“While this notion is usually heightened during the
ember months, we should realise that crashes are
more during this period  because of the high volume
of vehicular movement.
“We are in the second of the four months of the
ember months and we have so far recorded 49
crashes resulting in 41 deaths with 262 crashes.
“These accidents are not the making of any spirit
being, but prominently caused by human factors,”
he said.
He identified over-speeding as a major human
factor responsible for accidents.
“Most drivers move at an average speed of 130km/
hour, thus making it difficult to manoeuvre the
vehicle in the event of any emergency.
“Speed thrills, but speed kills,” he said.
Other causes of accidents, he said, were the use of
cell phones while driving, dangerous overtaking,
disobedience of  traffic rules and regulations as well
as  lack of consideration for other road users. (NAN)