The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has concluded processes towards the full implementation of three number plates for articulated vehicles.
The step is part of efforts geared towards enhancing national security and promoting ease of vehicle identification, and robust data management.
According to the Corps’ Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, it is statutory for articulated vehicles to have three number plates which are to be visibly placed at the front of the tractor, at the back of the tractor and the third number plate, placed at the back of the trailer or tanker.
Giving the main reasons for the implementation of the three number plates for articulated vehicles, Kazeem stated that it was to boost existing data on articulated vehicles, promote national security, enhance ease of identification and advance the objectives of the National Vehicle Identification Scheme, NVIS.
He said it was important to note that the three number plates were essentially designed for designated vehicles alone.
He stressed that vehicles other than articulated would only have two number plates placed at the front and rear of the vehicles for ease of identification.
The Corps Public Education Officer quoted the Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, as saying that the Corps was working endlessly to ensure that all articulated vehicles were captured in the NVIS portal to boost the information base and also make identification of such vehicles very easy for intelligence gathering and security of road users.
Kazeem called on the motoring public to always tune into the National Traffic Radio 107.1FM to report any articulated vehicle sighted without the required three number plates, obstruction or any emergency noticed on the road for immediate action.
The station, he said, could also be reached through its social media handles: Whatsapp – 08052997848, Facebook – TRAFFICRADIO 1, Twitter – @TRAFFICRADIO 1, INSTAGRAM TRAFFICRADIO 1.
He also made available so numbers: GLO 08052998090, MTN 09067000015, and SMS on GLO 08052998012 and the FRSC toll free emergency line 122.
