By Yusuf Boluwatife
The Federal Road Safety Corps has said it is an offence to make or receive phone calls while driving.
The FRSC stated that irrespective of the electronic gadgets (earpiece, airpods, bluetooth, etc.) used in receiving/making calls, defaulters are liable to a jail term of six months.
This was made known by the FRSC Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, in an interview with The PUNCH.
Buttressing his point with the National Road Traffic Regulation 2012, Kazeem was quoted as saying, “It is illegal, driving entails 100 percent concentration, so you can not be distracted. It is in the regulation.”
“It is clear from the Regulations of Reg 166(1) that it is illegal to receive phone calls using earphone, earpods, whatever means,” he said.
He added, “It is also clear that phone call is not restricted to telephone conversations between two or more people.
“Anything that will distract you while driving must be avoided. When we do public enlightenment, we even discourage drivers talking to passengers which could cause distraction.”
