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Edge’s Prospective: Drive with Earphones or AirPods And Risk Six Months In Jail – FRSC Nigeria...

The Federal Road Safety Corps of Nigeria has said that drivers who receive or make telephone calls while driving, regardless of any wireless gadget (AirPods or earpiece), used for such communication stand a risk of bagging a six-month jail term.


Edge’s Prospective:

Quick question to our wonderful readers, is Nigeria retrogressing or is just us here @edge that completely clueless. How can FRSC in all its wisdom the drivers they are risking jail time if the use earphones or AirPods.. have the FRSC gone mad or is it a bunch illiterates making this laws, how can you jail drivers for trying to be safe, earphones and AirPods are minimal distractions….Who can you jail someone for doing the right thing. 


Please stop making laws that makes no sense, the government needs to intervene in such ridiculous laws and put a stop to it. its not every one in Nigeria can afford a driver.. Laws are made to help alleviate suffering of                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               the masses not to put them in bondage. The internationally accepted mode of answering a phone call:


United Kingdom: It’s illegal to hold a phone or sat nav while driving or riding a motorcycle. You must have hands-free access, such as:

  • a bluetooth headset
  • voice command
  • a dashboard holder or mat
  • a windscreen mount
  • a built-in sat nav

FRSC Continues: …..

FRSC Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, disclosed this in an interview with Punch. Kazeem said driving requires total concentration and road users should not take any risk on their lives. He said it is illegal to make calls or receive same while driving, according to the National Road Traffic Regulations, 2012.


“It is illegal. Driving entails 100 per cent concentration so you cannot be distracted. It is there in the regulation. It is clear from the provisions of Reg 166 (1) that it is illegal to make phone call using EarPods earphone or whatever means.


It is also clear that phone call is not restricted to telephone conversation 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.


The law may not make it an offence but at the same time, it can distract you, even changing your cassette (while driving) can distract you and result to accident. “He said


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