A couple of weeks ago, I did a piece captioned, RED LIGHT RUNNER. In that piece I sought to know the red-light runners. The big boys who run red lights in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. In Lagos. Port Harcourt and other cities. The convoy drivers who delight in doing the same. I am talking about the drivers who boast about the efficacy of the blood of Jesus in the event of a collision. I mean those who plead the blood after disregarding the law of the land because they have arrived.
Those, who while heading for the house of prayer have no regard for the law of the land. Those above the law. The untouchables. The movers and shakers of Nigerian society. The immune drivers whose lives are indeed beyond destruction. Who decorate their steering wheel with special feathers for protection against death in the event of a fatal collision. The ones beyond destruction.
I am talking about drivers who do not care about the number of fatal collisions at traffic junctions in major cities. The number of Injuries? Or economic losses due to damaged traffic lights or the economic cost to the government, as well as individuals?
Today’s piece is for them. We may not have the appropriate closed-circuit television (CCTV) and other urban surveillance technology to curtail their suicidal driving but kudos to the Nigeria Senate which recently passed the Federal Road Safety Corps Amendment Bill awaiting President Bola Tinubu assent. I don’t know if you are aware. I don’t even know if you have taken the pain to browse through this game changing Bill which holds a lot of promises for road safety in Nigeria.
