5 things you should expect with the speed limit device implementation
The speed limit device is a welcome development and may be a little overdue, it’s here and here to stay.
Here are five things you should expect at the beginning of the speed limit device implementation.
1. Accidents may reduce. All the “danfo” buses in Lagos that think they are rockets, as well as the “Micra” of Ibadan that are always in a hurry fitting into the smallest space on the road, this should halt their tyres. Wonder how the “okadas” will cope?
2. Scarcity of commercial vehicles for a couple of days. Not everyone of these people can afford N36,000, so some will lay low for a while and see if FRSC or the Police will make an example of anyone without the speed limit device.
3. The market sellers have an excuse to raise the price of their stock. These people are opportunist and they will always roll with the latest problems.
4. Watch fares of public transportation skyrocket. These NURTW people know how to pay the government back in their coin. “It is the people that will suffer for it, by the time I pay through my nose for this device, please tell me how I will eat,” Idris, a member of NURTW in Berger area of Lagos said. The fares will definitely increase.
5. Ultimately, the FRSC, after this little experiment with commercial vehicles, will pounce on private vehicles.
Brace yourselves and prepare for this coming glitch in transportation. It will only be for a while.
