DRTS prosecute 70 rickety vehicles, 120 tricycles owners for traffic violations

By Stanley Onyekwere

The FCTA Directorate of Road Transport Service (DRTS) dragged owners of 70 rickey vehicles and 120 tricycles before a mobile court for alleged traffic violations in Abuja
It was gathered that most of the vehicles were impounded from January to June for various traffic offences did not get back on the road because of the nature of the rot.
DRTS Director, Dr Abdulateef Bello, who made the disclosure recently, said:“We have the mobile court in session to try some of the drivers of rickety vehicles that have committed a number of traffic violations in June.
“We have well over 70 rickety vehicles brought before the mobile court today and over 120 tricycles that have committed violations against their approved routes in the FCT.
“This we will continue to do until we get every motor vehicle and every operator to abide by FCT traffic rules and regulations.
“If found guilty the motorists will be fined. The idea is to use court to deter and to regulate.”
He continued: “The motorists and tricyclists will be fined and they will be warned, but if a driver is a serial offender, we will look at other stiffer punishments aside from the fine.
“If the motorists don’t learn to obey our traffic rules, we will continue to impound, arrest and be made to face the mobile court.
“This is in continuation of our routine enforcement to rid the FCT of rickety vehicles and to equally get other traffic violators punished.”
Also, Head of Operations, Mrs Deborah Osho, noted that the some of the impounded vehicles beside being rickety, do not have windscreen, and trafficator, while others to not have window screen among other things.