RAYMOND OZOJI reports
The Chairman of Onitsha zone tipper drivers association in Anambra State, comrade Chukwuebuka Unekwe, has said that tipper drivers and owners are helping the Anambra State Road Traffic Management Agency (ARTMA) to track down a reckless tipper driver who climbed the median on Building Materials-Nkpor dual carriageway near Onitsha.
Unekwe who spoke to this journalist exclusively on the said development, noted that such recklessness and rascality would not be tolerated amongst their members because such action, according to him, was traffic violation and could be catastrophic and fatal.
He said they were currently trailing and tracking the offending driver in order to identify him and hand him over to ARTMA for appropriate disciplinary actions to be taken on him because his action, according to him, was not only detrimental to other road users but also destructive to public infrastructure, stressing that tipper drivers in the state support the good works of Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo and would not rubbish his efforts with any form of reckless driving.
Meanwhile Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Anambra State Road Traffic Management Agency (ARTMA) Engr. Okonkwo Emeka Konti, said in a statement that it is unfortunate that some tipper truck drivers have become among the worst traffic offenders on Anambra roads.
He expressed concerns that many routinely drive across medians and through drainage channels to move from one carriageway to another thereby endangering lives while causing extensive damage to public infrastructure.
According to him, ARTMA will no longer tolerate these reckless acts and that offenders would be tracked, arrested, and prosecuted until strict compliance with traffic regulations is achieved.
He said, " During our routine monitoring patrol, ARTMA officers captured a tipper truck driving against the flow of traffic and crossing through the drainage channel around the Building Materials–Nkpor Flyover axis to access the opposite carriageway. This dangerous and unlawful behaviour puts innocent road users at serious risk and destroys public assets funded by taxpayers.
The Agency is currently deploying all available intelligence and database resources to identify and apprehend the driver and vehicle involved."
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