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Psychiatric test for traffic law offenders begin July 1 – FRSC

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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said that it will resume enforcement of psychiatric tests on traffic law offenders in the country with effect from  July 1 . According to Bisi Kazeem, FRSC 's Corps Public Education Officer,  in a press release in Abuja today , Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, stated this at the opening of a five-day training programme for 22 FRSC officials on traffic safety for non-motorised transportation (NMT) in Abuja  on Monday . Oyeyemi said the test would focus on four areas of violations namely, use of phone while driving, traffic light and route violations as well as dangerous driving.   The move, according to him, is necessitated by continued violations in the identified four areas despite efforts by the Corps to change the behaviour of motorists through education and enforcement.    ``We are worried about the continuous use of phone while driving, traffic light violations, route violations and dangerous driving. ``I ...