The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said that motorists found driving and making calls with earphones or any other gadgets risk six months in jail.
The Corps affirmed that it is illegal to receive or make telephone calls while driving, regardless of any wireless gadget used for such communication.
This made known by FRSC Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, in an interview this weekend, stressing that driving requires total concentration by road users, especially drivers.
He said it is illegal to make calls or receive same while driving, according to the National Road Traffic Regulations, 2012.
Kazeem said, “It is illegal. Driving entails 100 per cent concentration so you cannot be distracted. It is there in the regulation.
“It is clear from the provisions of Reg 166 (1) that it is illegal to make phone call using EarPods earphone or whatever means.
“It is also clear that phone call is not restricted to telephone conversation between two or more people.
“Anything that will distract you while driving must be avoided. When we do public enlightenment, we even discourage drivers talking to passengers which could cause distraction.
“The law may not make it an offence but at the same time, it can distract you, even changing your cassette (while driving) can distract you and result to accident.”
