The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it will begin conduct of compulsory eye test for drivers to ascertain quality of vision to reduce Road Traffic Crashes (RTC) in 2020. The FRSC Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, said this at the corps operators’ meeting with Zonal Commanding officers (ZCO) on Tuesday in Abuja. The corps marshal said that the issue of poor vision was not limited to Nigeria, but was a global concern that needed urgent attention. “The issue of vision for drivers is a global concern now from the preparatory conference held a fortnight ago in Washington DC. “When we conducted vision test randomly on the highway last year during the end of the year operation Zero tolerance special intervention patrol, 30 per cent of the drivers failed it.

Source: The Guardian January 28, 2020 19:30 UTC