Vehicle Number Plate Lamination, A Traffic Offence -FRSC

The Federal Road Safety Corps in Niger State on Monday said lamination
of vehicle number plates by motorists to protect it from harsh weather
was a traffic offence.

FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Corps Commander Ogochukwu Ugboma,
who disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent said the
plastic lamination made it difficult to identify the markings on the
plate.

"It is a traffic offence for unauthorised person to cover the number
plate of his vehicle,'' he said.

Ugboma said anybody covering his number plate without authorisation
would be made to face the wrath of the law.

"It is only some individuals and organisations that are allowed to
cover their number plates for security reason," he said.

He explained that the number plates of vehicles on the road were
supposed to be identified easily from a distance.

"The security challenges we have now is part of the reasons why number
plates should not be covered,'' he said.The sector commander warned
vehicle owners, especially commercial vehicles, to desist from the act
or be ready to face the law.

He advised motorists to always use their seat belts while on the road,
saying the measure had reduced road traffic crashes across the country
by 50 per cent.

Alhaji Umaru Mohammed, a commercial driver at the Abdulsalami Abubakar
motor park in Minna, who fixed the plastic on his number plate, told
our correspondent that the plastic lamination protected the colour
from fading out.