Yemi Obafemi
Lagos State Police Command has made it mandatory to all vehicles to always ensure that their vehicles Identification Number Plate are reflective and legible at day time and at night.
This was made known on Monday by the command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin on his X.com.
According to Hundeyin, covering of number plates is against the provisions of the National Road Traffic Regulations adding that anyone found violating the rules shall be punish ranges from fines to prison terms.
In the National Traffic Regulations which he shared stated that “Each Identification Number Plate must be reflective and so made that any letter, numeral or other identifying mark displayed on it are legible at day time and at night in clear weather and must be visible and recognizable at a distance of not less than 60 metres by the driver of the immediate following vehicle and in the case of motorcycle at a distance of 30 metres.
“All vehicles, private and commercial, shall as from the commencement of these Regulations, have on them the Vehicle Identification Number Plates referred to in this regulation and it shall be an offence for any vehicle not to have the said Identification Number Plates.”
