Safety and Highway Codes

Abstract

A comprehensive knowledge of Nigeria road signs and pavement markings is compulsory for all road users to ensure a smooth and safe traffic flow. This book titled “SAFETY AND HIGHWAY CODES: A GUIDE TO MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVING” is intended to serve as a guide to meet the desperate needs and expectations of all road users, highway patrol bodies, Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO), Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) officers, mechanical/automobile engineers, teachers, technicians, technologists and students in the Colleges of Education, Monotechnics, Polytechnics and Universities. It is assumed that these users have the requisite educational and engineering experiences necessary to properly implement motor vehicle driving procedures, guidelines and criteria. This book utilizes established analysis techniques and design standards from recognized technical associations that are listed as references in the relevant sections. Four companion documents listed below were used for the compilation, viz: Nigeria Highway Code (2017), Consultant Procedure Manual (2014); Standard Drawings (2014); Traffic Control Devices Manual (2014) and Standard Specifications (2014). This book therefore contributes towards providing all road users with a practical companion with respect to motor vehicle driving. It is expected that by the help of this book, there should be a reduction in the number of road traffic crashes/ accidents. The scope of the “SAFETY AND HIGHWAY CODES: A GUIDE TO MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVING” is comprehensive and divided into four parts which are further divided into chapters and each with appropriate sub-headings. The parts are: Part 1: Driving foundation; Part 2: Roads; Part 3: Traffic and Part 4: Road traffic accidents/ crashes. Part 1 discussed the driving techniques, motor vehicle controls and starting operations and qualities of a good driver. Part 2 also discussed the road signs, road markings, road junctions, lane and lane rules, lane discipline, carriageways and carriageways rules and driving under special conditions. Part 3 treated the traffic control and other relevant institutional bodies, traffic regulations and road traffic light signals. Road traffic accidents/ crashes: causes and prevention and general duties for drivers were discussed in Part 4. Review activities were included for personal evaluation while most discussions were of practical nature.