The Following the functions of FRSC:
- Making the highway safe for motorists and other road users.
- Recommending works and devices designed to eliminate or minimize accidents on the highways
- Conducting researches into causes of motor accidents and methods of preventing them and putting into use the result of such researches
- Determining and enforcing speed limits for all categories of roads and vehicles and controlling the use of speed limiting devices
- Cooperating with bodies or agencies or groups in road safety activities or in prevention of accidents on the highways
- Making regulations in pursuance of any of the functions assigned to the Corps by or under this Act.
- Regulating the use of sirens, flashers and beacon lights on vehicles other than ambulances and vehicles belonging to the Armed Forces, Nigeria Police, Fire Service and other Para-military agencies
- Providing roadside and mobile clinics for the treatment of accident victims free of charge
- Educating motorists and members of the public on the importance of discipline on the highway.
- Preventing or minimizing accidents on the highway
- Clearing obstructions on any part of the highways
- Educating drivers, motorists and other members of the public generally on the proper use of the highways
- Designing and producing the driver’s license to be used by various categories of vehicle operators
- Determining, from time to time, the requirements to be satisfied by an applicant for a driver’s licence
- Designing and producing vehicle number plates
- The standardization of highway traffic codes
- Giving prompt attention and care to victims of accidents
- Regulating the use of mobile phones by motorists
- Regulating the use of seat belts and other safety devices
- Regulating the use of motorcycles on the highway
- Maintaining the validity period for drivers’ licences which shall be three years subject to renewal at the expiration of the validity period
- In exercise of the functions, members of the Commission shall have power to arrest and prosecute persons reasonably suspected of having committed any traffic offence.
