This paper emphasises traffic education and espouses the significance of training and retraining schemes. A thorough appreciation of this becomes an essential tool in effective planning and performance of road safety management. The paper further shows education, training and publicity guaranteeing a sustainable road safety in Nigeria. The paper sets appropriate framework and guidelines for training of transport operators through joint/integrated teaching, transport institutes and information mode. Appropriate geographic/traffic information system techniques/strategies, efficient use of road signs, signals, mass media, constant publicity, symposia, lectures and demonstrations need to be adopted to educate, appeal and diffuse knowledge on the efficient and optimal use of roads and accident prevention and reduction.
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