Drive Against Traffic, Lose Your Vehicle, Much More in Lagos

Segun Atanda/

Not less than 52 vehicles have been impounded by the Lagos State Task-force and the owners charged to the state’s mobile court for driving against oncoming vehicles.

The task-force chairman, SP Yinka Egbeyemi, said: “The act is contrary to schedule (1), item 27 of the Lagos state road traffic laws of 2012.

“The Agency will never relent in its effort to curb this menace regardless of the propaganda some unscrupulous elements are circulating on the internet, denting the good image of the Lagos state task-force.

“We urge all motorists to be law abiding and shun any illegality on the roads most especially Lagos-Abeokuta expressway by Dopemu Bridge, Ikorodu Road, Apongbon Bridge and other roads in Lagos.”

NewsmakersNG hereby brings you a reminder on the New Lagos Traffic Rules:

Lagos Traffic Law regime is designed to protect law abiding road users. It is also designed to ensure that those who flout any of its stipulations are made to face the consequences of their action so that they can be reformed and join the law abiding group.

Traffic offences are called strict liability offences: you do the offence, you pay the consequence. However, the traffic management regime is not designed to empower officials of any agency of the State to molest, intimidate, extort or make a law breaker out of any Lagos resident/stakeholder through the demanding and giving of bribes so as to avoid unsavory situations.

See full list of the penalties below

1. Driving without valid driver’s license – impound vehicle
2. Driving by under age 18 years in jail or N30, 000 fine
3. Driving with fake number plates – N30, 000, or 3 years in prison
4. Driving with forged particulars – 6 months in prison
5. Driving with fake driver’s license – 6 months in prison
6. Driving without road worthiness – Impound vehicle
7. Driving only yellow – N80, 000 or enforce painting
8. Driving with Hackney permit – Impound vehicle
9. No display of Hackney permit – Impound vehicle
10. Kabu Kabu without permit – Impound vehicle
11. Disobeying LASTMA Officer – N30, 000/Impound vehicle
12. Neglect of Traffic direction light – 3 months in prison
13. Smoking while driving – N30, 000/Impound vehicle
14. Physical assaults on traffic officer – N50, 000/6 months in prison
15. Driving without full light – N50, 000
16. Driving with worn out Tyre – N30, 000
17. Driving without spare Tyre – N30, 000
18. Driving smoking vehicle – N30, 000
19. No fire Extinguisher – N30, 000
20. Broken windscreens – N30, 000
21. Tinted windscreens – N30, 000
22. Eating and driving with one hand – 3 months in prison
23. One way driving 3 years in prison
24. Driving without fastening seat belt N30, 000
25. Not painting a commercial vehicle approved colour – N50, 000
26. No car hire service permit 1st – N20, 000, 2nd – N30, 000 or impound vehicle
27. Parking on yellow line on any public highway/illegal parking, 1st – N20, 000, subsequent N30, 000
28. Vehicle crossing double yellow line/center line, 1st – N20, 000, subsequent N30, 000
29. Staying within the yellow junction box (offside rule), 1st – N20, 000, subsequent N30, 000
30. Failure to yield to right of the way of pedestrian at Zebra crossing, 1st – N20, 000, subsequent – N30, 000
31. Failure to give to traffic on the left at a roundabout, 1st – N20, 000, subsequent N30, 000
32. Driving on walkway or kerb – impound

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