The Lagos State government has rolled out a new set of road traffic laws. This is a bid to ease road congestion and reduce the rate of incessant accidents.
Lagos, in recent times, have experienced a number of tanker explosions, with many occurring during gridlocks. The Street Journal, on Tuesday, reported that a tanker explosion on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway in the early hours of the day resulted in the loss of two lives and 13 vehicles.
The new traffic laws unveiled by the Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration comes along with fees that violators must pay for disobeying them.
Below is a list of the new traffic laws:
Driving without a Driver’s licence – Impound vehicle.
Driving of any vehicle by person under 18 – N30,000.
Driving with fake number plates – N30,000, 3 years in prison.
Driving with forged vehicle particulars – 6 months in prison.
Driving with fake driver’s licence – 6 months in prison.
Driving without road worthiness – Impound vehicle.
Driving only yellow – N80,000. Enforce painting
Driving without Hackey permit – Impound vehicle.
No display of Hackey permit – Impound vehicle
Kabu Kabu without permit – Impound vehicle
Disobeying LASTMA Officer – N30,000/
Impound vehicle.
Neglect of traffic direction light – 3 months in prison.
Smoking while driving – N30,000/Impound vehicle.
Physically assault traffic officer – N50,000/6 months in prison.
Driving without full light – N50,000.
Driving with worn out tyre – N30,000.
Driving without spare tyre – N30,000
Driving smoking vehicle – N30,000
No fire extinguisher – N30,000
Broken windscreen – N30,000
Tinted windscreen – N30,000
Eating and driving with one hand – 3 months in prison.
One way driving – 3 years in prison
Driving without fasten seat blt – N30,000
Not painting a commercial vehicle the approved colour – N50,000
No car hire service permit – 1st 20,000; 2nd N30,000, Impond vehicle
Parking on yellow line on any public highway
illegal parking – 1st N20,000; subsequent N30,000
Vehicle crossing double yellow line/center line – 1st N20,000; subsequent N30,000.
Staying within the yellow junction box (offside rule) – 1st N20,000; subsequent N30,000
Failure to yield to the right of the way of pedestrian at zebra crossing – 1st N20,000; subsequent N30,000
Failure to give to traffic on the left at a roundabout – 1st N20,000; subsequent N30,000.
Driving on walkway or kerb – Impound
Reversing on the highway & parking on walkways – 50,000 naira
Obstruction of traffic -20,000 naira
Picking/Dropping passengers on illegal B/stop -50,000 naira
Driving on BRT lanes – 70,000 naira.