Lagos State Traffic Management Authority
has said it is very difficult to enforce the state’s traffic law
because most of motorists are heady.
The Director, Legal Services, Mrs.
Margeret Adewale, said in the course of trying to enforce the law, both
motorists and enforcement agents had sustained varying degrees of
injuries.
Adewale stated this while addressing
LAGBUS drivers at a training session titled, ‘Performance Improvement
Programme for Bus Captains’ in Lagos on Monday.
The LAGBUS drivers had complained that
motorists were fond of taking the lanes designated for the BRT and had
in the process undermined efficiency of the system.
Adewale however said the drivers should remain diligent and try as much as possible to work even with the constraints.
She said, “We are largely uncivilised in
this country in the sense that we do not have regard for our
neighbours. The law states that only BRT buses should use the designated
lane and when we try to enforce this, some motorists become violent.
Some even use dangerous weapons on our men.
“Enforcement has been difficult. Both
motorists and LASTMA officials have been injured in the course of
enforcing the law and there are many of such cases in court right now.
Even when we make arrests, after sometime, offenders go back to their
old ways.”
Adewale urged LAGBUS drivers to take pictures of motorists plying the BRT lane instead of challenging them.
“You have to be efficient even amid this
challenge. Let your conductors take pictures or write down registration
numbers of errant motorists and send them to us so that we can arrest
them,” she said.
She also urged the drivers to abstain from alcohol and ensure that the buses were kept clean.
“Abstain from alcohol because this
affects driving. Remember that you are playing the role of God when you
are driving because the lives of many people depend on you,” she said.
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There is no discipline in the coutry at all, and no law enforcement. Drivers show no courtesy to other drivers or to pedestrians, are very rude and uneducated, and are nowhere meeting standards of civility as seen in developed countries. Nigeria needs to make a transition from the current standard of incivility which is commonplace, to some form of modernization, especially in behavior. You think it's bad in Lagos, go to Aba or Onitsha if you desire to get a taste of hell in driving.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is awareness and stringent enforcement. There are no need to violence, instead advance mechanism should be employed.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is public awareness and stringent enforcement. Violence might not solve the problem instead an advance mechanism should be employed.
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