Driving Against Traffic Endangers Lives Of Road Users – Says Task Force

Posted on September 18, 2022

 

The Lagos State Taskforce has said that driving against traffic (one-way) on major roads endangers the lives and property of other road users in the State, adding that its adverse effect goes beyond disrupting the free flow of traffic.
The Chairman of the Agency, CSP Shola Jejeloye, made this known during the public auction of impounded vehicles which took place at the Task Force Facility in Alausa, Ikeja, adding that most of the auctioned vehicles were confiscated for driving against traffic (one-way) and endangering the lives of  commuters.
He said: “From our records, 80% of hit-and-run victims on Lagos roads were knocked down by motorists who drove against traffic, especially in the early hours of the day”

Jejeloye further disclosed that some of the traffic offenders who wanted to repossess their vehicles without going through the normal process at the auction ground were notorious one-way offenders, noting that one of them was the man, shown in the viral video, who came with his mother to reclaim his vehicle.

“This man was previously arrested in May 2022 for driving on a one-way road from Oshodi to Mile 2 and even assaulted the officers who tried to arrest him. He was arrested and charged accordingly but only spent three months in Badagry Correctional Facility after conviction”, Jejeloye revealed.

While urging members of the public not to be swayed by the antics of these serial traffic offenders, the Chairman also disclosed that a heavily pregnant woman was once killed by a motorist who drove against traffic in Apapa, leaving her family members in sorrow.

He emphasised that driving one-way is a violation of the State Traffic Laws and can be curbed if drivers learn to show self-restraint when driving.

Jejeloye, therefore, appealed to Lagosians to be steadfast in the fight against indiscipline on Lagos Roads.

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