Lagos Traffic Law: Things You Must Not Do

  •Driving against traffic (one way drive) – One year imprisonment (1st offender) 3 years imprisonment (repeated offender). Seized vehicle to be forfeited to government.

•Driving unlincensed or unregistered vehicle – N20,000 fine for first offender, N30,000 or 3 year jail or both for repeated offenders.

•Trailers banned from entering or travelling within Lagos metropolis from 6 a.m till 9 p.m. – N50,000 fine or 6 months jail, vehicle to be impounded.

•Neglect of traffic signs, traffic light – 1 year jail and forfeiture of vehicle for first offender and 3 years imprisonment and forfeiture for repeated offenders

•Driving and making phone calls or eating – N20,000 for first offender and 3 years imprisonment or N30,000 or both for repeated offenders.

•NURTW and other unions also outlawed from collecting money at the motor parks.

•Riding commercial motorcycle (Okada) on 496 major roads – N20,000 fine for first offender, N30,000 or 3 years jail or both for repeated offender.

• Carrying a pregnant woman on Okada – 3 years imprisonment and forfeiture of Okada

• Carrying a passenger with load on his/her head on Okada– 3 years imprisonment and forfeiture of Okada, passengers will also be prosecuted.

•Carrying a child below age 12 on Okada – 3 years imprisonment

• Other highlights include ban on sale of alcohol 100 metres to a motor park. Sale of goods and  begging for alms on the roads are prohibited.

•Where the law did not state a specific penalty, a fine of N20,000 will be imposed on first offenders and N30,000 or 3 years imprisonment or both for subsequent offenders.