Hello folks. Was not sure where to post this but since it has stuff to do with cars and roads, I have decided to drop it here.

So guys, relax and enjoy the ever eventful commute between Lagos and Ibadan on the popular Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

Like cirously? :/ Lagos to sokoto will be far more eventful.

I see no pics, man. where are they?

Sorry, looks like the pictures are too large. They are not showing up. I'll resize and upload soon. Please have some patience. Thanks!

nekaa: Like cirously? :/ Lagos to sokoto will be far more eventful.

You do not have to jump from section to section, commenting on every thread in anticipation it would get to fp and you'l be first to comment. Wonderinf what a you is doing in car talk. Lol. just saying. Rme*

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You do not have to jump from section to section, commenting on every thread in anticipation it would get to fp and you'l be first to comment. Wonderinf what a you is doing in car talk. Lol. just saying. Rme*

how e concien you ehn? I saw it on new. And no punny intended buh this is not a potential front page topic, you should know I know that...

Hello fellas,

So sorry for the delay. MTN decided to show me ni o

Pictures loading now

That's me leaving the island.

Roads looking good...

More pictures coming up

I believe you enjoyed your trip. How's your benz doin? I can deduce it's a facelift W203. more pix.

Hi guys.

MTN was at it again yesterday. I could not upload more than those ones. Had to go fight at their outlet this morning. Even at that... Had to get an Etisalat to allow me continue.

It should be an easy breeze henceforth... I hope.

Ran into some traffic on 3rd mainland bridge. Heard it was due to som repair work. What kinda contractor does repair work just when rush hour's around the corner?

danadam: I believe you enjoyed your trip. How's your benz doin? I can deduce it's a facelift W203. more pix.

You are absolutely correct. It is a facelift W203. Amazing machine it is. Its over a year now and I'm loving every second with it. Her name is Lillian by the way...

Just got out of the 3rd mainland traffic. You can see the traffic at Oworu build up too

Apparently, those guys fixing stuff were the cause

And here I am at Berger, 1 hr 6 minutes after I left Lagos Island. Whew! Lagos and traffic...

And I get on the long bridge...

*covers eyes* at state of roads

Traffic build up just before MFM camp

Out of MFM Camp traffic.

You can see the build up on the other side. It is always very bad. Folks spend a minimum of 2.5 hours in it

And I arrive at Deeper Life Camp.

Oops! The rains are here... pictures amy lose a little crispyness. Hopefully it'll clear soon.

Men at work!!! . That notification is a joke

Finally, just before getting to Sagamu, we begin to see signs of some JB construction work.

My opinion o, but the guys fixing the Challenge - Toll gate (Ibadan) road dualization have work going on on a much larger scale... More like x10.

Are the Federals not supposed to be the ones with the big guns ni?

On I go...

The first truck I see with some form of activity

The only Caterpillar working...

On I go...

And I get to Sagamu... JB working on less than 500meters!!! This road will not be finished till 2030 o!

That was where the road repairs got launched July 5, 2013

On I go.

Lemme see what RCC has done on their part.

Rains are here... In full force.

Looks like there's not much done on RCC's part

Wait o,

RCC's doing sumn! Yeah, the middle part is being cleared of bush

^^^^

And the road claimed the first victim,

That car ran into a giant pot-hole and lost a tyre. No one was injured though.

Median clearance, median clearance, median clearance and then, another major casualty.

This happened right in front of me. The Dangote truck tried to avoid a pot-hole and lost control. It flipped over and went "Boom! Crash! Bang! Boom!" as the tyres exploded when it landed on the ground. The sound of metal on tarmac with the accompanying tyre explosions were soooo loud! Jeez! it was on of my scariest moments this year. It looked just like a movie, except this was right in my presence. Had to park and let off some steam

Details of the truck as I drove by.

That was the dude driving. Luckily, he came out of it alive.

For no apparent reason, not like there's a cogent reason though, that goat is driving against traffic, endangering the life of other road users

RCC has also decided to use some of the red & white road barriers. Dunno what they are for anyway. There is no indication of anything going on there

^^^^

And median clearing ends!

Naija roads are tyre eaters 3 gone and counting.

The road claims another casualty.

That dude lost both tyres in front.

And once again, I survived the Lagos-Ibadan expressway! I arrive Ibadan in one piece! 3 hours 43 minutes upon departure from Lagos Island

God bless Nigeria!

boredom is a terrible illness

Sorry man but this ish is boring.

[size=20pt]This na person wey suppose concentrate and drive abi?

Later when e get accident una go blame GEJ or una go ask whether I go stop to assist the wounded...mtchew[/size]

I see the roads in Lagos aren't that bad. However, I can see it simply gets bad as soon as you pass Alausa area of the Lags-Ibadan expressway.

By the way, I wonder why a class A highway like Lagos-Ibadan expressway isn't yet upgraded to an international super-highway standards...it's a shame to see cracks everywhere on that road