Dear Nairalanders, here is our Monday Tonic as usual

As we are aware that our able Gov. Babatunde Raji Fashola has signed Lagos Road Traffic bill into Law with series of penalties ranging from arrest, 20k {minimum} including a Jail Term of 3yrs depending on your offence Pls let us be familiar with Traffic Road signs as most drivers have no clue on what they mean especially the Zebra Crossing.

The Present situation in Lagos


Lagos, the commercial nerve center of Nigeria has the potential of a Mega-city status.
Understandably, the traffic scenario in mega cities grows with population, sometime beyond the bounds of earlier predictive and speculative designs. The situation calls for regular reviews, data gathering and design reassessment to combat perennial congestion, and traffic bottlenecks on Lagos roads. Of particular interest is the traffic scenario at crossroads otherwise known as junctions.
The situation is not helped by absence of clear-cut control mechanism, jay-walking on the junction right of way, illegal vehicular loadings and off-loadings at junctions coupled with the influx of commercial motorcycle parks attracted to the junctions by virtue of insufficient and sometimes inefficient public transit systems to cater for increasing teeming population of pedestal Lagosians.
Added to this, junctions in Lagos are gradually becoming hot spots for commercial activities. Inadequacy of current design state of junctions and absence of Traffic System management measures have made most Junctions counter-productive.

Major challenges at most Lagos junctions:

i. Loading and off-loading of commercial vehicles at the junction
ii. Illegal Commercial Motorcycle park which reduces carriageway capacity, hinders easy traffic flow
iii. Absence of functional street lights for clear visibility and safety at night.
iv. Absence of vertical traffic signs.
v. Absence of lane-markings and worded messages.
vi. Pedestrian encroachment of vehicles at the bridge abutment, which poses pedestrian-vehicle accident risks.
vii. Walkway taken over by private developments on both sides of the Access road. This encourages pedestrian encroachment to the right of way of vehicles and poses pedestrian-vehicle accident risks.
viii. Absence of pedestrian crossings on the Access road. This encourages uncontrolled pedestrian-vehicle conflict and accident risks.
ix. Absence of drainage system especially on the approach to the main junction from the Access road. This explains why some portions of the walkway are in a state of disrepair. This problem is a subset of the general drainage problems causing perennial flooding and pavement deterioration.


General Traffic Road Signs


The general categorizations of all signs are:

a. Informatory signs: These will be used to provide directions to motorists, including route designations, destinations, available services, point of interests and other geographic, recreational or cultural sites.

b. Regulatory Signs: These will be used to impose legal restrictions applicable to particular locations and unenforceable without such signs.

c. Warning Signs: These will be used to call attention to hazardous conditions, actual or potential, that would otherwise be readily apparent.
Mandatory Signs

d. Prohibitory Signs: They provide information on the prohibitions and failure to comply with these signs constitutes an offence.

e. Directional Signs: These signs provide information on the road that you are approaching.

f. Other Signs: They consist of different signs such as pedestrian crossing signs and facility signs, which users should heed and/or obey.

Nice thread you have going here, but it will be better if all those signs are readable for forumites. This is a good topic to be bumped up for all road users; as most did not go for formal driving training and do not understand road signs.

I'm working on some educational campaigns for teenage kids, any resources of these signs with something more easy to understand will be appreciated.


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