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List Of "One Way" Roads In Lagos by frevangel(m): 8:03am On Aug 15, 2012 |
In the wake of the new traffic laws in Lagos it has become imperative that we know various roads/streets that allow for one way traffic and the directions. I noticed many 'one way' roads/streets have no signs to help those not familiar with the area. LASTMA/Police officials have not helped in that they wait for you to go against traffic and then arrest you. Many have fallen victim already. A colleague narrated his near-ordeal how he almost fell victim before some 'okada' riders informed him, while the traffic officials were charging toward him. He escaped though but in a Formular 1 style. This thread was created so we could post roads/streets that are 'One Way' and the direction of traffic. |
Re: List Of "One Way" Roads In Lagos by kennytidistar(m): 4:30pm On Aug 15, 2012 |
na who i go ask nau? no sign post, no road map, traffick light is ill working. the state of roads are nothing to write home about(alimosho, mushin, ajegunle, etc.) i beg leave the law for the maker to eat alone until neccessary factors has been consider. 1 Like |
Re: List Of "One Way" Roads In Lagos by Nobody: 4:33pm On Aug 15, 2012 |
I'll be Back!! |
Re: List Of "One Way" Roads In Lagos by RichDad1(m): 4:35pm On Aug 15, 2012 |
So many to mention but when you are driving around SOMOLU,LAGOS ISLAND,APAPA and YABA Always be at alert i'll come back 4 more 2 Likes |
Re: List Of "One Way" Roads In Lagos by gulfer: 4:37pm On Aug 15, 2012 |
Road beside NNPC off kinsgway road, Ikoyi. You can't drive in but out from the Ikoyi club road using this road. There's a sign but its hidden. WATCH OUT! 2 Likes |
Re: List Of "One Way" Roads In Lagos by ismhab(m): 4:42pm On Aug 15, 2012 |
all the roads in lagos are one way. 1 Like |
Re: List Of "One Way" Roads In Lagos by Kayraph(m): 4:42pm On Aug 15, 2012 |
Rich Dad: So many to mention but when you are driving around SOMOLU,LAGOS ISLAND,APAPA and YABA Always be at alert i'll come back 4 more Please if you don't have much of 'Lagos Sense' when you are driving around, remember to avoid these areas mentioned by Rich Dad. They have the highest numbers of 'one-way' roads in Lagos..... |
Re: List Of "One Way" Roads In Lagos by eboeboy: 4:42pm On Aug 15, 2012 |
Watch out for Yaba left, many nairalanders have been caught in the past! |
Re: List Of "One Way" Roads In Lagos by tonyx4x44(m): 4:43pm On Aug 15, 2012 |
Eyaah |
Re: List Of "One Way" Roads In Lagos by gigabytes: 4:48pm On Aug 15, 2012 |
Please how can I get the soft copy of the law. I need it please. |
Re: List Of "One Way" Roads In Lagos by Nobody: 4:52pm On Aug 15, 2012 |
that one just before ikeja shopping mall. has a 'Do not enter' sign, you'll probably see it only after you have entered. 2 Likes |
Re: List Of "One Way" Roads In Lagos by Nightshift(m): 5:04pm On Aug 15, 2012 |
Such roads are normally clearly described with appropriate signs which must be eligible to motorists. But, don't be surprised or shocked when "egunje" seeking Lagos traffic law enforcers ambush motorists and demand settlement over a violation of a non-existing traffic sign . I've witnessed an incident like that .... Lagos motorists beware . |
Re: List Of "One Way" Roads In Lagos by Nobody: 5:16pm On Aug 15, 2012 |
the road beside shoprite,ikeja is one way....and after general hospital,somolu is also one way....coming back for more 1 Like |
Re: List Of "One Way" Roads In Lagos by DidiLove1: 5:28pm On Aug 15, 2012 |
Churchgate Str, VI Adeola Hopewell Str, VI Idowu Taylor Str, VI Adeyemo Alakija Str, VI Sanusi Fafunwa Str, VI Oyin Jolayemi Str, VI Oko Awo Close, VI The entire stretch of Outer Marina, Lagos Island The entire stretch of Broad Street, Lagos Island I will provide more as i remember. 4 Likes |
Re: List Of "One Way" Roads In Lagos by kunlekunle: 5:44pm On Aug 15, 2012 |
do you want to sit for WAEC on one way roads in lagos? if the road is not signed who will arrest you? if arrested he LASTMA would tell you your offence. if there is no sign you have not committed a crime |
Re: List Of "One Way" Roads In Lagos by Reference(m): 5:53pm On Aug 15, 2012 |
BoboYekini: that one just before ikeja shopping mall. has a 'Do not enter' sign, you'll probably see it only after you have entered. 1 Like |
Re: List Of "One Way" Roads In Lagos by SamMilla1(m): 5:57pm On Aug 15, 2012 |
very useful. I will bookmark and follow this thread. I remember those lastma crooks stealing my 20K last year simply because i was looking for a passenger to accompany me down to the east. They showed up, dragged my ride to their office and made me wait until the following day before travelling. Thieves in uniform. |
Re: List Of "One Way" Roads In Lagos by frevangel(m): 6:00pm On Aug 15, 2012 |
Didi Love: Churchgate Str, VI good, expecting more. Thank you. |
Re: List Of "One Way" Roads In Lagos by frevangel(m): 6:04pm On Aug 15, 2012 |
kunlekunle: do you want to sit for WAEC on one way roads in lagos? pray you dont drive into one of such roads unaware, you would understand why this is necessary. 1 Like |
Re: List Of "One Way" Roads In Lagos by DidiLove1: 6:34pm On Aug 15, 2012 |
kunlekunle: do you want to sit for WAEC on one way roads in lagos? Please no one placed a gun to your head and said you must post on this thread. Someone has started a nice thread here to create some awareness for us that drive everyday in Lagos and the best you can do is to spew this bullpoo. Kindly go and take your 6pm drugs. 2 Likes |
Re: List Of "One Way" Roads In Lagos by anishe(m): 6:45pm On Aug 15, 2012 |
gigabytes: Please how can I get the soft copy of the law. I need it please. whats your email address. let me send the soft copy to you |
Re: List Of "One Way" Roads In Lagos by abiamahart: 6:54pm On Aug 15, 2012 |
check Sunday Punch publication of 13th August. |
Re: List Of "One Way" Roads In Lagos by EreluY(f): 7:38pm On Aug 15, 2012 |
[b]What the government simply needs to do is put up road signs everywhere and expect road users to follow them. Why can't we, for once, do things properly? From London to Paris, From Holland to Germany to Poland to Italy, all you simply do is follow road signs and you will not only get to your destination, but also keep to road safety (speed limit, one way traffic, etc) rules. We want to emulate what goes on in the developed world but do so haphazardly! The last time I was in Nigeria, that was some 3 years ago, LATSMA officials impounded my car saying I parked where I shouldn't have. Fellow, Nairalanders, there was neither single/double yellow lines where I PARKED ooooo, neither was there any other traffic signs. So, how else am I (or anyone for that matter) supposed to know it's a no parking area. I insisted on not 'settling' them. Apparently, I had time on my hand. My car was towed to LGA office. I sought to speak with their overall boss and talked sense into his head. I also educated him about how things are done in the developed world. The result? I was told 'madam this is Naija. Anyway, bless the boys and they'll let you go.' I 'shakara dem', maintaining they should release my car immediately or else we'll meet in the law court. Needless to say their boss asked them to let me go in peace.[/b] 1 Like |
Re: List Of "One Way" Roads In Lagos by Nobody: 7:41pm On Aug 15, 2012 |
Can't remember the name of the street. It's beside the new Ikeja shopping mall off Governors road. There's a stationed police tank waiting to nab defaulters. This road can only be accessed via governors road. If you are exiting the mail you MUST turn right to the main road. |
Re: List Of "One Way" Roads In Lagos by bigmo1(m): 11:29pm On Aug 15, 2012 |
I was almost caught too when i drove into the the street beside NNPC towers, Ikoyi. There was no sign that it was a one way. I was quickly alerted by the Okada guys packed by the side entrance of the street. Immediately the LASTMA guys sighted me, they rushed towards me trying to apprehend me. Those bastards must have been hiding cos i didn't see them when i first turned into the street. I did å quick reverse before they could get to me. I was left wondering why they didn't stay at that end of the the road to inform road users. They would rather wait for you to break the law and later arrest you. 3 Likes |
Re: List Of "One Way" Roads In Lagos by bigmo1(m): 11:53pm On Aug 15, 2012 |
There are so many one way roads in Somolu, Yaba, Akoka, Ebute Metta. You have to be extremely careful when driving around these areas because there is virtually no sign to tell you they are one way roads. The most amusing of these one way roads is the one along university of Lagos road. When you drive into university road from Herbert Macauly road approaching UNILAG, immediately you get to the street beside Atan cemetery, you must into this street by your right, take the next turning by the left, get to the end of the short street, turn left and get to the end then turn right to link back to university road on approaching UNILAG. A lot of drivers have been nabbed around this area by the police and also by council officials. 2 Likes |
Re: List Of "One Way" Roads In Lagos by gulfer: 6:01am On Aug 16, 2012 |
big mo: I was almost caught too when i drove into the the street beside NNPC towers, Ikoyi. There was no sign that it was a one way. I was quickly alerted by the Okada guys packed by the side entrance of the street. Immediately the LASTMA guys sighted me, they rushed towards me trying to apprehend me. Those bastards must have been hiding cos i didn't see them when i first turned into the street.There's actually a sign on that junction but way far inside for an approaching vehicle to see and appears to have been deliberately turned askew making it all the more difficult to sight. The LASTMA goons always hide especially on weekends and prey on people's innocence. They tried this same scenario with me but I used superior intelligence to outwit them. One old woman later came to tell me inside the NNPC that I was smarter than them and that was why I could leave without parting with a dime. |
Re: List Of "One Way" Roads In Lagos by amokemi(m): 6:20am On Aug 16, 2012 |
dt university road get as e be. i've had to part wt 2k b4 to settle those legal armed robbers in black . my advice to lagosians is dt if u don't know an area very well, don't drive there d 1st time u go to such area. dt is my own strategy cos u can't be too careful. i always wonder if those LASTMA guys are 4rm another planet, area they nt ordinary citizens, don't they also feel d brutality of our leaders? y can't they reduce d suffering of dr fellow citizens by providing guidance rather than lay in wait for u 2 break d law. 1 Like |
Re: List Of "One Way" Roads In Lagos by lawmani: 7:32am On Aug 16, 2012 |
BoboYekini: that one just before ikeja shopping mall. has a 'Do not enter' sign, you'll probably see it only after you have entered. Guy let's try and be truthful at times. The shoprite road has two visible sign post clearly positioned at the end of the road that hits awolowo way. One is written "Do not Enter" while the other has a symbol of a crossed road entrance on it indicating no entry! Lets give fashola the credit he deserves there, but a lot other one way roads need to have sign posts on them |
Re: List Of "One Way" Roads In Lagos by chidexy(m): 9:36am On Aug 16, 2012 |
lawmani: Is it possible to take and post pictures of the road signs so that other motorists can see? I guess pictures of the location of the signs should help |
Re: List Of "One Way" Roads In Lagos by frevangel(m): 9:39am On Aug 16, 2012 |
abiamahart: check Sunday Punch publication of 13th August. Thanks. This is the article. http://www.punchng.com/opinion/roads-that-lead-to-jail-in-lagos/ 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: List Of "One Way" Roads In Lagos by hakunamatata1: 9:48am On Aug 16, 2012 |
pls 1-way signs arent the only signs essential. am i the only one faced with a dilemma when driving on 2-lane roads approaching a T-junction? for exampl: from MUSHIN to OSHODI, on getting to ILUPEJU byepass junction, U can either branch into ilupeju on ur right, or do a U-turn back to mushin on ur left. for a user going straight ahead to OSHODI, on which of the lanes do I stay? how do I know that theres a branch ahead if i dont live in the area? we need other signs like: 'OSHODI - keep left, ILUPEJU - keep Right'. Lagos roads shld b useable for every Nigerian not just experienced Lagosians! 3 Likes |
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