The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has said all arrangements have been concluded to unveil a mobile device to electronically track and issue tickets to traffic law violators in Lagos State.

The Deputy General Manager of LASTMA, Comptroller Isaac Adetimiro, said this at a forum organised to explain the device and its functionality in Lagos on Friday, November 6.
Adetimiro said that the device, Traffic Management Solutions (TMS), was meant to capture videos and pictures of traffic violations in real time as they occur, without threat of harm to the traffic officers.

According to him, this technology has become necessary to efficiently and effectively manage traffic without creating further traffic flow obstruction through interaction of LASTMA officers with violators on the road.

The LASTMA boss said with the device, LASTMA’s officers would no longer physically and verbally engage violators on the road, but only use it to take videos and picture evidence of the violation.

On the operational process, he said that the Traffic Violation Management System (TVMS) through the device included data capturing, data processing, and data storage.

He said that the violation time, date, place and location would be captured and the device would transfer videos and pictures to the data processing centre for scrutiny, which would enhance transparency in the fines for offences.
Adetimiro said: “Captured violations are reviewed in our Violation Processing Centre to verify beyond any doubt that a traffic violation was committed and that the correct corresponding value of the legal fine is attached to it.

“This significantly reduces erroneous violation notifications being sent to vehicle owners. Anytime a violation is processed against any vehicle, the owner gets an SMS notification.
“The violators have 48 hours to either make payment or challenge the said violation at the court of law. If any of these is not done, action and enforcement will be taken against the violators.”

He said that the Violations Processing Centre would also provide an estimated employment for up to 3,000 qualified residents at kick off.
According to him, all processed violations are saved into individual violation files and uploaded into centralised data storage banks for safe keeping.

He said that such would be archived until they were recalled any time the need arose, for verification of violations, viewing video and picture evidence of the existing violations, or for the payment of violation fines attached to them.
The LASTMA boss said:

Every vehicle owner has a right to challenge a captured violation of their vehicle by clicking the challenge button on the website or mobile application.
“The vehicle owner would be required to go to the nearest traffic court to have the violation reviewed.
“The court will be provided with the stored video and picture evidence of the captured offence and the vehicle owner will be allowed to explain to the court why the evidence should be disregarded.

He said that the court’s ruling and decision on the matter would be final if any violator challenged a violation in court.

Adetimiro also said that vehicle owners should also be checking the status of their vehicles through free online checks, short codes and client app for any violation against such vehicles.
He said that the TMS would resolve the perennial traffic gridlock caused by traffic violation in a densely vehicular populated areas of the state.

The LASTMA boss said that it would eradicate the problem of payment of bribes to traffic officers, as only electronic payments guarantee the clearance of a violation from the violators list.

Source: https://naijadriva./2019/12/09/lastma-to-track-traffic-violators-with-mobile-device/

With continued advancement in satellite-based communication in tracking not just traffic offenders, but also internet criminals, I have a feeling this online crime will soon come to an end.

Nigeria can enter into partnership with her neighbours to launch an augmentation satellite to further improve the operation of the existing GNSS.

Please link people's BVN directly if possible

The LASTMA boss said with the device, LASTMA’s officers would no longer physically and verbally engage violators on the road, but only use it to take videos and picture evidence of the violation.

The above will surely reduce corruption and unnecessary pounding on innocent vehicle owners. But, and most important, i do hope the above quote is indeed true, and maintained by LASMA officers?

How sweet that would be but the FRSC should also consider this from Lagos state.

Super Story

nice innovation

Johsefu alala

For Lagos here.... I laugh Chinese laugh

I wonder what Abuja FCT administrators are doing, no adjustment nothing nothing since Elrufai's grandstanding



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Story !

That moment you just want to look like you dey try improve .

Odiegwu




Na one man go pocket the money mapped out for it

FIX THE ROADS!
This point and kill government only has sense when it comes to revenue collection but fails in its own responsibility to repair roads.
You fine for traffic infractions, who fines government for bad roads?
Heck my car is dropping oil from hitting my sump.

That's how they fumble every year.
Annual fumblers

Brilliant. Funny enough a Lastma official snapped me with this 'blue pos' last week. I wasn't sure but now I know. I hope they are still testing sha...

May the Lord in Heaven punish you, the government that put you and your fellow road terrorists on the road for inflicting untold hardship on hardworking Lagosians.
For all the extortions ,unnecessary hijacking of cars and ripping people off, may your generation unborn pay for all those sins.

A car would break down on the road and the driver would be scrambling to either fix / move it off the road and these mofos would come all in the name of helping the driver who's bereft of ideas at that moment tow the vehicle to their office and impose hefty charges on him, or is it people that are trying to avoid reckless Danfo drivers from bashing their cars thereby swaying their cars direction to the right or left of the road and boom, they would pounce on the driver and arrest him, meanwhile they were watching the scene as the Danfo was driving rough.

Waakanda:
Please link people's BVN directly if possible

Direct debit

All this long grammar and waste of public funds for a law that will not affect danfo and brt buses because most danfo's are owned by LASTMA staff and the BRT by LASG. Las las it's private car owners that will suffer it. That's why I'd rather drive in Azumini.

why can't people just obey traffic rules?? especially traffic lights,
let emulate the whites and stay safe

My Student above, said they should connect the device to offender's BVN, what a very good Idea, I wish she could sell that Idea to Both the FG and Lagos state Government.

Even Environmental personnel should also be added to the plan.

Anything that have to do with Nigerian Citizens Account, I bet you Nigeria will keep to Rules and Regulations without arguments or a Fight.



Smh
I'mtheRealD!ck

Na so. Always announcing great ideas that wont last.

My major concern is the level of recklessness amongst okada , the state government should regulate these guys, imagine okada will see a pedestrian, instead of slowing or allowing the pedestrian pass , they Increaae speed, some instances the speed towards the pedestrian, I hope they are captured also and fined.

Please will those beggarly LASTMA officers at VGC and Under bridge Ajah use same device? Cos is pure waste of technology......

K

Are the men learners? Can't they just automate the device?