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aieromon:
Lovely video. Let us hope normalcy is sustained.

Could you also make a video from the Mile 2 axis? The PTSD I suffered will not allow me enter Apapa inside a car for now.

#bikeornothing

Funny thing is that this route option is on the cards. There is a possibility of attempting it via a cab hailing service though

azpekuliar:
Nice, but you didn’t get to the Liverpool area though.

I wished that you exited Apapa through Creek road, climbing the Liverpool bridge, past Tin Can access and out of Apapa let’s see how free that route is.

I will never forget one day in 2015 I left a building on Bauchi road and I said let me quickly dash to FESTAC town through Liverpool bridge and get to Mile 2. As I climbed the bridge, I had not moved up to 150m from the foot of the bridge before I ran into a line of traffic filled with trailers and articulated vehicles. I asked one of the trailer motorboys “O boy, abeg how soon I go reach Mile 2” The guy say, tomorrow morning say I go follow them sleep for road

No be person tell me.. if you see the speed wey I use take reverse before dem trap me. I jus jeje go follow Apapa road dey go were I dey go.

This is extremely hilarious

Apapa once a jewel in Nigeria's trade relations, became a nightmare to business people, residents and commuters alike as its roads became clogged with traffic caused by unruly trailers, trucks, wharf rats and colluding government officials and led to unprecedented losses for residents and business owners for at least 25 years.

Several governments over the years proffered half-hearted solutions to no avail, until this week, the launch of a novel electronic call up solution in addition to political will by both Lagos state and Federal Government made it possible for the traffic disappear. For good. The first in a very very long time.

@drivinginlagos took a ride around the major roads of Apapa (Wharf Road, Commercial Road e.t.c) to confirm that traffic had indeed disappeared.

Shot with the HTH 7" 1080P Rearview Mirror Dual Camera


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YuvEJMJrA4

Driving in Lagos caught on tape, what the act of a traffic violation while on the streets of Lagos, looks like.

The professionalism of the traffic official was evident in the way he handled the issue from the get go. The Police officer on the other hand...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aduPaNk__qE

The Third Mainland Bridge (3MB) spanning 11.8 kilometers long and an important nerve for commuting between the Island and Mainland areas of Lagos State, was partially shut down on 24 July 2020 by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing to repair 17 critical expansion joints along the span of the bridge.

The partial closure lasted for seven (7) months and the project was handled by Messrs Borini Prono Limited.

The bridge repair was declared complete and all routes opened at 12 noon on Saturday 27 February 2020 however portions of the bridge still remain in conditions considered extremely bad for driving.

Tell us if the bridge repairs met your expectations.

Shot with the HTH 7" 1080P Rearview Mirror Dual Camera.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w88xnkh9BSc

Paentera:
These are upscale parts of town. Give us update from Iyana Ipaja, Owode, Sango

Ok, will do that

TecM0:



" road users to exercise patience during the next few months as these damaged infrastructure gets replaced "


Let's not kid ourselves here , the damage in Lagos would take years to fix... A single Mercedes BRT bus cost $200,000 now multiply it by the damaged busses, that's for BRT alone

Low hanging fruits such as traffic lights should be quickly fixed to avoid unnecessary crashes & fatalities.

Users of Lagos roads will find it more difficult to move around in the next few months due to damage to some roads, road furniture and public transportation infrastructure in general.

Majority of traffic lights have been damaged, public transportation size has dwindled due to the setting ablaze of at least 70-80 BRT buses. Driving In Lagos urges road users to exercise patience during the next few months as these damaged infrastructure gets replaced


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGn9HuZ3zCg

Gen Z Lagos Residents successfully protested against Police brutality with the hashtag #EndSARS starting on October 9, 2020.

The protests, however, took a turn for the worse from Monday October 19, 2020, leading to widespread damage to public infrastructure and looting of private businesses. @drivinginlagos drove around the streets of Lagos on the morning of Saturday 24 2020, once the 24 hours curfew was lifted.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUD6CeBGlJM

It is day 6 of the total lock down on Lagos State, the most impacted state across Nigeria with 115 cases. This day also happens to be a day celebrated in Christianity as Palm Sunday, however the roads are largely deserted with the city looking like a ghost town.

I had a quick drive around Ikeja on day 6 of the total lock down and observed that the empty streets showed how low key Christian Lagosians marked the event. Unlike previous observations, no place of worship no worshippers were seen on the streets of the city.

Shot with the HTH 7" 1080P Rearview Mirror Dual Camera.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgSCyeLcie_P1Nkdz4S_rPw/videos


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmkDYdfaWNU

Using a 7" rearview mirror/dash camera over a few days, I chronicled activities on the roads across several areas of Lagos as the Corona Virus cases increased by 1,000%.

After the Presidential Speech by His Excellency President Muhamadu Buhari on March 29 the Federal Government activated a 1926 law (1926 Quarantine Act) to impose a total lock on most impacted areas across Nigeria in order to stem the further spread of the n-CoViD-19. Lagos State was the most impacted across Nigeria and was most hit by the lockdown

I had a quick drive around Ikeja on day 4 of the total lock down to observe how Lagosians are coping with the full lock down.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljg1g2JlZP8

NaijadrivaCars:
Na wa. Government of the day is focused on containment, what about recontamination?

Imagine someone who is infected is taken to an isolation center and he/she recovers and sent home. What about those places he/she touched when infected? Have they been decontaminated?

I pray this virus doesn't stay longer in Africa due to issue of recontamination, amongst others.

I believe there are standard measures taken against such just as there are standard measures for disposing medical waste.

Using a 7" rearview mirror/dash camera over a few days, I chronicled activities on the roads across several areas of Lagos as the Corona Virus cases increased from 27 cases to the current 135 cases in a space of ten (10) days.

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu had pleaded with religious leaders, a few days after I started documenting by driving around Lagos Roads, to limit congregating during Jumat & Sunday services to 50 persons. He later limited same to 20 persons.

Several organisations not considered essential services started asking their staff to work from home and many Lagos residents started exercising measures to limit the spread of the virus by wearing face masks, wearing gloves, spraying sanitisers and more, still the number of cases kept rising as a good number of Lagosians refused to pay any heed to the existence of the virus claiming that it was a means for government officials to siphon funds.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGcF_7fMosg

Despite the partial lock down by the Lagos State Government (LASG) requesting or suggesting that Lagos residents stay indoors for a period of seven (7) days beginning today, Thursday 26th March 2020, while non-essential stores are to remain closed, a good number of Lagos residents and traders remained defiant and came out today.

Perhaps interpreting Gov Sanwo-Olu's directive about the lock down as being partial, a good number of residents were seen moving around without the protection of face/nose masks or gloves.

It is yet to be seen if this partial lock-down will stem the spread of the virus across the state, currently with the highest number of infected individuals (30) out of a total of 51 cases.

Lagos on Thursday 26th March 2020


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14vDoiYqXw4

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