₦airaland Forum

Dogalmighty17:
English. Imagine the kind of error filled article a journalist posted without proofreading.

Litmus:
Personally I'm all for no speed limits on certain roads in Nigeria. However while Lagos govt looks at limiting speeding on Lagos roads, they should also concern themselves with the safety of vehicles that pligh Lagos roads. When watching You Tube Videos on Lagos, especially those featuring the newly renovated bridge, too many vehicles look like deathtrap junks. I'm afraid many of the vehicles I've seen are so mechanically suspect they are quite capable of somersaulting or veering of the bridge and into the lagoon while traveling at 20 mph.

Lagos that is setting herself up as the standard model for all other states of the federation to emulate, should begin to limit the quality and age of vehicles allowed on her roads. The days of making allowances for the less financially able by, for instance, ignoring jalopies , should end. We need to move to the next level.

dominique:
I'm trying to envision how this happened, did they get flung out of the bus into the lagoon like they're pieces of paper?

saasala:
I drove on the bridge just after completion.
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I had to give my self brain and stayed on 120.

Bluntemperor:
•The 80 Km Speed is too much, govt should reduce it to 60 -km and
enforce - Monitor Compliance!
Ni bo lankanju lo gan?( where are you going in haste to?
Kikikikiki!

dominique:
I'm trying to envision how this happened, did they get flung out of the bus into the lagoon like they're pieces of paper?

Balablue64:
Wahala for who no sabi swim.

saasala:
I will move slower next time.

But baba, people dey blow 160 pass me

Efuaye:
The 80 km speed on that bridge should be strictly monitored and violaters punished, otherwise the government should consider installation of speed breakers on the bridge to save lives!

ntyce:
The problem isn't the speed limit, most of these commercial buses are not even road worthy to speed up to 30km/h..

Unworthy buses and cars should be off the highway.

saasala:
I drove on the bridge just after completion. It is so smooth and tempting. Something keeps telling you to keep pumping that gas pedal and go even faster, and no matter how fast you go, there is this crazy guy driving a Benz that will zoom off right beside you, making you think you are moving like a snail.

And moving so fast in Nigeria is not like in other advanced countries where other drivers are sane. Here people don't know when to stay on their lane and when to over take. Everyone drives anyhow.

I had to give my self brain and stayed on 120.

ntyce:
The problem isn't the speed limit, most of these commercial buses are not even road worthy to speed up to 30km/h..

Unworthy buses and cars should be off the highway.

dominique:
I'm trying to envision how this happened, did they get flung out of the bus into the lagoon like they're pieces of paper?

coputa:
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Emekajacob:
The Niger bridge has it secret history that made the German construction company change her name to Julius Berger.

Coz it was the Julius Berger that accepted to to sacrifice himself to the River goddess after several damages and casualties in the course of the construction.
After the agreement was made, they were able to finish up the work without problems again.
The Man sacrificed himself and the company gave him the honor.

saasala:
I drove on the bridge just after completion. It is so smooth and tempting. Something keeps telling you to keep pumping that gas pedal and go even faster, and no matter how fast you go, there is this crazy guy driving a Benz that will zoom off right beside you, making you think you are moving like a snail.

And moving so fast in Nigeria is not like in other advanced countries where other drivers are sane. Here people don't know when to stay on their lane and when to over take. Everyone drives anyhow.

I had to give my self brain and stayed on 120.

saasala:
I drove on the bridge just after completion. It is so smooth and tempting. Something keeps telling you to keep pumping that gas pedal and go even faster, and no matter how fast you go, there is this crazy guy driving a Benz that will zoom off right beside you, making you think you are moving like a snail.

And moving so fast in Nigeria is not like in other advanced countries where other drivers are sane. Here people don't know when to stay on their lane and when to over take. Everyone drives anyhow.

I had to give my self brain and stayed on 120.

Efuaye:
The 80 km speed on that bridge should be strictly monitored and violaters punished, otherwise the government should consider installation of speed breakers on the bridge to save lives!

ntyce:
Fact is most accidents due to over speeding occur on roads that are very motorable.

Maintenance of the bridge was just completed so your question is off.

Balablue64:
Wahala for who no sabi swim.

Eriggayabdem:
Yepp.
Implications of the universal laws of motion..
A sudden stop (vehicle hindered by the railings) would have resulted to objects (passengers)not tethered to said vehicle, or not constrained by the vehicle itself, continuing the course of motion through windows .. open or glassed.

spencekat:
Swim after they fit sustain concussion?

Fujiyama:
^^^



Complete nonsense.

Julius Berger was formed in the late, late 1800s in Germany and it was awarded its first contract in 1890 in Germany. The company was listed in 1905 in Germany as Julius Berger Tiefbau AG.

The company existed and had its name long before Nigeria came into being...and long, long before the Niger bridge was a thought or dream in anyone's mind.

There is no secret history anywhere about river goddesses or selfless sacrifices by an imaginary employee named Julius in Nigeria. This is a fable. An interesting one but a fable nonetheless.

I hope the degenerate (Phayol81) arguing with me on the other thread about ritual sacrifices in Germany is taking notes.

https://www.julius-berger-int.com/en/company/julius-berger-international