₦airaland Forum

BAZ001:
What Ambode tried to remove you are asking for more?
What is the job role of Traffic warden police?
of FRSC?
Or VIO?
Now you have Lastma, CBD, Taskforce, local govt tout doing same job but in a criminal way.
You still have LNSC neighborhood just their.
They are just using them to rake in money for Lagos govt.
see what it took a whole country to end SARS?
No let them hear this Abeg

Lol, exactly!

Travel to most sane countries of the world and all you have there is just POLICE and Firefighters. Police will even be the ones controlling traffic.

Come to Naija and you will have over 30 agencies on the road, lol, an exaggeration I know, but still, haba!

Now compare the results. See how law and order is holistically upheld for driving in those countries where there is just police in charge, juxtaposed to Nigeria where there is soooooo much chaos when it comes to driving, chai!!!

I once told some guy that it is illegal to change lanes without using your turn signal abroad and he was dumbfounded, he didn’t even know. How would he know though, when in Nigeria, NOT ONE PERSON HAS EVER BEEN PULLED OVER FOR NOT SIGNALING. In fact, do people get pulled over at all in Nigeria? I mean the official pull over we see in movies where the procedure is that once you see sirens behind you, you move over to the side of the road.

How would police just be sitting down at junctions and expect to have law and order on the roads? They don’t patrol, or rely on cameras, and even when they do patrol, they don’t enforce. Put those things together and that’s why you can have danfos stopping right in the middle of the roads, plus hawkers,....

Who born danfo to stop in the middle of the road in Dubai or Texas? All that gra gra na for their own pocket, cause it’s either they get tasered, or shot!

As a potential prospective e-hailer, I actually like the idea of this UberGo I’m just now hearing about. It does sound convenient for those that want to do this part-time and not have to drive too far.

The idea of driving within an area does sound cool, but I’m sure the customers would want to take advantage of it.

From a customers point of view when I open the Uber App, it seems implicit that the UberGo is meant for less than 4 passengers, while it’s explicitly stated that UberX is for 4 passengers. However, going by all the info on this thread of passenger privilege abuse, one could extrapolate to the case of this new UberGo, in the sense that riders might still want to pack themselves and load into a drivers vehicle, lol.

Why pay for an UberX, when for half the price, I and my buddies could roll with the UberGo?

I guess it would be up to the driver to set STRICT rules, with regards to the amount of passengers allowed in their vehicles, i.e, “riders < 4” + no load.

How can somebody not hate this country??

Conner44:

Hybrids are generally cheaper than Corolla in Nigeria today. Leave electric vehicles for now till our federal government repairs Nepa

I knew it!!!!

Too many unbelievers in Nigeria men!

Yet you are using your electric phone without stress of NEPA

It’s just the price men, but the efficiency is second to none; no hybrid, ice or hydrogen vehicle can compete EVERR!!!

Conner44:
I know I’d invest in ride share here one day soon either by driving by myself part time or leasing out a vehicle but I can never ever buy that corolla. See the vehicles on my wishlist for the job below:

Toyota prius
Honda Civic hybrid
Honda Insight

If you like call me crazy but highest id import parts from USA to change defective ones and sacrifice two weeks of downtime. The fuel utilization of these cars engines is out of this world tori-olorhun and as at today mechanics are working on hybrids in Lagos.

Nigerians naturally are a ‘crowd mentality‘ specie of human beings. Corolla was the norm everywhere until dru23 opened Nairaland guys eyes to civic then it became the new rave.

Bet me when I start using my future hybrid and give feedback here you’d see a mad rush for that kind of vehicle from Uber drivers starting from here on Nairaland

If only electric vehicles were cheap, I’m sure all the people driving on this thread would switch the SAME DAY!! Even the EV unbelievers

northbird:
He mentioned traffic light going to Akilo.
The only working traffic light on Acme road connecting Akilo is at the acme /metal box road intersection.

So I assumed if he was heading towards Akilo. He should be on the left lane since he is going straight.

Ok gotcha!! Had to study the map, though, I thought op said he was turning right to “somewhere”

FuckEveryday:
I swear bro, another major factor I love is the different options of different cars they have available for them. We can't even use Audi, which has some 1.8l engine models here, superb handling, semi luxury feel, e.t.c

Toyota Prius nkor? Why does it have to be a Corolla which costs a arm and a leg to buy?

Our country doesn't even enforce driver benefits on these platforms like they Do in the UK and US. We don't even have the luxury of Ride Sharing options except Uber / Bolt. All these combined with majority of the job based on the island. Even Abuja doesn't come close.


This country is beyond redemption. It's a sad truth everyone needs to accept. I just hope to leave sooner rather than later cus thinking about these things alone makes one sad.

The country is bad, but what is worse is how most Nigerians don’t see it or don’t care, else, why would they keep electing people that don’t care?

I’m sure if you or I were elected as governor, based on our shared hatred for bad roads, we would improve the road networks, but would the masses vote for the likes of us? No!!

Tribe over everything in this country, even reason.

No one cares about open gutters, no lanes on highways, hawkers everywhere, bad roads...

All they want to do is shout Tinubu 2023 or some other useless slogan.

I pray one day Nigerians will wake up, or the country breaks apart and the emerging nations wake up.

northbird:
@ agent x. Sorry about your ordeal. If you are on acme going to akilo. You must be on the left lane. Probably you were on the right lane.

It's a unwritten rule, always central lock. 247.
Windows slightly up. If you are on the mainland.

Isn’t that bad driving though? To turn right from the left lane? Shouldn’t one be on a right lane to turn right and left lane to turn left?

Dremca:
Have you tried applying to bolt with it.

No I haven’t bro, just Uber, maybe I’ll try the bolt app now, thanks.

Hi guys, thanks for all the prior information shared on this thread, it’s been really helpful.

I have a question, I tried submitting my temporary drivers license on Uber, but it was rejected.

I thought people here were able to submit a temporary license?

So I guess I have to wait for the plastic license to show up?

Just coming back again and the same ol story.

Chaos on the roads!

But how do other countries have such peaceful driving? With order, drivers in their lanes...

Everybody cannot “jabbor” to white man land for sanity now, haba...

I challenge us as black men and women to do better, I am sending mails to Lagos government as well to see if they can get their act together.


Everybody just goes on as if such chaotic driving should be normal.

Not one person ever gets Pulled over by police, in fact police are breaking driving laws with impunity.

There is no will power in leadership to do things right, Zero will power.

Even if you have all the money in the world, you can’t even enjoy it in Lagos, or Nigeria in fact, well Abuja might be a bit sane, but even there you still don’t have police pulling people over.


Soon that Rossiki dude will open another thread shouting how white man stole from us, mtcheew.

Over 60 years and you guys as black peoples can’t even organize fvking traffic?

Your children don’t even know what driving school is, or what it means to be pulled over by police, or what it means to stay in their lane and use signals when changing lanes, and why should they? Are there any consequences for bad driving in black man country?

I’ve never seen a society where people just drive like animals, without an ounce of consequence. Chai!

Whether you drive in your lane or not - no consequence

Whether you are danfo and stop right in the middle of the road - no consequence

Whether you drive on pedestrian walkways and almost bash them - no consequence

Black man!!!


Then you will all run to Europe and Dubai and be driving like human beings, because dem no born u well if you don’t.

Then you will start complaining again, rinse and repeat.

Something is really wrong with you people

spits

donbachi:
FBI was not involved.

I don’t think FBI is going to come down to Nigeria to arrest Kyari.

They have done their part, the same way the contractor that busted Ganduje did his part.

Meanwhile, when they asked President Buhari about it, he was saying he doesn’t know the technology used, chai!

Then he said whether Ganduje could not have sent someone to collect the money.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJolS4SlPNk

Red-handed

As in, Ganduje was caught red-handed and till today, his videos are all over YouTube.

Yet he wasn’t arrested, queried, or even blacklisted, instead he is being chosen to lead different groups here and there.

So all of you shouting Kyari this and that better take a chill pill, cause what is more incriminating, being caught red handed or being under investigation?


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

Sometimes Nigeria will just depress you.

Human rights violations everywhere

The oppressors in this country love to dehumanize the citizens so much.

Monogamy:
You are not getting the point, do you?

Return back to your home state, ask your state governor to provide high way express way for the state..

Lagos is far far better than any state in Nigeria, that's undisputable fact

Lagos is a slum, Lagos is overrated, Lagos traffic is too hectic, Why not stay put in your home region.

Have any of you guys said anything good about Lagos except downgrading it?

This route affects me personally so I must speak, as it’s within my God given rights to do so.

Have I ever said anything good about Lag? Of course I have.

I praised Fashola them for the lekki link bridge, which till today, is still a great bridge COMPLETE WITH LANE MARKINGS AND STREET LIGHTS, really a joy to drive on.

I praised Ambode for destroying those roundabouts at lekki epe that Fashola built, and replacing them with traffic lights which greatly reduced the traffic on that road. I even opened threads with pictures showing the effectiveness of the traffic lights compared to the roundabouts which many untrained lagosian drivers did not know how to navigate.

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but na wa sha, all this arguments because I want government to paint lanes on a very strategic highway?

One would think I was advocating for something evil.

Monogamy:
Please and please relocate back to your region, your home state.

It is not a must to reside in obodo Lagos state..

Gov Sanwo Olu since his resumption as Lagos state governor has been on positive side of news, can same be said about your state governor?

Wondering why some of you people just hate for hating sake

Na wa ooo

Someone is asking for a better life for Nigerians, you are here saying I should go to so and so, chai!

Or you don’t think we should get better?

Do you know how chaotic it is driving on a busy road without lanes?

To make matters worse, that is a highway where we have been paying 200 to 300 naira for years to use. How much would it have cost them to paint lanes?

I pray that one day, you will also advocate for good things for your people.

I don’t know why asking for good things is a crime to some Nigerians

People that can’t paint ordinary lane markings on one of the most “prestigious” highways in Lagos, lekki epe

I’m sure a lot of you will think that lane markings are not important, the same way you’d think closing open gutters is not important, chai!

I’m tired of always pointing these things out, but I will continue to point them out until they are fixed, God willing!

When you go to driving schools in western nations, you learn all about lanes, as the white folks place great importance on them.

Every lane marking has a meaning, white solid lanes, dashed lanes, yellow lanes and so on...

These things promote law and order in a society and help police enforce laws involving lane discipline

NGpatriot:
You must have missed this portion of the same expressway...


Your post is dead on arrival, it failed.

God Bless Lagos State

God Bless Gov. Sanwo Olu

God bless Asiwaju Tinubu.

Why is it that when someone wants the best for Nigeria, all you guys come out with reasons why we shouldn’t do the things that will rectify the situation?

You complain about roads, they come out and say but other roads are good.

You complain about electricity, they come out and say it’s not that bad.

I wonder what kind of Nigeria you guys really want walahi.

While they are both there, they should check London highways and see if they have lane markings on them.

Below is the current picture of lekki epe expressway, with no lane markings as they have all faded away. A highway in one of the most highbrow areas in black man country; Nigeria.

Why can’t they copy the good things from these countries they always run away to?

Now they are gearing up to bring back tolls on that road, with no lane markings and street lights that hardly work.

We might have special individuals, but as a collective, we are mediocre

In the part of Nigeria you currently are, does the government supply you tap water? Or did you dig borehole or buy from tanker?

Have you ever seen police squad cars “Pull people Over”? If it wasn’t for Hollywood, would you even know what that means?

Then we are still struggling to get power levels above 5,000MW, which is not nearly enough for even a section of the country.

When you travel abroad to western nations, you don’t even know where the gutter is, you will be looking and looking for gutter but you won’t find it. Come back to black man Nigeria, and be greeted by smelling open gutters all over the nation, but black man no send

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Some are happy to remain like this, but few are asking questions, seeking for a better representation of our race by building great black nations. But of course this is the minority, the majority no send

theTranscriber:
what kind of self hate is this?

If you hate your skin so much
Go and tell a racist white man that you wanna be his slave!
Go to Libya and be a slave!
Fool!

Shut up with that useless talk abeg, the black man is soooo inferior when it comes to building society, it’s not even fair.

Go out and take a drive on your roads and highways and see animalistic behaviors of drivers with no single police squad car pulling people over

Nonsense!!!!

Would you black people even know what it means for police to PULL SOMEONE OVER if not for Hollywood?

Rubbish

Keep yanning that “Naija go better”, but you can see disorder and chaos right before your eyes every single day, God forbid!

Who do us this thing abeg?

Even the so called emergency number, 112, does not work.

Try it now and see whether it rings.

So who do you call then to report crimes as they happen?

What a lawless society, no wonder the top police officers are being caught taking bribes

Tell me when last you saw a bad driver pulled over?

Lawless people

No lanes on a major highway like lekki epe

See drivers driving in a zig zag pattern.

Honestly though, even where there are lanes, drivers won’t obey them.

Do these chaotic roads and driving experiences even phase the average Nigerian? It seems most of the drivers love the lawlessness.

When people start complaining about the black man, they will say you have inferiority complex. Why won’t someone feel inferior as a race when in 2021 we still can’t manage traffic and punish offenders.

Politicians never even talk about it, like how they never talk about beautification of streets and closing open gutters, because maybe the majority of Nigerians don’t even care about such things.

The black man is something else men...

Look at the pics of lekki epe expressway and tell me how many lanes you see, if at all you see any

Juxtapose this with the pic of “white man land” and see how organized they are.

Honestly I feel like crying just knowing how far back we are as a nation and a race, and even worse, no one wants to do anything about it

Meanwhile see their bustop just 50 meters away, but they won’t use it, because they know Nigeria is a lawless country.

I pray to God seriously to give us leaders that care, God please, we can’t be a lawless nation forever.

The bus stop was designed by engineers to allow for free flowing traffic, so that buses veer into the bus lane and out when done picking or offloading, but they won’t use it, instead they choose to stop right on the road and add to traffic.

Imagine if London buses just stop in the middle of the road to pick passengers instead of using bus lanes and stops.

God please help us, or should I run for governor? Who will support me?

Meanwhile buses are already starting to block a lane, abandoning their official bustop

Sunday morning and chaos is already building.

See truck and Okada running red light while LCC official sits down chilling.

No police to chase them down and we say we want to progress as a nation? Are we kidding ourselves?

I just came back from driving and if you see the chaos eh...

People horning behind you in traffic as if there is anywhere to go. One frustrated individual behind me, after horning at me to no avail, just drove his car into the bush path on lekki epe expressway and there will obviously be no consequence for him in NIGERIA.

but why is that?

Why is it that if you travel as a Nigerian to most countries, and decide to drive on pedestrian walkways and off-road bush paths, you face consequences? Then you come back home and face zero consequences for being an ABSOLUTE PSYCHOPATHIC MANIAC driver?

Then forget about lane discipline and the likes, where drivers switch lanes faster than transistors, in order to gain 100 milliseconds of time in a race to nowhere, sigh! You even find buses and tankers attempting to switch lanes last minute never minding the cars on their blind spot.

Then the danfos, the almighty criminal drivers of the roads, seemingly invisible to any law enforcement whatsoever, and it is with this veil of invisibility which bolsters their maniacal tendencies, that they lord over other drivers. They never ever stop at already created bus-stops, instead, preferring to stop on the road to pick passengers, even if it means stopping right in traffic to load bags of rice belonging to a passenger.

These danfos slow down the rate of traffic where ever they are found, and of course in Lagos, that is everywhere, so you can imagine the impact these folks have on traffic. One a 3 lane road at lekki epe, you’d often find that danfos have blocked 2 of those lanes, leaving only one lane open, the audacity!!


With all these problems mentioned, who will save us? Do we need a Superman type hero to rescue us or what? Maybe the justice league or the avengers should come down to Lagos to enforce traffic rules and serve out punishment for malfeasance? So if we choose not to live in a far fetched fantasy, then in reality, who do we call?

The police, oh the police! I just don’t even know what to say about you guys. You stand at junctions all day, or sit in your car waiting for nightfall to erect your makeshift ventures in extortion, rushing like children pushing barricades around to build forts to funnel customers in. Maybe blaming you guys isn’t fully justified though, given your remunerations, but one of you ought to let your superiors know that there is money in enforcing driving and traffic rules, shikena!

Then there is the government in charge of the police, what are you guys doing? Do you even care? Or is governorship all about discussing billions in projects? Won’t you drive round your city, or remotely check in via CCTVs to see how things are going? You build roads without lane markings, adding to the already chaotic driving situation, then you don’t even train the police on what to look for.


I suggest that Police officers go to Houston Texas for training on how to patrol traffic, enforce traffic rules and apprehend those that break the law.

As I was driving, I was imagining I was a police officer and I saw so many people I could pull over. The danfos, the people changing lanes with no signal and at the last minute, the people driving on two lanes at once, the people that endangered others by merging last minute... so much money to be made by the government, who could then feed that money back to improve the squads in a return loop. The criminal drivers have to be caught while driving, you can’t mount road blocks or stand at junctions and expect to enforce the law and if police does not enforce the law, then the chaos will persist, leading to never ending traffic even with somewhat good roads. Even those that are meant to be strategically at junctions in their cars at traffic lights are nowhere to be found. Today in Lagos, there is no consequence for running the traffic light, as long as you have space in front of you to zoom off.

We can’t continue to live like animals, abeg! I strongly believe we can do better, may God help us all, amen!

IFSHR:
Raise money and buy seat cover.....

Your car interior matters during inspection.

Okay, I don’t like that universal seat cover, so I guess I have to repair it.

Thanks for the heads up bro!

I snapped by temporary drivers license paper, and the app did not accept it. It’s like they want the license card itself.

Na wa ooo