The Chief Judge of the State, Justice Olufunmilayo Atilade and the State’s Attorney General, Kazeem Adeniji in a bid to rid Lagos of recklessness and impunity on its roads inaugurated five Mobile Courts on Friday.
The inauguration was held at the premises of the High Court in Ikeja, the capital of the state.
Under the Lagos Traffic Law which will be strictly enforced from Monday by the Traffic Courts, violators of some of the offences can be jailed for some number of months, fined or both.
Some of the offences include:
*Driving an unlicensed vehicle
*Driving with a fake number plate
*Driving a vehicle with an unauthorized or defective number plate
*Driving with a forged driver’s licence
*Neglect of traffic directions
*Driving motorcycle without approved crash element by driver and passenger
*Operating vehicle within restricted routes or beyond official hours
Other offences include:
*Driving against traffic
refusing to obey traffic signs like Zebra Crossings and Traffic Lights indications
crossing the highways where Pedestrian Bridges are provided
driving on the BRT by non-designated vehicle and parking at undesignated places
Commercial buses on motion with their doors open thereby endangering lives of both their passengers and other road users
Noise pollution and street trading amongst others.
To be fore warned it to be fore armed! #Ekooninajeo!
I think this should help reduce traffic jam in Lagos… #BestNewsEver…