Lagos Traffic Law regime is designed to protect law abiding
road users. It is also designed to ensure that those who flout any of its
stipulations are made to face the consequences of their action so that they can
be reformed and join the law abiding group.
Traffic offences are called strict liability offences: you
do the offence, you pay the consequence. However, the traffic management regime
is not designed to empower officials of any agency of the State to molest,
intimidate, extort or make a law breaker out of any Lagos resident/stakeholder
through the demanding and giving of bribes so as to avoid unsavoury situations.
See full list of the penalties below
1 Driving without
valid driver’s licence > Impound
vehicle
2 Driving by under
age 18 years > 30,000.00 fine
3 Driving with fake
plate numbers > 30,000.00/3yrs. in prison
4 Driving with forged
particulars > 6 months in prison
5 Driving with fake
driver’s licence > 6 months in prison
6 Driving without
road worthiness > Impound
vehicle
7 Driving only yellow
> 80,000.00 Enforce painting
8 Driving without
Hackney permit > Impound vehicle
9 No display of
Hackey permit > Impound vehicle
10 Kabu Kabu without
permit > Impound vehicle
11 Disobeying LASTMA
Officials > 30,000.00/Impound
vehicle
12 Neglect of Traffic
direction light > 3 months in
prison
13 Smoking while
driving > 30,000.00/Impound vehicle
14 Physical assault
traffic officer > 50,000.00/6 months in prison
15 Driving without
full light > 50,000.00
16 Driving with worn
out Tyre > 30,000.00
17 Driving without
spare Tyre > 30,000.00
18 Driving smoking
vehicle > 30,000.00
19 No fire
Extinguisher > 30,000.00
20 Broken windscreen
> 30,000.00
21 Tinted windscreen
> 30,000.00
22 Eating and driving
with one hand > 3 months in
prison
23 One way driving
> 3 yrs. in prison
24 Driving without
fasten seat belt > 30,000.00
25 No painting a
commercial vehicle approved colour > 50,000.00
26 No car hire
service permit > 1st 20,000.00, 2nd 30,000.00 Impound vehicle
27 Parking on yellow
line on any public highway/illegal parking > 1st 20,000.00, subsequent 30,000.00
28 Vehicle crossing
double yellow line/centre line > 1st
20,000.00, subsequent 30,000.00
29 Staying within the
yellow junction box (offside rule) > 1st 20,000.00, subsequent 30,000.00
30 Failure to yield
to right of the way of pedestrian at zebra crossing > 1st 20,000.00, subsequent 30,000.00
31 Failure to give to
traffic on the left at a roundabout > 1st 20,000.00, subsequent
30,000.00
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