The State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotosho, at a press briefing in Alausa disclosed that the Lagos Traffic Law will fully be enacted in a bid to return sanity to Lagos roads. He said over 1,500 accidents involving tricycles and motorcycles were reported from 2015 till 2019 in the State with 689 victims confirmed dead and over 250 injured in the accidents.
He went further to state that the measure had become necessary following overt abuse of the laws by motorcycle and tricycle riders, adding that the menace “can no longer be condoned.”
“The violation of traffic laws by commercial motorcyclists is unacceptable, thereby necessitating the enforcement of the state Traffic Law 2018 to pave the way for the implementation of the present administration’s transportation project’’ he said. The alarming negative statistics resulting from motorcycle accidents and the need to enhance safety led to the introduction of the Lagos State Road Traffic Law 2012, which was reviewed in 2018.
“The law among others, makes the use of safety helmets by riders and passengers of motorcycles compulsory, obedience of traffic lights and signage mandatory and the conveyance of more than a passenger, pregnant women, adults with babies, as well as children of school age are forbidden.
While giving a breakdown from the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), he stated that statistics from the report showed ,“at least 619 people were killed or seriously injured in motorcycle accidents within 2015 and 2016.”
