Lane Indiscipline

LLast week, I rounded up my focus on the first traffic infraction listed by the Federal Road Safety Corps for mentalandpsychologicalevaluation as promised a fortnight ago. This week, my focus will be on what I regard as the second infraction. My choice of the infraction to focus on is not just based merely on the severity or otherwise of the infraction, but on my perception of this infraction as pure madness and the interest this form of madness generates under my watch. In all my years in the field as Sector Commander, especially in both the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Lagos State, phoning behind the wheels and lane indiscipline (driving against the flow of traffic) - commonly referred to as one- way driving, have always formed the core of my daily enforcement with such offenders undergoing more compulsory public enlightenment hours than others. To refresh your memory again especially if you have not been following my series on these ‘insane’ infractions, the Corps justification for the mental evaluation which commenced on July 1, 2017, is based on the report that the FRSC recorded 3,646 cases of phone violation; 1,017 dangerous driving and 3,337 light sign violation between January toApril 2017. The on-going test focuses on life threatening traffic offences such as the use of phone while driving, route violation, traffic light violation, dangerous driving and overloading