My journey to Benue state opened my eyes to some issues that need to be addressed before one gets into trouble with the law. The driver who drove us to Benue was busy making use of his phone while driving. Before he knew it, he came across a taskforce of Road Safety officers! He was immediately stopped. The officers berated him for putting the lives of innocent Nigerians at risk, all this while we were begging but the officers were not interested he was then given a ticket where he went to bank and paid the sum of
N4,000. We spent over 2hours 30minutes there. We were made to understand that other related offences also had their penalties:
OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
1 ASSAULTING MARSHAL ON DUTY 10,000
2 ATTEMPTING TO CORRUPT MARSHAL ON DUTY 10,000
3 CONSTRUCTION AREA SPEED LIMIT VIOLATION 3,000
4 DANGEROUS DRIVING 50,000
5 'DO NOT MOVE' VIOLATION 2,000
6 DRIVER'S LICENCE VIOLATION 10,000
7 DRIVING UNDER ALCOHOL/DRUG INFLUENCE 5,000
8 DRIVING WITH WORN-OUT/WITHOUT SPARE TYRE 3,000
9 ROAD TRAFFIC VIOLATION 3,000
10 EXCESSIVE SMOKE EMISSION 5,000
11 FAILURE TO COVER UNSTABLE MATERIALS 5,000
12 FAILURE TO FIX RED FLAG ON PROJECTED LOAD 3,000
13 FAILURE TO MOVE OVER 3,000
14 FAILURE TO REPORT ACCIDENT 20,000
15 FIRE EXTINGUISHER VIOLATION 3,000
16 HOSPITAL REJECTION OF ACCIDENT VICTIM 50,000
17 INADEQUATE CONSTRUCTION WARNING SIGN 50,000
18 LIGHT/CAUTION SIGN VIOLATION 2,000
19 MECHANICALLY DEFICIENT VEHICLE 5,000
20 OBSTRUCTING MARSHAL ON DUTY 2,000
21 OPERATING A VEHICLE WITH FORGED DOCUMENTS 20,000
22 OVERLOADING VIOLATION 10,000
23 PASSENGER MANIFEST VIOLATION 10,000
24 RIDING MOTORCYCLE WITHOUT SAFETY HELMET 2,000
25 ROAD OBSTRUCTION VIOLATION 3,000
26 ROAD MARKING VIOLATION 5,000
27 ROUTE VIOLATION 5,000
28 SEAT BELT VIOLATION 2,000
29 SPEED LIMIT VIOLATION 3,000
30 UNAUTHORIZED REMOVAL/TAMPERING WITH ROAD SIGN 5,000
31 UNDER AGED DRIVING/RIDING VIOLATION 2,000
32 USE OF PHONE WHILE DRIVING 4,000
33 VEHICLE LICENCE VIOLATION 3,000
34 VEHICLE NUMBER PLATE VIOLATION 3,000
35 WINDSCREEN VIOLATION 2,000
36 WRONGFUL OVERTAKING 3,000
37 OTHER VIOLATION OFFENCES 3,000
NOTE: Custody fee on impounded vehicles is N200.oo per day payable after 24 hours of grace.
I salute the courage of those Road Safety Marshals, they followed the law to the latter.
The bottom line is do not allow yourself to be a victim of Circumstance, "if to say I know no dey ooo!!!"
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