Kaduna representative urges road users to change their attitudes
“Sadly, my personal experiences on our highways provided me with strong conviction that most accidents are not mainly as a result of bad roads, but bad driving habits."
Hon. Jagaba Adams Jagaba
According to the sponsor of the bill, Hon. Jagaba Adam Jagaba (APC-Kaduna), this new bill is necessary due to the high rate of accidents, caused by road users.
“Worried by the rate of deaths prevailing on our roads, I began to wonder why this is so. Sadly, my personal experiences on our highways provided me with strong conviction that most accidents are not mainly as a result of bad roads, but bad driving habits. This gave me the impetus to initiate the amendment of the Act.
For instance, most roads in the city centre in Abuja are well paved and tarred, yet on daily basis one keeps seeing scenes of accidents on the same good roads. As enunciated in the bill, if these bad habits that are exhibited on our roads are made punishable by law, perhaps some sanity will be maintained on our roads.’’
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The proposed bill will handle the following traffic violations;
- ignoring traffic lights,
- use of extra headlamps at night,
- hitting a pedestrian on zebra crossing,
- reversing on highways,
- driving without headlamps,
- hawking on the highway
- refusal to use pedestrian bridges.
Here are some of the penalties and offences the bill is proposing:
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- Hawking on the pedestrian bridge-
- Violation of traffic lights- N60,000,
- Driving on walkway- N50,000
- Hitting a pedestrian at zebra crossing- N50,000.
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