A major menace in our society that is more likely to cut the lives of Nigerians short or render them incapacitated is road accidents. To ensure the level of road accidents is controlled to the barest minimum, there is the Federal Road Safety Corp saddled with the responsibility of making the highways safe for motorists and other road users, checking road worthiness of vehicles, recommending works and infrastructures to eliminate or minimize accidents on the highways, and educating motorists and members of the public on the importance of road discipline on the highways.
To help you navigate the roads confidently, this article captures potential traffic violations, which, according to the Federal Road Safety Commission Establishment Act, 2007, could lead to being pulled over or receiving fines from Road Safety Officials.
These are 36 offences you can be pulled over for or given a fine for by a Road Safety Official:
- Traffic light or sign violation.
- Road obstruction.
- Route violation, e.g. one way.
- Speed limit violation.
- Vehicle licence violation.
- Vehicle number plate violation.
- Driver’s licence violation.
- Wrongful overtaking.
- Road marking violation.
- Caution sign violation.
- Dangerous or reckless driving that can cause an accident.
- Driving under alcohol or drug influence.
- Operating a vehicle with forged documents.
- Unauthorised removal of or tampering with road signs.
- “Do Not Move” violation.
- Inadequate Construction warning.
- Construction area speed limit violation.
- Failure to move over.
- Failure to cover unable materials
- Overloading
- Driving with worn-out tyres or without a spare tyre
- Driving without or with a shattered windscreen
- Failure to fix red flag on projected load
- Failure to report accident
- Medical personnel or Hospital rejection of accident victim
- Assaulting Marshal on duty
- Obstructing Marshal on duty
- Attempting to corrupt Marshal
- Driving without specified fire extinguisher
- Driving a commercial vehicle without passenger manifest.
- Driving without seat belt
- Use of phone while driving
- Driving a vehicle under 18 years.
- Riding a motorcycle without a crash helmet
- Excessive smoke emission
- Mechanically deficient vehicle
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