24 Mar Annoying causes of traffic !!!
Whereas there are several things that cause traffic, in Lagos it is a different ball game all together.
The different causes of traffic in Lagos that I have observed are numerous but some are totally annoying and avoidable. Here is a typical example most people can relate with.
Imagine you are heading home from work from Lagos Island and you live in Magodo Isheri and because you wanted to avoid the 3rd mainland bridge and Iyana oworo traffic you left your office around 9pm and indeed you successfully avoid it only to get to Ogudu to be stuck in traffic, in fact very slow bumper to bumper movement for an hour.
Someone once said when you find yourself in traffic and you begin to see the boys selling gala, drinks, popcorn and plantain chips, then you might be in there for a while. By the way you can get almost anything in Lagos traffic i mean anything, lol.
So you finally get to the end of the traffic only to discover the cause was an accident involving two cars who hit each other each with just a scratch on their bumpers as proof of the accident or “brushing” like my Colleague calls it. The owners of the car of course do not have a scratch on their bodies but egos probably. Then you begin to hear empty threats like:
- Person A: do you know who I am?
As if we are supposed to care or be frightened. Then the other person replies:
- Person B: Who are you, I will show you my true color today, who do you think you are?
Lagos traffic is where you see people venting their frustrations from work, home or wherever. You see it in the way they press their car horns like my 3 yr old nephew playing with his spider man whistle.
Another one of course is the accident scene I just described, if someone hit you or you hit someone, make una take unaself off the road and box abi “brush” each other or sorry settle your scores and let other people pass abegi, abi wetin i talk no good?
Please you can share with me other annoying causes of traffic,thank you.
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