So its an offense to help tow a broken down vehicle on our roads? Woman narrates her experience with FRSC
So if you see a broken down vehicle on the road, it is an offense to help tow it? You will be arrested if you help instead of calling for a towing van? News to me. Read more of this lady's tweets after the cut
Linda, Please use your blog to flag this issue, and also help educate people if it is illegal for anybody whose vehicle have the capability to tow even if is not a towing van is illegal. I do it a lot because I have a very strong tow rope and my vehicle have the capability, I have in many occasions help people out of dire need of their vehicle been towed away from a bad dangerous spot, I always get my reward with the relief on their faces.
Linda I guess she tweeted you,ask her to call FRSC customer service on 070 022 5537 72 to report the issue, it's not wrong what the young men did, she can report the issue and they will handle it,they only want to collect bribes from those guys and its wrong. Knowledge is power,we have to fish out these bad eggs in our public offices.
Lol. I just like the way the produce charges. Illegal towing. Anyways sha, my opinion is they should have called a towing van.... I think the whites we compare ourselves to or seriously wanna be like done tow cars with cars.
Yes It is illegal to tow a car without a towing van. They could have caused accident because it posses danger to other road users. Towing van has hook to suspend the car being towed instead of rope. We should learn to start getting things right.
Now ur rite but wrong. 1, if she could get a towing van but opt out due to d fact she wanted to save money and used d poor guys...pls lady pay those guys their bill charged. 2, if she couldn't get thru to a towing van coy due to dead phone or number can't be gotten easily...den how d hell was she going to sort herself out in dat situation. dem silly fowls should make d towing van emergency call number something a day old baby can recall in danger E.G 101010, 505050,708090 HABA!!!. Wen a friend's car broke down it took him an 1hr to get thru to a towing van guy willing to work, some said too much traffic can't enter it,another start calling mad price....d police had to take over and say guy dats too much money now kool down, and he only did dat cos he had collected his own money 1st. After he agreed to come, it took him another 45mins due to traffic.....mind u he was lucky cos dis happened in front of a police station ooo, if not he was done for dat day, to make matter even bad must police men didn't even know d towing van coy's number, dey kept passing him from one police officer to another.....So is dat d kind of situation u want ur sister, mom, wife or baby boo to be caught in.....at an odd hour again ooo...so my dear be real...na nija we dey so were emergency will go to buy fuel after being called OR fire service arrive without water in d tank!!!..we r getting there but na small small
may those FRSC men never find help when they need it the most..Amen...cos i dont c how someone stops to help a lady knowing well that she mute be robbed n den u stupid,hungry men try and make them pay u for trying to help a lady...if i was the lady i would accuse them of robbery cos it is so clear that those FRSC guys work with armed robbers so that d robbers would have cme to rob her...
may those FRSC men never find help when they need it the most..Amen...cos i dont c how someone stops to help a lady knowing well that she mute be robbed n den u stupid,hungry men try and make them pay u for trying to help a lady...if i was the lady i would accuse them of robbery cos it is so clear that those FRSC guys work with armed robbers so that d robbers would have cme to rob her...
may those FRSC men never find help when they need it the most..Amen...cos i dont c how someone stops to help a lady knowing well that she mute be robbed n den u stupid,hungry men try and make them pay u for trying to help a lady...if i was the lady i would accuse them of robbery cos it is so clear that those FRSC guys work with armed robbers so that d robbers would have cme to rob her...
And God would damage them all and their miserable boss who knows nothing other than teach them how to steal from motorists. I would still help anyone i meet in such situation, and God help them they bring up this senseless talk, That day them go know say them germ yawa. Iranu Oshi!
I implore it is to take note of their names and charge them to court. They don't even know what they're doing since extortion has eaten up their brains.
I implore whoever it is to take note of their names and charge them to court. They don't even know what they're doing since extortion has eaten up their brains.
Nigerian law enforcement agencies have no human sympathy. All they are after is to make offenders pay a fine so they make their money. Whether u have a genuine reason or not. #sad#
Nigeria and Nigerians na wa so the FRSC officials would have preferred to have the woman abandoned for robbers, rapists or kidnappers to have their way so that their elder bros the police would now do their own show by arresting innocent people
FRSC is becoming something else. All they care is just that road safety. But coming to other areas of safety their brains are dead in those areas. How can they say the woman should stay on a dangerous longbridge with a broken car? Are we even talking of all round safety or just about the road ? Towing is towing whether wit the right van or not. This is very stupid of them. Honestly the police and other paramilitary are part of the main reasons why people no longer help people including accident and robbery victims. May God help us in this country.
this can only happen in Lagos where even the Govt. is busy rubbing people of their valuables. that is why people in need don't receive assistance because people are either afraid of helping the wrong person on finding urself in police or all these hungry agencies net on the road.
It happened to us ( my friends and I) three days ago at Ajah roundabout. The car broke down and we called another friend to help us tow it, after a mechanic made several attempts to fix it. We were at the roundabout for almost 4 hrs ( from 9pm till almost 1am). Eventually our friend came and helped us to tow the car towards Ado road. Before we got to Abraham Adesanya ( to use the roundabout and turn back) some policemen arrested us. I didn't know it's illegal until that day. We had to beg and beg, at almost 1am. It is actually an offense.
Considering the circumstances, the road marshals should have tampered justice with mercy. However, the truth remains that it is a traffic offence all over the world to tow a vehicle with a non-towing vehicle because it poses a serious danger to road users.
This woman most-likely obtained her drivers licence from the back door. It is only a towing van that is allowed to move a broken dow vehicle. Why try to paint the agency bad?. Depending on the arresting officer, maybe the party involved should have been warned but then again, ignorance of the law is not an excuse
I have been their victim b4 when they seized my license over unnecessary law(a single line on my tyre which I bought three weeks b4 d incident). They made me pay b4 collecting d license. So anytime I see them on d road, I zoomed off with speed and they will run out of d road. It have been working 4 me bcos once u stop,they will manufacture any fault and charge u.
It's d law actually. Most of u didn't read the frsc manual b4 driving dats why u don't know that only towing vehicles are allowed to tow vehicles. Simple. And oh I don't work for frsc
Hello Linda, am a regular blog visitor though I hardly comment. But I want to educate ppl on this: Towing a vehicle with anyother vehicle other than a towing van is an offence. Pls try to educate blog visitors abt it. The woman iin question doesn't knw traffic rules. Pls its an offence, the FRSC officials were right to arrest her. GBAM!!!!
I on blame Nigerians since most of u did not go to driving school before getting your drivers license. its an offence or its illegal in Nigeria to tow a vehicle with a car other than a towing vehicle
I on blame Nigerians since most of u did not go to driving school before getting your drivers license. its an offence or its illegal in Nigeria to tow a vehicle with a car other than a towing vehicle
IT IS AGAINST THE LAW....she actually disobeyed the law by doing that. you need a towing van to tow another vehicle. do u know its so dangerous to other road users. the rope can cut or other dangers might occur. we all need to read our frsc road users manual. shes wrong. all she could have done was ask them to tamper justice with mercy. though ignorance is not an excuse in law court.
It's a pity..FRSC are now worse than the police sef. They always find a way to extort money from people and huge amount of money at that which they insist will be paid at their office.
You guys want a better country and you complain when they do their job. It is illegal anywhere for a car to tow another car. You are meant to use a towing van. If you want to help people and not rely on FRSC, then create a towing vehicle that is registered with the government and provide good service rather than bashing people who are doing their job.
You guys want a better country and you complain when they do their job. It is illegal anywhere for a car to tow another car. You are meant to use a towing van. If you want to help people and not rely on FRSC, then create a towing vehicle company that is registered with the government and provide good service rather than bashing people who are doing their job.
I thought the primary role of law enforcement agencies are; 1. to protect and keep safe the citizens, 2. to serve diligently? Shouldn't the primary concern of any officer that sees this situation be, to ensure that the person in distress is safe before applying the 'Law' to the letter (as they deem fit)? I am sure that the law that people like Mr. Benjamin Etim is quick to point out, was meant to be applied to persons that use such vehicles in that situation for profit... Ignorance of the proper law is also not an excuse for law enforcement agencies and its officers.
Illegal towing as an offense doesn't exist in Nigeria. The officials were simply out to extort. My advice, have a copy of their schedules of offenses. You can by at any of their offices or download from the internet. Really no one should be extorted anymore. We have rights and we must enforce same.
I do know that this happens a lot, however I am yet to see the enabling law that makes it an offence. I have reviewed both the FRSC Act and the Federal Highways Act and nothing in them can be construed as making it an offence to use a private car for emergency towing. If the private car is being used for towing as a business then perhaps it would be different.
Nigeria nothin we no go c.
ReplyDeleteGod in his infinite mercy will continue to punish both FRSC n VIO officers nationwide...amen
DeleteThey r just looking for money as usual. We all know FRSC is only interested in revenue generation...
DeleteWhat a shitty country
DeleteLil @ikenna @ God in his infinite mercy. Haha c phrase for comment.
DeleteMade in 9ja
ReplyDeleteI love this shit
ReplyDeleteEhyaaaa
ReplyDeleteNawa o, wetin person no go see...
ReplyDeleteNa wah oo
ReplyDeleteVictimisation at its peak
ReplyDelete...merited happiness
Funny story. Welcome to Nigeria. just make the guy your val and he will calm down.
ReplyDeleteImagine that,is new to me too o
ReplyDeleteImagine that,is new to me too o
ReplyDeleteLinda, Please use your blog to flag this issue, and also help educate people if it is illegal for anybody whose vehicle have the capability to tow even if is not a towing van is illegal.
ReplyDeleteI do it a lot because I have a very strong tow rope and my vehicle have the capability, I have in many occasions help people out of dire need of their vehicle been towed away from a bad dangerous spot, I always get my reward with the relief on their faces.
You are a good man. Ppl like this hardly lack anything from God. May God continue to bless you.
DeleteThey should provide standby towing vans,they derive joy in making people part with money
ReplyDeleteWell, I don't blame u linda, since u only drive tear rubber' cars. This law has been there time immemorial. No be today.
ReplyDeleteFoolishness....when time to show this sense come...wuna go run
ReplyDeleteThey are heartless and cause major road accidents due to their quest to collect 2k from road users or negligence.
ReplyDeleteHmm!
ReplyDeleteThat's why many people dnt help accident victims.
Nawa o
Hmm!
ReplyDeleteThat's why many people dnt help accident victims.
Nawa o
Only in Nigeria is illegal to tow. Corrupt country
ReplyDeleteErrrr...no. It's not only in Nigeria. The law just was never enforced.
DeleteIts quite unfortunate,you should have insisted they show u the law you contravened.
ReplyDelete. ~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA
Linda I guess she tweeted you,ask her to call FRSC customer service on 070 022 5537 72 to report the issue, it's not wrong what the young men did, she can report the issue and they will handle it,they only want to collect bribes from those guys and its wrong. Knowledge is power,we have to fish out these bad eggs in our public offices.
ReplyDeleteFebruary 9, 2016 at 1:07 PM
With all these laws flying around now, people would soon stop rendering any kind of help to someone in need
ReplyDeleteEva Da Diva...
welcome to nigeria, a country built on corruption and backwardness.
ReplyDelete#LibBadBoy
Lol. I just like the way the produce charges. Illegal towing. Anyways sha, my opinion is they should have called a towing van.... I think the whites we compare ourselves to or seriously wanna be like done tow cars with cars.
ReplyDelete9ja everytin is possible
ReplyDeleteYes It is illegal to tow a car without a towing van. They could have caused accident because it posses danger to other road users. Towing van has hook to suspend the car being towed instead of rope. We should learn to start getting things right.
ReplyDeleteNow ur rite but wrong. 1, if she could get a towing van but opt out due to d fact she wanted to save money and used d poor guys...pls lady pay those guys their bill charged. 2, if she couldn't get thru to a towing van coy due to dead phone or number can't be gotten easily...den how d hell was she going to sort herself out in dat situation. dem silly fowls should make d towing van emergency call number something a day old baby can recall in danger E.G 101010, 505050,708090 HABA!!!. Wen a friend's car broke down it took him an 1hr to get thru to a towing van guy willing to work, some said too much traffic can't enter it,another start calling mad price....d police had to take over and say guy dats too much money now kool down, and he only did dat cos he had collected his own money 1st. After he agreed to come, it took him another 45mins due to traffic.....mind u he was lucky cos dis happened in front of a police station ooo, if not he was done for dat day, to make matter even bad must police men didn't even know d towing van coy's number, dey kept passing him from one police officer to another.....So is dat d kind of situation u want ur sister, mom, wife or baby boo to be caught in.....at an odd hour again ooo...so my dear be real...na nija we dey so were emergency will go to buy fuel after being called OR fire service arrive without water in d tank!!!..we r getting there but na small small
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Anon 1:15 ur jus being stupid read in btw lines befor postin a comment. OLODO !!!
Deletemay those FRSC men never find help when they need it the most..Amen...cos i dont c how someone stops to help a lady knowing well that she mute be robbed n den u stupid,hungry men try and make them pay u for trying to help a lady...if i was the lady i would accuse them of robbery cos it is so clear that those FRSC guys work with armed robbers so that d robbers would have cme to rob her...
ReplyDeletemay those FRSC men never find help when they need it the most..Amen...cos i dont c how someone stops to help a lady knowing well that she mute be robbed n den u stupid,hungry men try and make them pay u for trying to help a lady...if i was the lady i would accuse them of robbery cos it is so clear that those FRSC guys work with armed robbers so that d robbers would have cme to rob her...
ReplyDeletemay those FRSC men never find help when they need it the most..Amen...cos i dont c how someone stops to help a lady knowing well that she mute be robbed n den u stupid,hungry men try and make them pay u for trying to help a lady...if i was the lady i would accuse them of robbery cos it is so clear that those FRSC guys work with armed robbers so that d robbers would have cme to rob her...
ReplyDeleteNigeria is the ONLY country (I suppose) where you have both daft, confused and frustrated people in uniforms....God help us.
ReplyDeleteNIGERIA MUST FIND A WAY TO TAX YOU
ReplyDeleteAUNTY LINDA 👩
Victimisation at its peak
ReplyDelete...merited happiness
And God would damage them all and their miserable boss who knows nothing other than teach them how to steal from motorists.
ReplyDeleteI would still help anyone i meet in such situation, and God help them they bring up this senseless talk, That day them go know say them germ yawa.
Iranu Oshi!
This is a very shameful act. It's well again way.
ReplyDeletethat is not the position of d traffic rules as far as i know; those marshals are fake
ReplyDeletethat is not the position of d traffic rules as far as i know; those marshals are fake
ReplyDeletethat is not the position of d traffic rules as far as i know; those marshals are fake
ReplyDeleteFRSC leadership should seriously and immediately look into this situation to mitigate any aftershocks and inform Nigerians accordingly
ReplyDeleteSo what should we do with this news now..anyway linda observe carefully
ReplyDeleteSo what should we do with this news now..anyway linda observe carefully
ReplyDeletecrap!
ReplyDeleteWhat a pity
ReplyDeleteNa real wa for FRSC oooo
ReplyDeletelinda, can we please take this issue to the management nd know if this is righ or not
ReplyDeleteI implore it is to take note of their names and charge them to court. They don't even know what they're doing since extortion has eaten up their brains.
ReplyDeleteI implore whoever it is to take note of their names and charge them to court. They don't even know what they're doing since extortion has eaten up their brains.
ReplyDeleteNa wa ooo.... Haba! I ask again.... Which way Naija?
ReplyDeleteNigeria for you.. what a shame what our country has degerated to!
ReplyDeleteNigerian law enforcement agencies have no human sympathy. All they are after is to make offenders pay a fine so they make their money. Whether u have a genuine reason or not. #sad#
ReplyDeleteFrsc must be crazy.
ReplyDeleteNa wah o
ReplyDeleteIf the towing van is for free then it's cool. ...If not its crazy..cos those people can be so annoying...its well with our Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteNigeria and Nigerians na wa so the FRSC officials would have preferred to have the woman abandoned for robbers, rapists or kidnappers to have their way so that their elder bros the police would now do their own show by arresting innocent people
ReplyDeleteFRSC is becoming something else. All they care is just that road safety. But coming to other areas of safety their brains are dead in those areas. How can they say the woman should stay on a dangerous longbridge with a broken car? Are we even talking of all round safety or just about the road ? Towing is towing whether wit the right van or not. This is very stupid of them. Honestly the police and other paramilitary are part of the main reasons why people no longer help people including accident and robbery victims. May God help us in this country.
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this can only happen in Lagos where even the Govt. is busy rubbing people of their valuables. that is why people in need don't receive assistance because people are either afraid of helping the wrong person on finding urself in police or all these hungry agencies net on the road.
ReplyDeleteIt's an offense you pple shuld stop cursing ourself out.... Seek or ask more....
ReplyDeleteLol, this is serious, if i own a car i wont help anybody in distress o. Chai naija FRSC na only bribe them sabi... Double your hustle
ReplyDeleteYou don't tow a broken down vehicle without a towing permit. Towing vans are reserved for that.
ReplyDeleteWe just lost another good samaritan!
ReplyDeleteEnter your comment...shuu? gosh!
ReplyDeleteIt happened to us ( my friends and I) three days ago at Ajah roundabout. The car broke down and we called another friend to help us tow it, after a mechanic made several attempts to fix it. We were at the roundabout for almost 4 hrs ( from 9pm till almost 1am). Eventually our friend came and helped us to tow the car towards Ado road. Before we got to Abraham Adesanya ( to use the roundabout and turn back) some policemen arrested us. I didn't know it's illegal until that day. We had to beg and beg, at almost 1am. It is actually an offense.
ReplyDeleteHmmmmmmmm na wa oooo
ReplyDeleteConsidering the circumstances, the road marshals should have tampered justice with mercy. However, the truth remains that it is a traffic offence all over the world to tow a vehicle with a non-towing vehicle because it poses a serious danger to road users.
ReplyDeleteD frsc guys are just plain nasty. I won't be surprised if they call on thieves instead of towing vehicle.
ReplyDeleteThis woman most-likely obtained her drivers licence from the back door. It is only a towing van that is allowed to move a broken dow vehicle. Why try to paint the agency bad?. Depending on the arresting officer, maybe the party involved should have been warned but then again, ignorance of the law is not an excuse
ReplyDeleteWorry not. Some day, the FRSC officials will find their families in similar situation and nobody will help. KARMA.
ReplyDeleteI have been their victim b4 when they seized my license over unnecessary law(a single line on my tyre which I bought three weeks b4 d incident). They made me pay b4 collecting d license. So anytime I see them on d road, I zoomed off with speed and they will run out of d road. It have been working 4 me bcos once u stop,they will manufacture any fault and charge u.
ReplyDeleteMy modus operandi.
DeleteIt's d law actually. Most of u didn't read the frsc manual b4 driving dats why u don't know that only towing vehicles are allowed to tow vehicles. Simple. And oh I don't work for frsc
ReplyDeleteNigeria when will you change
ReplyDeleteJust laughing
ReplyDeleteHello Linda, am a regular blog visitor though I hardly comment. But I want to educate ppl on this: Towing a vehicle with anyother vehicle other than a towing van is an offence. Pls try to educate blog visitors abt it. The woman iin question doesn't knw traffic rules. Pls its an offence, the FRSC officials were right to arrest her. GBAM!!!!
ReplyDeleteI on blame Nigerians since most of u did not go to driving school before getting your drivers license. its an offence or its illegal in Nigeria to tow a vehicle with a car other than a towing vehicle
ReplyDeleteI on blame Nigerians since most of u did not go to driving school before getting your drivers license. its an offence or its illegal in Nigeria to tow a vehicle with a car other than a towing vehicle
ReplyDeleteIT IS AGAINST THE LAW....she actually disobeyed the law by doing that. you need a towing van to tow another vehicle. do u know its so dangerous to other road users. the rope can cut or other dangers might occur. we all need to read our frsc road users manual. shes wrong. all she could have done was ask them to tamper justice with mercy. though ignorance is not an excuse in law court.
ReplyDeleteIt's a pity..FRSC are now worse than the police sef. They always find a way to extort money from people and huge amount of money at that which they insist will be paid at their office.
ReplyDeleteYou guys want a better country and you complain when they do their job. It is illegal anywhere for a car to tow another car. You are meant to use a towing van. If you want to help people and not rely on FRSC, then create a towing vehicle that is registered with the government and provide good service rather than bashing people who are doing their job.
ReplyDeleteYou guys want a better country and you complain when they do their job. It is illegal anywhere for a car to tow another car. You are meant to use a towing van. If you want to help people and not rely on FRSC, then create a towing vehicle company that is registered with the government and provide good service rather than bashing people who are doing their job.
ReplyDeleteIt is illegal and we all know it .
ReplyDeleteIt is illegal and we all know it .
ReplyDeleteI thought the primary role of law enforcement agencies are; 1. to protect and keep safe the citizens, 2. to serve diligently? Shouldn't the primary concern of any officer that sees this situation be, to ensure that the person in distress is safe before applying the 'Law' to the letter (as they deem fit)? I am sure that the law that people like Mr. Benjamin Etim is quick to point out, was meant to be applied to persons that use such vehicles in that situation for profit... Ignorance of the proper law is also not an excuse for law enforcement agencies and its officers.
ReplyDeleteits just money they are looking for what if something bad had happen to her what will they have said.
ReplyDeleteOkay
ReplyDeleteMaybe u no been roger dem
#FINEST
#Did you guys miss me?
Those pple sef
ReplyDeleteFRSC i hope you get to see this! Big shame!!!
ReplyDeleteIllegal towing as an offense doesn't exist in Nigeria. The officials were simply out to extort. My advice, have a copy of their schedules of offenses. You can by at any of their offices or download from the internet. Really no one should be extorted anymore. We have rights and we must enforce same.
ReplyDeleteI thought that was the #change.....#prayfornaija
ReplyDeleteYes o they say towing is illegal. Never understood it. So how do I call a towing car on the bridge? Until I'm raped and robbed Abi???
ReplyDeleteI do know that this happens a lot, however I am yet to see the enabling law that makes it an offence. I have reviewed both the FRSC Act and the Federal Highways Act and nothing in them can be construed as making it an offence to use a private car for emergency towing. If the private car is being used for towing as a business then perhaps it would be different.
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