Today, October 15 is observed in Lagos as a
horn-free day in the state. It should be noted
that great applause must be accorded to the
originators of the concept. At least, a noise-
free environment will enhance the quality of
life of every Nigerian. Starting it in Lagos
which is reputed to be a sort of mini Nigeria
with an estimated population of about 20
million residents is a good one. Also, filled up
with noise generating industries, apparatuses,
and large volumes of vehicles and congestion
of all sorts, it will be a life-saving initiative.
To ensure that October 15 is observed as a
horn-free day, Governor Babatunde Fashola
Lagos of State gave out the charge on the
first Lagos Drivers’ Appreciation Day, a
programme organised by Lagos State
Ministry of Transportation aimed at
sensitising drivers on good driving culture.
Good as this concept may seem peripherally,
one wonders that in trying to implement it,
there wouldn’t be more hiccups and
challenges than the envisaged benefits. Some
of the salient issues raised by stakeholders
are the issue of the state of our roads
particularly in Lagos where there are a
multiplicity of bad roads. The question being
taunted here is what will a driver do when he
is confronted with a big gully, crater or
pothole and another vehicle trying to hit his
vehicle. Should the driver jump inside the
pothole or should he use his horn to wade off
the intruding driver. Also, what is a driver
expected to do when a pedestrian that is
supposed to use a pedestrian bridge or walk
path that is not provided suddenly dashes in
front of his speeding car; should the driver
use the horn to warn him off the road or
crush him?
Again, what will a driver do when in a terrible
traffic, a LATSMA official who is supposed to
control traffic, is busy negotiating
gratification or unnecessarily harassing the
life of a motorist? Should the driver use his
horn or watch the road messed up as a result
of a supposed road traffic official whose job
is to maintain free flow traffic but decided to
be aggravating it?
It is to be noted here that in the United
Kingdom and other western countries, it is
observed that less horns are used by
motorists. So, it will not be our way to be in
a bus and observe for an upward of several
hours one will not hear a sound of a horn
except on a very serious case that may be
life-threatening. In such societies, good roads
and traffic lights and signals are in place to
make any motorist using his horn
unnecessarily to look very stupid! Also, in
such societies, an adequate, efficient and
effective public transport system is in place
that will make ordinary car owners to
conveniently park their cars in the houses
and enjoy a jolly good ride to and fro work or
business on a daily basis with public means
of transport. There, you see functional and
efficient metropolitan buses that operate
almost on a 24-hour basis that commuters
can never be stranded in any part of the city
at any point in time. Not like what we have in
LAG and BRT buses that are descript, dirty,
lacking in timeliness and generally
disorganised. Added to effective public bus
system is the availability of an efficient rail
system that comes in the form of normal
train services, mono rail and underground
tubes. These are massive transport devices
that move thousands if not millions of
citizens from one point in the city to another
without much hassles thereby decongesting
the road and making less use of horns by the
motorists. The same sane societies also
operate an efficient waterway system that has
state of the art boats, ferries that convey
their people to their various destinations in
comfort that will make their usage of their
vehicles less attractive.

http://www.punchng.com/opinion/thoughts-on-lagos-horn-free-day/

I better dismantle the horn of my car.
Before I mistakenly press it 2day.
Am used to pressing it.

Chaos in Lagos with horns



I wonder how e go be without horn...may God protect the peadestrians.

Hope the danfo drivers have been sensitized,because some of them actually drive with their hands perpetually on the horn.

Nice one BRF,another First from Lagos state.

it's better and easier to curb a three year old boy not to play with his toy than to tell a Lagos commercial bus driver not to play with his Horn.