childofgrace2k:
I'm finally back on the roads again hustling after absence for over 3 weeks. I had an accident on third mainland bridge ,thank God for life, nothing happened to the passenger and me. But vehicle was badly damaged, I needed to spend close to 200k on the vehicle ,I.e whole body painting and panel beating. Note that I bought two new headlights and some other body parts of the vehicle.

I was on a trip when the Accident happened so I made a report about the accident to BOLT ,thinking they have some kind of plans for accident issues during trips on their platform.

Bolt made it clear to me that nothing of such exist, that they only take care of reported missing items during trips. They blocked my account immediately and asked me to do another inspection when my Car is ready.

I asked if at least they will give me a free Inspection after I'm done with the body work of my Car, and their answer was that there won't be such, that I will be responsible for payment of the new inspection.

I regretted ever reporting the Accident to them in the first place. My inspection report was still valid for another 3 months ,but I needed to do another one yesterday.

Has anyone ever reported an accident to Bolt/Uber and what was there response?

Sorry about your ordeal bro and thank God for life.

One question please, did you do accident investigation after the accident? What cause was discovered? Bad driver or vehicle fault? this is important because it will help prevent future occurrence and also for others to learn as well.

You did the right thing by reporting the accident to Bolt, N1200 or thereabout shouldn't be the issue here but how well your car performs after the fix is what really matters. Its their policy so they've to protect it. Inspection has to be done once an accident is reported either by driver or rider.

Its also sad or rather unfortunate that these ehailing companies shy away or wash their hands like Pontius Pilate when issues like this happens because I cant imagine how a company like Bolt/Uber don't have insurance policy for drivers who especially drive on a full time scale, paying hundreds of naira weekly to them yet same driver bares the risk alone when things goes south.

I'd a minor accident in 2019 with the civic, the one i shared here some times ago that the bike guy ran under my car, no injuries, no dent, just little and fint scratches. Base on the newbie I was I ignorantly reported to Uber and the next day I was about setting out I noticed my account was blocked, I shoud go for another inspection. After a few mails via their help channels I was asked to take a snap short on a template sent to me and my account was unblocked within few minutes.

I didn't border reporting the one that happened on college road afterwards...

Best advice is, gather some money, sell that car then buy another one and then insure the car because i can't imagine myself driving a cat that almost took my life.

Not only young ladies are problematic in this line of hustling. The female elderly ones too are something else.

I have been encountering some of them but the one I just dropped now Na wahala personified. She wa Ted to stop everywhere. Ok madam you should have indicated the stops on the app. She was like: that's how I do it.

Some drivers sha.
I was just praying for the trip to quickly end. Unfortunately she didn't know where she was going. Las las I helped find the place. On top of that, she still dey shout at me. I was going to caution her that I no be her personal driver. But just restrained myself considering her age.

Females on Ehailing..., no be small thing

Bolt na scam. O. The other day I had an accident on a trip, and I didn't bother involving them.

childofgrace2k:
I'm finally back on the roads again hustling after absence for over 3 weeks. I had an accident on third mainland bridge ,thank God for life, nothing happened to the passenger and me. But vehicle was badly damaged, I needed to spend close to 200k on the vehicle ,I.e whole body painting and panel beating. Note that I bought two new headlights and some other body parts of the vehicle.

I was on a trip when the Accident happened so I made a report about the accident to BOLT ,thinking they have some kind of plans for accident issues during trips on their platform.

Bolt made it clear to me that nothing of such exist, that they only take care of reported missing items during trips. They blocked my account immediately and asked me to do another inspection when my Car is ready.

I asked if at least they will give me a free Inspection after I'm done with the body work of my Car, and their answer was that there won't be such, that I will be responsible for payment of the new inspection.

I regretted ever reporting the Accident to them in the first place. My inspection report was still valid for another 3 months ,but I needed to do another one yesterday.

Has anyone ever reported an accident to Bolt/Uber and what was there response?

Barbiturate:


Easy. No be fight

215/60R16

hope ur car no dey too touch ground ? Ur tyre is small I had to change my tyre size at some point and it makes my car jack up a bit. I now use 235/55 R17 as against 225/50 R17. Budget 9 - 10K for a top grade

Costain Roundabout: The case of Apapa road



Coming from Bayo Shodipo service lane, (that is, you are not climbing Alaka to connect Eko bridge )


Sometimes Gmap misbehaves and tells you to exit the roundabout to go to Apapa road., in this wise, the Apapa road, I'm talking about is the one at Ebute- Metta, ( the road that directly leads you to Oyingbo).

Let's say , you mistakenly took the 1st exit on the roundabout instead of the 3rd, ( and you just discovered, you were supposed to take 3rd exit, and not the 1st.

1st exit - Abebe village road, surulere, festac, Apapa, orile bound.

2nd exit - Eko bridge. VI, island, Lekki bound.

3rd exit- Apapa road, Ebute meta.


The pitfall.
To go back to the roundabout. There are TWO turnings by your left.

Do NOT enter the FIRST ONE., the FIRST ONE(it becomes the 2nd on the Left) is for those coming from Festac,Orile side, who want to turn back but don't want to use the roundabout.

The SECOND ONE on the left is yours (tip: easy to spot. The road directly cuts the railway and leads straight to Nigerian breweries.

Often,those two short road stretches are often empty periodically (so an inexperienced driver won't have vehicles to use to determine the direction of traffic). He/She might likely become a victim of the lapses of the LASG traffic signage unit.

LG touts hang around, (I noticed some MIB also lay ambush there too) waiting for the next prey.

No signage at all, please be guided.

My name is Valentine I am an active driver on Uber. I had COVID in august and the car I was using was retrieved from me by a company. I was not owing a dime in fact I paid the company on Tuesday morning and I started illness that same Tuesday evening And since I recovered I have been idle. I am a family man with 3children. Please I need a car for rental ASAP my 0825173842 is my number. Thanks

verygoodbadboi:


This is free advise for those of us driving in Lagos

You guys should stop all these crap talk... What's defensive driving per say? Will it stop the guy behind to hit your back bumper even in traffic? No!
Will it stop a drunk from hitting a car parked on the side way? No!!
Will it stop the danfo, kerupe or dispatch rider from taking one side of your mirror while in traffic? No!!!
How about the guys that drive against traffic light, some of them still move even when the light if red, will it stop them from running into you? No! Just pray to be lucky. Even F1 drivers do have accident... Didn't Paul Walker died while driving? Then who's that idiot that believe in defensive driving? Goats!

One idiot who doesn't even know anything about driving or has ever travel out of the country or state either by road or air is coming to say defensive driving as if he has never been hit or has hit a car before and you guys are here singing his praise like worshipers of igbe. Nonsense!

If you're a driver and has never encountered an accident of any kind b4 then you're yet to be called a professional. Challenges makes us as humans stronger and better. The only thing I pray is "God please always give the right state of mind at all time to take the right decision" when ever I'm behind the wheel because a wrong decision can result to a serious accident that can even claim lives. And I thank God he has always been there for me.

So nothing like defensive driving, rather look, think, re-look and re-think again before taking a decision while driving

davit:
Not only young ladies are problematic in this line of hustling. The female elderly ones too are something else.

I have been encountering some of them but the one I just dropped now Na wahala personified. She wa Ted to stop everywhere. Ok madam you should have indicated the stops on the app. She was like: that's how I do it.

Some drivers sha.
I was just praying for the trip to quickly end. Unfortunately she didn't know where she was going. Las las I helped find the place. On top of that, she still dey shout at me. I was going to caution her that I no be her personal driver. But just restrained myself considering her age.

Females on Ehailing..., no be small thing

What's her name? Asking for a friend

Today is a very bad day for me as the first day of starting bolt. I got a ride to ikeja and along Ikorodu Road, my vehicle failed brake. I hit two different cars at the back as a result of that, I had to drive on the service lane and avoided speeding. This is a vehicle
I have been driving without any issue. The rider I carried was quite understanding. I finally arrive at the destination and called a mechanic around there to check if it was the brake pad, he checked and said the brake pads are still new that the problem was the master brake that was bad, he later helped me to adjust it so I could go back on getting to where I was supposed to pickup another rider, I entered Lastma problem. A very sad day for me.

Felicity001:


You guys should stop all these crap talk... What's defensive driving per say? Will it stop the guy behind to hit your back bumper even in traffic? No!
Will it stop a drunk from hitting a car parked on the side way? No!!
Will it stop the danfo, kerupe or dispatch rider from taking one side of your mirror while in traffic? No!!!
How about the guys that drive against traffic light, some of them still move even when the light if red, will it stop them from running into you? No! Just pray to be lucky. Even F1 drivers do have accident... Didn't Paul Walker died while driving? Then who's that idiot that believe in defensive driving? Goats!

One idiot who doesn't even know anything about driving or has ever travel out of the country or state either by road or air is coming to say defensive driving as if he has never been hit or has hit a car before and you guys are here singing his praise like worshipers of igbe. Nonsense!

If you're a driver and has never encountered an accident of any kind b4 then you're yet to be called a professional. Challenges makes us as humans stronger and better. The only thing I pray is "God please always give the right state of mind at all time to take the right decision" when ever I'm behind the wheel because a wrong decision can result to a serious accident that can even claim lives. And I thank God he has always been there for me.

So nothing like defensive driving, rather look, think, re-look and re-think again before taking a decision while driving

Boss, you will agree that no one knows tomorrow so I think it is better to gain knowledge that will be useful.
Know this know peace

eyinola:
hope ur car no dey too touch ground ? Ur tyre is small I had to change my tyre size at some point and it makes my car jack up a bit. I now use 235/55 R17 as against 225/50 R17. Budget 9 - 10K for a top grade

What's the essence of increasing the wideness?

Are you aware wideness reduces speed. Hight is is only needed but also reduces balance especially during turns.

I remember an incidence in Ogume, Kwale in Delta State myself and my right hand man Bobby the Eku man were traveling back to Abraka from Abia State for a burial... I forget I'd gotten to the sharp bend surrendened with swamps... I was doing 140km/h with my V6 accord... Men... na God no be me on that night... My tires where scratching, I could feel it on my steering wheel the car owner's and passenger's wheels were floating... Had I made any attempt to step of the brakes that night na story my case for be... But I thank God...

Bobby didn't say a word till after 3days we where together... I just laughed because I myself I knew what happened that night... It was God not me

northbird:
Costain Roundabout: The case of Apapa road



Coming from Bayo Shodipo service lane, (that is, you are not climbing Alaka to connect Eko bridge )


Sometimes Gmap misbehave and tells you to exit the roundabout to go to Apapa road., in this wise, the Apapa road, I'm talking about is the one at Ebute- Metta, ( the road that directly leads you to Oyingbo).

Let's say , you mistakenly took the 1st exit on the roundabout instead of the 3rd, ( and you just discovered, you were supposed to take 3rd exit, and not the 1st.

1st exit - Abebe village road, surulere, festac, Apapa, orile bound.

2nd exit - Eko bridge. VI, island, Lekki bound.

3rd exit- Apapa road, Ebute meta.


The pitfall.
To go back to the roundabout. There are TWO turnings by your left.

Do NOT enter the FIRST ONE., the FIRST ONE(it becomes the 2nd on the Left) is for those coming from Festac,Orile side, who want to turn back but don't want to use the roundabout.

The SECOND ONE on the left is yours (tip: easy to spot. The road directly cuts the railway and leads straight to Nigerian breweries.

Often,those two short road stretches are often empty periodically (so an inexperienced driver won't have vehicles to use to determine the direction of traffic). He/She might likely become a victim of the lapses of the LASG traffic signage unit.

LG touts hang around, (I noticed some MIB also lay ambush there too) waiting for the next prey.

No signage at all, please be guided.

Hmm! This guy e don tay I don dey reason ur matter.

Abeg I won ask you something, na one of my friend say make I ask u o no vex abeg

Shey you won write master's thesis on road traffic and Lagos touts ni! U won blow their cover?

Hmm... I greet you o bros... Continue! One day we all will find a place of fulfillment

Defensive driving LOL. Go on youtube and watch dash cam crashes or insane car crashes you’d know what’s up. Potential hazards everywhere around you.

YoungDreamer:
Today is a very bad day for me as the first day of starting bolt. I got a ride to ikeja and along Ikorodu Road, my vehicle failed brake. I hit two different cars at the back as a result of that, I had to drive on the service lane and avoided speeding. This is a vehicle
I have been driving without any issue. The rider I carried was quite understanding. I finally arrive at the destination and called a mechanic around there to check if it was the brake pad, he checked and said the brake pads are still new that the problem was the master brake that was bad, he later helped me to adjust it so I could go back on getting to where I was supposed to pickup another rider, I entered Lastma problem. A very sad day for me.

Sorry bro, hope your car wasn’t towed or locked up.
Just brace up and resume work tomorrow but be extra careful and prayerful. All of us have had bad experiences on the job, especially when we started.
The only way to recover your money is to keep driving.

YoungDreamer:
Today is a very bad day for me as the first day of starting bolt. I got a ride to ikeja and along Ikorodu Road, my vehicle failed brake. I hit two different cars at the back as a result of that, I had to drive on the service lane and avoided speeding. This is a vehicle
I have been driving without any issue. The rider I carried was quite understanding. I finally arrive at the destination and called a mechanic around there to check if it was the brake pad, he checked and said the brake pads are still new that the problem was the master brake that was bad, he later helped me to adjust it so I could go back on getting to where I was supposed to pickup another rider, I entered Lastma problem. A very sad day for me.

Sorry for your bad day. That is how machines are, one day they are working, the next day they are not.

Just drink one bottle of 33 with pepper soup and step down. Better days ahead…

Ayam cuming

Felicity001:


What's her name? Asking for a friend

eyinola:
hope ur car no dey too touch ground ? Ur tyre is small I had to change my tyre size at some point and it makes my car jack up a bit. I now use 235/55 R17 as against 225/50 R17. Budget 9 - 10K for a top grade

E dey touch ground o! I dey take Jeje climb bump sef. It is 215/60R16. I'll change it to 65

Felicity001:


What's the essence of increasing the wideness?

Are you aware wideness reduces speed. Hight is is only needed but also reduces balance especially during turns.

I remember an incidence in Ogume, Kwale in Delta State myself and my right hand man Bobby the Eku man were traveling back to Abraka from Abia State for a burial... I forget I'd gotten to the sharp bend surrendened with swamps... I was doing 140km/h with my V6 accord... Men... na God no be me on that night... My tires where scratching, I could feel it on my steering wheel the car owner's and passenger's wheels were floating... Had I made any attempt to step of the brakes that night na story my case for be... But I thank God...

Bobby didn't say a word till after 3days we where together... I just laughed because I myself I knew what happened that night... It was God not me

my car is sport and b4 now my bumper dey hit any small bump any how but when my vulcanizer advice i change my size i can tell the difference, my car now look balance sef as for speed na city drive I dey it's only on 3rd mainland i do 100 sef

pocohantas:


Sorry for your bad day. That is how machines are, one day they are working, the next day they are not.

Just drink one bottle of 33 with pepper soup and step down. Better days ahead…

Poco Haba naah,
Not henesy or Moët , or at least bad as bad Smirnoff ice/ Heineken.
You just went to 33 like those yellow taxi baba’s

Bolt drivers are rich, check out our dashboards.
We live in lekki and earn millions every month.

BAZ001:


Poco Haba naah,
Not henesy or Moët , or at least bad as bad Smirnoff ice/ Heineken.
You just went to 33 like those yellow taxi baba’s

Bolt drivers are rich, check out our dashboards.
We live in lekki and earn millions every month.
W

The guy just suffered huge loss, so he needs to keep his expenses low for now. When his dashboard improves, his taste would improve too.

pocohantas:


The guy just suffered huge loss, so needs to keep his expenses low for now. When his dashboard improves, his taste would improve too.

You too much, that’s very true.
You will be a good manager.
He can add Chelsea or origin bitters sachet.
Make eye dirty

I was in vi on sunday looking for a way to hit the mainland back na so i put my indriver app on.

Saw trip to ojuelegba. I reach pu i just slide for sterling bank at the bustop to call her.
Naso i dey call the woman, she pick but wont talk.

Alas the woman was intentionally doing it till i figured out.

Reversed and meet up with her.

The woman just started shouting at me that ahey i no see her hand since?

Me. I have been calling you, how will i locate you if i dont call you. Do i know if you a male or female? Short or tall? Black or yellow? I dont know you from nowhere

Rider kept raking.

Me: Sorry, i dont have time for wahala. Cancel the ride. Zoom off zooomm

Infact i got request on bolt from bustop to bustop and then a trip or ijora which amounts to x2 what she wanted to pay for slavery ride!

davit:
Not only young ladies are problematic in this line of hustling. The female elderly ones too are something else.

I have been encountering some of them but the one I just dropped now Na wahala personified. She wa Ted to stop everywhere. Ok madam you should have indicated the stops on the app. She was like: that's how I do it.

Some drivers sha.
I was just praying for the trip to quickly end. Unfortunately she didn't know where she was going. Las las I helped find the place. On top of that, she still dey shout at me. I was going to caution her that I no be her personal driver. But just restrained myself considering her age.

Females on Ehailing..., no be small thing

.

lanrexdo:
I was in vi on sunday looking for a way to hit the mainland back na so i put my indriver app on.

Saw trip to ojuelegba. I reach pu i just slide for sterling bank at the bustop to call her.
Naso i dey call the woman, she pick but wont talk.

Alas the woman was intentionally doing it till i figured out.

Reversed and meet up with her.

The woman just started shouting at me that ahey i no see her hand since?

Me. I have been calling you, how will i locate you if i dont call you. Do i know if you a male or female? Short or tall? Black or yellow? I dont know you from nowhere

Rider kept raking.

Me: Sorry, i dont have time for wahala. Cancel the ride. Zoom off zooomm

Infact i got request on bolt from bustop to bustop and then a trip or ijora which amounts to x2 what she wanted to pay for slavery ride!

Good riddance to bad rubbish, na baaz low mileage go carry her las las

Someone ordered a ride, told driver to go pick up something make he pay them 10,500 cash. Driver think say he wise, he say make rider do transfer lol. Driver send fake alert to mumu driver wey no get online access or nor dey receive alert.

After paying and picking up item, rider no pick call again. Waste fuel, 10,500. Naso bros check package see candle wey look like crack to me

Instablog

How accurate is google map in knowing all one way roads in lagos.

90% on island
80% on mainland
But for ikorodu, only the ants go tell

YoungDreamer:
How accurate is google map in knowing all one way roads in lagos.

Those 90% and 80% accuracy are poor

Juwonmania:
90% on island
80% on mainland
But for ikorodu, only the ants go tell

CAR PAPERS

BAZ001:


Poco Haba naah,
Not henesy or Moët , or at least bad as bad Smirnoff ice/ Heineken.
You just went to 33 like those yellow taxi baba’s

Bolt drivers are rich, check out our dashboards.
We live in lekki and earn millions every month.

We also use super technology, Mobil 1, Castrol oil.

Good morning any port Harcourt base bolt driver here, wat are d requirements in ph

LESSON LEARNT FROM MY LASTMA EXPERIENCE
1. Beware of Lastma anywhere you see them on the road.
2. When I got their office, I found out that most of their victims are private car owners who are not aware of those one way route because there is no visible sign to show it only a paved diversion.
3. Most of their so called traffic offences could easily be corrected but rather, they chose to use it against the person.
4. They hardly go after danfo who are constant traffic law breakers.
5. I still doubt reliability and reliability of Google map in knowing one way, so is better to accept trips to areas well known to you.

Law enforcement is dangerous in Nigeria because it lacks correction on a minor mistakes rather encourages settlement.