The Crazy Driving Experience
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Car trip are always fun at times especially when you are the driver because been on the road give you some kind of confidence and at times it make you feel on top of the world but you still have to be very careful since there are some crazy drivers out there. I have always been scared of cars and always try to cancel any long journeys because I do have motion sickness especially if I try to press my phones, it always give me this faint or throwing up mood which I don't like until the day I got my car.
That day was actually a mixed feeling moment for me since I have heard a lot from people about Lagos drivers and their craziness, how they lack road patience and always curse at any opportunities they get so most times I reduce my speed limit to 50-60 especially on the express and always make sure I don't take the fast lane. There was this particular day I went home with my friend (a lady) for our boys brigade enrollment service and on Sunday we had to return back to Lagos because the lady need to resume to work on Monday if not I would have return to Lagos on Monday so immediately after service around 1pm, I went to pick her up and one of her friend joined us since she is also going to Lagos. There is something about Lagos, Friday and Sunday are the most busiest traffic day and we actually thought we left early enough and based on my calculation we should be at home around 4pm at least.
Boom, it was really shocking when we met traffic on the way around 2pm, it wasn't just a normal traffic, it was a stand still and according to the map, there is no other route to take, people weren't even patience, they always make sure they squeeze their car into any available space and eventually we got stuck, moving slowly every 5mins or so, it was really a long day and I almost got feed up. 2hrs journey took the whole day, checking the time it was already 8pm and we have only covered short distance. Some soldiers came around trying to clear the way for their own car to pass so it somehow create little way for some vehicle to pass, I joined them but had to drive in a crazy way for a while before we got stuck again, around 11pm everyone lost their patience and entered the crazy mood, it was as if they don't care anymore, they just need to get home, I saw a bus with the inscription "Ji masun" which means don't sleep, wake up trying to clear a path in a crazy way, I was gingered and I followed it while honking loudly, I don't care anymore since it is close to mid night, I think some cars saw us and joined too.
Cars were just moving out of the way for us with the fear of been hit and at the end we clear a way and pass through, I got home around 1am and I didn't realise i damage my car bumper till the following morning. It was one crazy experience I pray never to experience again because lot of things might happened during that crazy moment.
