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Traffic Offenses
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Alcohol and Drugs
Driving under the influence of alcohol
₦ 50,000
Alcohol and drugs
Driving under the influence of drugs
₦ 50,000
Driving under the influence of psychotropic substances
₦ 50,000
Driving with alcohol in blood in excess of 80mg/100ml
₦ 20,000
Smoking while driving
₦ 5,000
Assault
Assaulting a Road Traffic Officer while performing his duty
₦ 200,000
Resisting arrest and vehicle impoundment
₦50,000
Construction area violation
Disregarding warning sign at road construction zone
₦10,000
Inadequate construction warning signs
₦50,000
Damage to public property
Damage to public utility or road infrastructure
₦20,000
Spillage of vehicle contents on the carriageway
₦50,000
Dispatch and Logistics Services Motorcycles or Tricycles
Carrying passenger
₦30,000
Driving with plate number other than specified regulation number plate
₦50,000
Driving without DOT Compliant Helmet
₦5,000
Driving without Reflective jacket
₦ 5,000
Driving without Riding Boots
₦5,000
Driving without branded box
₦10,000
Driving without rider certification
₦20,000
Operating motorcycle/tricycle without registration
₦50,000
Operating outside Approved area of coverage
₦50,000
Distraction
Eating/ Drinking while driving
₦10,000
Using mobile telephone while driving without hands-free device
₦10,000
counting money or otherwise engage in other activities capable of causing distraction while driving
₦ 10,000
texting/reading text messages while driving
₦10,000
Excessive Loading
Carrying additional load atop a tanker carrying passengers outside the vehicle compartment
₦ 20,000
Carrying of passengers outside the vehicle compartment
₦10,000
Carrying passenger and goods in excess of the axle capacity of the vehicle
₦10,000
Carrying passenger and goods in excess of the road capacity
₦50,000
Carrying passenger in excess of regulation during epidemic
₦10,000
Carrying passenger in excess of the stipulated number
₦10,000
Carrying projected load in excess of 3.115 metres in height
₦15,000
Carrying projected load without adequate warning sign
₦10,000
Carrying projected loads in excess of a third the length of the vehicle
₦10,000
commuter or conductor hanging on tailboard of moving vehicle
₦10,000
Impounded Vehicles
failure to retrieve impounded vehicle within 3 months of impoundment after fulfilling all conditions set for retrieval
₦ 0
Improper parking
Abandon faulty vehicle on the highway
₦40,000
Deliberate parking of vehicle on highway to obstruct traffic flow
₦300,000
Double parking on carriageway
₦20,000
Loading or boarding passengers in an illegal park
₦50,000
Operating in an illegal park
₦50,000
Parking across a level crossing
₦20,000
Parking across pedestrian crossing
₦20,000
Parking at or within 25 meter distance from road intersections, a bend, top of a hill or ahumpbacked bridge.
₦20,000
Parking facing direction of traffic
₦ 20,000
Parking in the No Parking Zone
₦ 20,000
Parking near a bus stop, school or hospital entrance or blocking a traffic sign or enter to premises or a fire hydrant
₦20,000
Parking obstruction to free flow of vehicles
₦20,000
Parking on bridge/fly-over
₦20,000
Parking on emergency vehicle lane
₦20,000
Parking on fast track of multicarriageway
₦20,000
Parking on main carriageway of single carriageway
₦20,000
Parking on slow track of multicarriageway
₦20,000
Parking on the wrong side of the road
₦20,000
Parking or driving on green verge
₦25,000
Parking or driving on pedestrian walk-way
₦25,000
Parking or stopping for commuters on the Highway in nondesignated areas *where there is no bus stops or layby* Both Driver and Passenger
₦50,000
Parking unAttended vehicle at bustops and laybys
₦20,000
Parking where signs prohibit parking
₦ 20,000
Parking within 10 metres upon approach to a traffic device
₦20,000
Parking within 7 metres of entrance to an emergency outfit
₦20,000
Repairing Faulty Vehicle on the Highway
₦50,000
Starting improperly from packed position
₦5,000
Licence Conditions Commercial
Carrying passengers or goods for reward or hire without relevant and proper documentation
₦50,000
Charging fare higher than the prescribed amount
₦30,000
Driving a passenger bus or taxi without FCT Commercial Drivers Certification
₦50,000
Driving a taxi without valid hackney carriage
₦5,000
Driving a vehicle with delivery plates on Sunday and public holidays or between 6pm on any other day
₦ 5,000
Driving articulated and heavy-duty vehicles during restriction hours
₦100,000
Driving bus without valid stage carriage certificate
₦ 5,000
Driving goods carrying commercial vehicle without a goods vehicle certificate
₦ 5,000
Driving without an operator
₦ 100,000
FCT Commercial Drivers Certification card behind driver seat and dashboard
₦ 25,000
Failure to Attend FCT annual Commercial Drivers Certification retraining course
₦ 20,000
Failure to display
₦ 20,000
Failure to display route numbers or route name
₦ 10,000
Failure to display taxi light on the roof of a taxicab
₦ 10,000
Failure to maintain a passenger manifest in interstate taxi or bus
₦ 10,000
Failure to possess a conductors badge for conductor
₦ 20,000
Plying a route not assigned to an operator
₦ 50,000
Putting commercial bus or taxi on road without Regulation colour
₦ 100,000
Tricycles Plying routes in restriction areas
₦ 20,000
Using a righthand steering vehicle for carrying goods or passenger
₦ 50,000
license
₦20,000
Motorcycle rider
Being carried as passenger on motorcycle or tricycle in restricted areas
₦ 10,000
Carrying more than one passenger
₦ 5,000
Carrying more than regulated passenger on tricycle
₦ 50,000
Failure for rider or passenger to strap on protective crash helmet
₦ 5,000
Motorcycle rider attaching to any other vehicle
₦ 5,000
Operating outside approve operational zones
₦ 50,000
Operating within prohibited areas or expressway
₦ 300,000
Unlicensed driver
₦ 50,000
Using motorcycle to carry passenger for reward in the FCT
₦ 50,000
Using tricycle in the FCT to carry passenger in the Federal Capital City and other areas restricted from such operations
₦ 100,000
Other offences and fines
OTHERS CHARGES / BALANCE PAYMENT
₦ 50
Overtaking
Cutting in before safe overtaking of vehicle
₦ 10,000
Driving three abreast on two lane road
₦ 10,000
Failing to give way when overtaken
₦ 10,000
Overtaking vehicle on the left pavement
₦ 10,000
Overtaking vehicle on the right
₦ 10,000
Overtaking vehicle on the right pavement
₦ 10,000
Overtaking vehicle stopped for pedestrian
₦ 50,000
Overtaking where prohibited
₦ 10,000
overtake school bus that is in the process of discharging school children at bus stops and layby
₦ 20,000
Pedestrian Offences
Failure to cross road at marked zebra crossing in vicinity of zebra crossing
₦ 5,000
Failure to obey pedestrian traffic signal while crossing road where provided
₦ 5,000
Failure to utilize pedestrian crossing, bridges and underpass within 200 metres of location
₦ 5,000
Leading animals through prohibited routes
₦ 50,000
Roadside trading
₦ 10,000
Standing on carriageway to solicit business/street hawking
₦ 10,000
Trading within 7 metres of a rail line
₦ 50,000
Right of way of vehicle
Failing to keep safe distance
₦ 10,000
Failing to yield at open intersection
₦ 10,000
Failing to yield at stop intersection
₦ 10,000
Failing to yield to emergency vehicle
₦ 10,000
Falling to yield at entering highway from alley, building or driveway
₦ 10,000
Tailgating emergency vehicle
₦ 10,000
Turning to left in front of approaching vehicle
₦ 10,000
SPECIAL PENALTY/OFFENCES
MANUAL INSPECTION
₦ 500
MONITORING UNIT OFFENCE – CATEGORY A
₦ 10,000
MONITORING UNIT OFFENCE – CATEGORY B
₦ 7,000
MONITORING UNIT OFFENCE – CATEGORY C
₦ 5,000
MONITORING UNIT OFFENCE – CATEGORY D
₦ 3,000
MOTORCYCLE OFFENCES – CATEGORY A
₦ 20,000
MOTORCYCLE OFFENCES – CATEGORY B
₦ 10,000
Parking of vehicles on car park space marked for people with disability
₦ 10,000
TAX FORCE ACTIVITIES PENALTY – CATEGORY A
₦ 50,000
TAX FORCE ACTIVITIES PENALTY – CATEGORY B
₦ 30,000
TAX FORCE ACTIVITIES PENALTY – CATEGORY C
₦ 20,000
TAX FORCE ACTIVITIES PENALTY – CATEGORY D
₦ 10,000
TAX FORCE ACTIVITIES PENALTY – CATEGORY E
₦ 5,000
Transporting school children in vehicles other than recommended
₦ 50,000
Safety devices
Driving with defective tyres
₦ 10,000
Driving with tinted vehicle glass without permit
₦ 10,000
Driving without a spare tyre
₦ 5,000
Driving without emergency reflective warning signs
₦ 5,000
Driving without jack, tools and wheel spanner
₦ 5,000
Driving without regulation fire extinguisher
₦ 5,000
Driving without tyres
₦ 10,000
Failure to display danger labels when conveying dangerous substances
₦ 5,000
Failure to use safety seat belts
₦ 10,000
Speeding
Exceeding stated speed limit for category of road or vehicle
₦ 20,000
Moving too fast for traffic conditions on inner lane
₦ 10,000
Moving too slow for traffic conditions on inner lane
₦ 10,000
Racing on highway or car stunt in unauthorized place
₦ 100,000
Traffic Signs and Road Marking
Changing lane when unsafe
₦ 10,000
Cutting corner left turn
₦ 10,000
Disregarding NO U-TURN sign
₦ 20,000
Disregarding lane control signals or markings
₦ 20,000
Disregarding official traffic control personnel
₦ 25,000
Disregarding signal at level crossing
₦ 20,000
Disregarding signal at pedestrian crossing
₦ 20,000
Disregarding steady red light
₦ 20,000
Disregarding turn marks at intersection
₦ 10,000
Failing to dim lights following vehicle
₦ 10,000
Failing to dim lights for approaching vehicle
₦ 10,000
Failing to signal before turning
₦ 10,000
Failing to sound horn
₦ 3,000
Falling to yield right of way to pedestrians on signal
₦ 20,000
Fleeing with an officer or attempting to evade arrest
₦ 50,000
Giving wrong signal before turning
₦ 10,000
Installing and Displaying No Parking Sign
₦ 50,000
Making U-TURN on curve or hill
₦ 10,000
Turning across dividing section
₦ 10,000
Turning left from wrong lane
₦ 10,000
Turning right from wrong lane
₦ 10,000
Turning right too wide
₦ 10,000
drives across Double Yellow Line/Center Line
₦ 10,000
Vehicle breakdown
Breakdown of 3axle tankers/trailers
₦ 50,000
Breakdown of 4axle tankers/trailers
₦ 50,000
Breakdown of buses with more than 12 seats capacity
₦ 25,000
Breakdown of car/Suv/light goods vehicle/minibus
₦ 25,000
Breakdown of lorries/tippers/rea r twin axle vehicle
₦ 50,000
Carrying out repairs on carriage way (all vehicles)
₦ 25,000
Failure to display reflective warning triangle or traffic cone at breakdown
₦ 20,000
UnAttended Breakdown vehicle on carriageway
₦ 25,000
improper towing of a vehicle
₦ 10,000
Vehicle defect
Defective brake lights
₦ 5,000
Defective brake system
₦ 10,000
Defective exhaust system
₦ 10,000
Defective headlights
₦ 5,000
Defective horn
₦ 5,000
Defective or non available windscreen
₦ 20,000
Defective or non installed mirror
₦ 5,000
Defective or non installed windscreen wiper
₦ 5,000
Defective reverse lights
₦ 5,000
Defective signal lights
₦ 5,000
Defective tail lights
₦ 5,000
Deliberate painting, defacing or covering of signal lights
₦ 10,000
Driving unroadworthy or write-off vehicle on FCT roads and highways
₦ 50,000
Vehicle emitting excessive smoke
₦ 20,000
Violation License conditions general
Driving Without Drivers License in possession
₦ 5,000
Driving vehicle during lockdown directives without permit
₦ 10,000
Driving vehicle without valid Road worthiness certificate
₦ 5,000
Driving with another person Drivers License
₦ 10,000
Driving with deformed or faded number plates
₦ 5,000
Driving with expired Drivers License
₦ 5,000
Driving with forged or immitation plates
₦ 20,000
Driving with wrong category of License
₦ 10,000
Driving without regulation number plates
₦ 20,000
Driving without valid insurance
₦ 10,000
Driving without valid vehicle license
₦ 5,000
Driving without valid vehicle proof of ownership
₦ 5,000
Failure to notify the Authority on change of ownership
₦ 5,000
Failure to notify the Authority on change of vehicle colour
₦ 10,000
Illegal Covering of Registration Number Plate
₦ 10,000
Illegal Transfer of regulation number plates
₦ 50,000
Passengers boarding vehicle during Lockdown directives
₦ 5,000
Unlicensed Driver driving
₦ 20,000
Using Government owned regulation number plates on private vehicle
₦ 50,000
imitation number plates
₦ 25,000
Violation of Truck Timing
Violation of Truck Timing
₦ 25,000
Wrong Way Traffic
Driving against traffic on ONEWAY street
₦ 100,000
Driving against traffic on multi carriageway
₦ 100,000
Driving bullion van in a direction prohibited by law
₦ 100,000
Driving on left half at hill, or curve on single carriageway
₦ 50,000
Driving on left half at level crossing
₦ 50,000
Driving on left of single carriageway
₦ 50,000
Driving to the left of roundabout
₦ 50,000
Driving vehicles other than mass transit buses on reserved BRT corridor
₦ 100,000
Driving wrong way in designated lane
₦ 100,000
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