Showing posts with label Driving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Driving. Show all posts

Saturday 19 December 2020

Driving Everyday in Lagos is Killing You

image source: qz.com

I have been thinking of the health implications of daily driving in Lagos, and how this city is killing its own in installments.

Maybe you've not heard of the saying that sitting is the new smoking meaning that your health can get messed up as smoking does just by sitting. But the worst form of sitting is commuting.

And there are very few places on earth that competes with Lagos in notoriety when it comes to crazy traffic.

Every morning as I drive out, I see people dozing behind the steering wheels because most of them got home few hours before. I watch women apply make-up, shouting at kids at the back seat, while still navigating traffic. Many have their breakfast and dinner while driving.