How To Navigate Flooded Lagos Roads: Auto Dealer Explains Best Way to Avoid Getting Stuck in Lagos Flood

This video shared online shares a must-have trick for driving through flooded roads in Lagos, Nigeria.

In the video, the man explains in detail how to easily move your vehicle past flooded roads during this rainy season. First, he warned that drivers in Lagos should avoid following the directions of Agberos when driving through a flooded road. He explains that following them could lead your vehicle to get stuck.

First, he advises that the first tip is to slow down when you get to a flooded road, wait for another car to come in front of you, then follow the vehicle, and follow the tire movement of the vehicle ahead. 

The video caption shared by @jy_scotch_autos reads:

“This is the driving trick I use whenever I get to an unfamiliar road and it’s flooded.The first thing I do is to first park at a safe spot and observe the road. I would always wait for another car of relatively my car size to come in front of me and I then follow up. I observe to see the path the car ahead of me takes and I then follow up. Some of the agberos on the flooded road can be helpful at times and at the same time be dubious. They would just direct you wrong until you get stuck. They will then charge you to get your car out for you. Previously, I made a post where they frustrated a foreigner who they gave false direction until his car got stuck. They billed him 50k to help him out. That post motivated me to make this content. Take this my approach when you get to an unfamiliar road that is flooded and thank me later. I hope this helps.”