Wrong-Way Drivers in Lagos Must Go See a Shrink

Psychiatrists in New York would probably love to see this legislation passed in the US. In Lagos, Nigeria—where traffic has reached epidemic levels—if you're caught going the wrong way on a one-way street, you face a $160 fine, but you also have to receive a psychiatric evaluation, reports the Wall Street Journal.

It's just part of a recent crackdown on dangerous driving practices in a city where residents routinely bribe security guards to let them cut through parking lots, and motorcycle taxis use bullhorns to scare other drivers out of the way. A spokesman for the Lagos ministry of transportation says the rationale is simple. If you violate one-way rules, "You should have your head examined." Locals tell the Journal it's just another way for cops to extract bribes. (More strange stuff stories.)