Buses in Lagos (from BBC News)

Lagos is the capitol of Nigeria and home to more than 10 million people. One of the cities biggest problems besides its filth and over population is its transportation. Many people in the city can't afford taxis let alone their own vehicles so they depend on the large number of school buses as they way to get around the city. There are two types of buses the large ones are called molues and are suppose to sit 44 and the smaller ones called danfos are to sit 12. There are said to be around 1000 buses in the city. These buses are referred to by many as death traps for many reasons.
Even though the buses bring cheap transportation they have also brought many problems for the city. The buses are always over crowded and never stopping long enough for people to get on. The bus drivers are always wanting to stay on the go partly because that's what the people want. On the other hand many bus drivers are said to be drinking on the job and crazy. The over crowding and crazy drivers has caused a lot of mayhem in the city. There has been theft on the buses and many car accidents because of the drivers not obeying the law. I found another story from news24.com talking about an armed robbery where 8 people were killed and three buses were ambushed. It was said that the buses are targeted often because many people bring home large amounts of cash from the down town markets.
I found these articles to be very interesting. I had no clue that transportation in the larger towns would be this problematic. I figured that there would be a lot of chaos but not to the extent that many people fear their lives and have to pray when traveling on the buses. I also found on wikipedia's travels guide that they advise people coming to the town not to use the buses at all and pay the extra amount for taxis since there is so much crime and accidents involved with the buses.