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Trotro gear falls off as driver tries to shift it in video; social media reacts

Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at 5:14 PM by Ebenezer Agbey Quist

- Social media has become a place where never-seen-before things happen on a daily basis and users are not surprised anymore

- Just recently, a video of a trotro driver shifting gear emerged on social media and people couldn't stop laughing as the gear fell

- The gear was obviously damaged, but the driver threw caution to the wind and managed to drive with it

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There are many things you will see in Lagos that hasn't been seen anywhere around the world, and one of them has got people talking on social media.

It is a video of a trotro driver driving a vehicle whose gear is damaged. In the video, the gear could be seen falling as the driver shifted it.

Wetin You no go See for Lagos? Danfo Gear Falls Like Iroko Tree as Driver Shifts it, Many React to Video — Social media couldn't stop laughing over the video that has gone viral. Photo credit: @aqualadysix66
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A lady who was a passenger of the vehicle took to her Twitter page to share the video. @aqualadysix66 captioned the clip:

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"So I entered this bus today in Lagos and this is what I saw."

Tweeps soon flooded the comment section of the post to share their thoughts.

@the_writa said:

"At this point I don't blame the insane drivers of these junks. I blame the human beings sitting down for the crazy ride, squeezed together like sardine. We actually dictate how we get treated."

@dinar_fx said:

"You saw and you didn’t alight immediately."

@PeterGin wrote:

"What kind of gearbox does this car have. Jeeezzz, they have pushed the car to the brim of its limits. Omo."

@Mainasara_esq commented:

"Lagos is an institution on itself."

YEN.com.gh previously reported that photos of a commercial bus popularly called trotro got people talking with its fuel tank which happened to be a keg.

In one of the photos that were shared on Twitter by @VictorIsrael_, the driver sat comfortably in the bus while a fuel attendant filled the keg which was placed beside the driver.