Road Users and Road Traffic Offenses: Implications of Gender Ojih, Emmanuel Eche Relief & Hope Foundation, Jos-North, Plateau State. Email: ojiheche@gmail.com; Phone: 08034589883 Dashit, Samson Ishaya Department of Social Science, Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna. Email: samishaya2003@yahoo.com; Phon: 08036331865 Dung, Pam Henry Department of Psychology, Plateau State University, Bokkos. Email: pahmduhng@gmail.com; Phone: 08025499351 Ismaila, Yakubu Department of Psychology, Plateau State University, Bokkos. Email: ismailayakubu@yahoo.com; Phone: 08025499351 Remi, Akinajo NTA Television College, Jos Phone: 07038163235 Abstract The attitude of not observing traffic laws is one of the reasons for traffic accidents in many countries. In Nigeria, every year, traffic accidents result in huge loss of life, assets and social cost. As the population continues to grow within a limited space, traffic-jams and traffic offenses have occurred and need to be solved; specifically because most traffic incidents result from negligence or offenses by road users. More so, most crime or offenses committed are often left unpunished due to corruption as law enforcement personnel are often easily bribed to look the other way, or allow offenders to go scot free. This study investigated gender differences in road traffic offences and violations. The study adopted the factorial design and the random sampling method was used to select one hundred and thirty-six participants for the study, seventy males and sixty-six females. Two hypotheses were stated and analysed using the independent t-test. Results showed that males were significantly higher on positive attitude towards bribery than females, t = 2.257, df = 134, p = 0.028 (p < 0.05). Males were also significantly higher on road traffic offenses and violations than females, t = 3.028, df = 134, p = 0.003 (p < 0.05). It was therefore recommended among others that the law on Traffic offenses and violations should be enforced at all levels by the relevant authorities in Nigeria. Key Words: Road users; Traffic offenses; Bribery; Attitude; Corruption. Kaduna Journal of Sociology (KJS) Vol. 4 No. 4 July, 2016 119 Introduction Among one of the societal problems, crime has been identified as a ravaging scourge universally. Though the concept of crime would seem quite diverse, there are crimes that are highly rated and synonymous with African countries as well as across gender. According to Gyong, (2010) crime is a major cause of under development in the developing world. Nweze (2001) investigated three major crimes committed in Nigeria. Among two major ones are corruption and traffic offenses. Despite the fact that there are statutory bodies saddled to curtail such offenses, societal members have continued to indulge in various traffic offenses acts. It has been estimated that about 1.3 million people die annually as a result of road crashes (over 3000 deaths per day). More so, ninety per cent of road deaths occur in low and middle income countries, which harbour less than half of the world’s registered vehicle fleet (Tunde, Taiwo & Matanmi 2012). Road crash injuries are among the three leading causes of deaths for people between 5 and 44 years