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Friday, May 5, 2017
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ILOILO City – In a bid to restore order on the streets, Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog bared a plan to give incentives to traffic enforcers who apprehend traffic violators.
Some traffic enforcers make few arrests and giving incentives may motivate them to perform better, explained City Administrator Hernando Galvez.
Mabilog bared this plan after a recent visit to Metro Manila. He observed that the traffic problem was being addressed by traffic enforcers there.
“The mayor was told that they were given incentives or share out of the fines imposed on apprehended traffic violators,” said Galvez.
Galvez, however, made it clear that an ordinance should be passed by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) to legalize the plan.
“Should the SP pass such ordinance, the city government will make sure that it will not be subjected to abuse,” said Galvez.
Traffic enforcers arbitrarily apprehending drivers will be punished, he said.
“The arrests must be in accordance to what is correct, legal and lawful,” stressed Galvez.
Recently, the alumni of University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) High School Batch 1987 proposed a project called “Abyan sa Dalan” (Friend on the Road) to solve the traffic congestion and other street problems in this city.
“We see the beginnings of a traffic crisis in the city, so the project is intended to promote not just solving congestion but inclusive mobility for pedestrians, bikers, public utility passengers as well as private car owners, and pedestrian safety,” said Atty. Andre “Raj” Caipang Palacios.
They proposed three activities: no-contact ticketing, child-safe sidewalks and publicized quality feedback.
In no-contact ticketing, Palacios said, citizens will be tapped to easily identify traffic violators.
It is a policy of Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) that utilizes closed-circuit television (CCTV) digital cameras and other gadgets or technology to capture videos or images in apprehension.
“MMDA is using a quicker and faster way for capturing traffic violations wherein they are using the citizens. So here we are proposing that the city government will enforce existing ordinances and can also ask the citizen to help,” said Palacios.
All the fines collected through the no-contact ticketing will be directed to the city government.
“For the MMDA, they have collected P20-million fines. We are hoping that the same will happen here. We will try to enforce existing ordinances and therefore the fine will not be paid to the Land Transportation Office but to the city,” said Palacios. (Iloilo City PIO/PN)
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