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BY PRINCE GOLEZ
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February 2, 2018
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MANILA – Concerned government agencies must faithfully implement measures on motorcycle safety, Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III stressed.
State policies and laws on this matter are not consistently enforced, Pimentel said, citing a 2017 study by the University of the Philippines School of Urban and Regional Planning and the National Center for Transportation Studies.
“For government agencies, enforcing the law is mandatory and not optional,” he said. “They must enforce these motorcycle safety laws firmly and consistently. Otherwise, why do they exist in the first place?”
Pimentel has expressed alarm over the increasing rates of motorcycle fatalities in the Philippines.
Thirty-five percent of fatal crashes involved motorcycles, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority reported.
“People die when you don’t enforce traffic laws. This matter must be addressed urgently,” said Pimentel.
But the senator admitted that logistics issues affect enforcement.
“If these agencies cannot fully enforce traffic safety laws, they should come to me and tell me why,” he said. “If the problem is equipment and infrastructure, I will help them get the funding.”
Pimentel also warned traffic law enforcers who abuse their authority or public trust for personal or financial gain.
“We all know corruption exists in the enforcement of traffic laws,” he said. “These corrupt individuals must be rooted out and excised from the agencies they serve in as soon as possible.”/PN
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