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BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
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Saturday, May 13, 2017
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ILOILO City – The Transportation Management and Traffic Regulation Office (TMTRO) has started a dry run on using speed guns along Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr. Avenue in Mandurriao district.
The city government bought five speed guns, or “velocity radar counters,” as part of its intelligent transport system (ITS). It may purchase more.
Aimed at addressing traffic concerns, especially on major thoroughfares, the ITS involves the use of closed-circuit television cameras and speed monitors to check the movement of vehicles and pedestrians.
Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog previously said he hopes the system will make Ilonggos more “traffic disciplined.”
Speeding and reckless driving were major traffic problems here, leading to crashes that cost the lives of motorists and pedestrians.
In 2015 the Sangguniang Panlungsod passed an ordinance setting speed limits for all kinds of motor vehicles and imposing penalties for violations.
The maximum speed limit for passenger automobiles and motorcycles from the corner of General Luna Street to Diversion Road (Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr. Avenue) and up to Barangay Ungka, Jaro district is 60 kilometers per hour (kph). For trucks and buses, the speed limit is 50 kph.
For roads from Barangay Sambag, Jaro district to Central Philippine University, Jaro Plaza, Iloilo provincial capitol, and General Luna to Barangay Mohon in Arevalo district, the speed limit for passenger automobiles and motorcycles is 40 kph. For trucks and buses, it is 30 kph.
It is 40 kph maximum for passenger automobiles and motorcycles that pass JM Basa Street to Fort San Pedro, and 30 kph for trucks and buses.
Within the City Proper, the allowable speed limit for passenger automobiles and motorcycles is 40 kph. For trucks and buses, it is 30 kph.
On circumferential, radial and coastal roads, passenger automobiles and motorcycles are limited to 60 kph, while trucks and buses, 40 kph.
Admissible speed limit for automobiles and motorcycles in all other local or national roads, streets and highways here is 30 kph. For trucks and buses, it is 20 kph.
The TMTRO was tasked to put up speed limit signs around the city.
Speed limits are not applicable during emergencies and law enforcement operations.
Violation of the speed limit ordinance comes with penalties:
* P200 fine and/or imprisonment of one day minimum to two months maximum on first offense
* P500 fine and/or two months and one day minimum to four months maximum in prison on second offense
* P1,000 fine and/or imprisonment of four months and one day minimum to six months maximum for third and subsequent violations
The city government has allotted P25 million for the procurement and installation of the ITS./PN
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