DAVAO CITY, Oct 16 (PIA) Mayor Rodrigo Duterte justified the full implementation of all traffic rules including the compliance of speed limit within the city roads to ensure public safety.
He invoked the city executive’s police power to save lives.
Duterte expressed disappointment over the sight of children crossing the streets as if running for their lives even on the pedestrian lanes just to evade fast running vehicles
“It is no longer acceptable,” he stressed.
Earlier, he ordered the Land Transportation Office 11, the City Traffic Group and the Traffic Management Center to be on the streets to implement the traffic regulations.
Duterte’s specific directive is for authorities to run after public utility jeepneys with engines beyond legal specification, drag racers and abusive drivers of fire trucks, police vehicles and ambulances.
“This must end now,” he said.
He stressed that the 40 kilometers per hour must be the specific speed limit within the city.
Duterte mulled of issuing an executive order to impound and to make arrest violators of traffic rules.
He said the proposed law covers to impound cars owned by drag racers.
“Do not release until I talk to them and to their parents. They are only showing off that they are rich,” Duterte pointed out.
He said that in the eyes of the law, everyone is equal here in Davao City.
However, Duterte pointed out that under his watch, the poor is given ample protection.
Dionesio Abude, chief of the TMC expressed readiness to implement Duterte’s directive given that his office has many operatives deputized by the LTO.
He said the TMC has 60 LTO-deputized personnel.
Chief Inspector Rhodelio Poliquit, head of the Traffic Group said four teams are now deployed on the Northern and Southern parts of the city to ensure that traffic rules are strictly followed.
He said every team is composed of eight operatives from the TMC, and three police from the Traffic Group.
Poliquit expressed appreciation to residents who cooperate by reporting violation on traffic rules like drag racing.
Atty Gomer Dy, director of the LTO 11 said that the current traffic rules and regulations impose administrative fines only to violators.
He said fines are imposed only on traffic violations without the fear for possible imprisonment. (PIA 11-Joey Sem G. Dalumpines)
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