Rizal Philippines
May 6, 2017
"Ask not what you can do for your country, ask what you can do for your country" JFK
No amount of infrastructures, govt spending of tax payers money can solve our traffic woes. It would help, but unless the governed follows the leaders and managers, improvements will be minuscule. There has to be a radical sense of civic consciousness and follower ship among our citizenry
We noted that during the past administration and even now, a lot of road widening is going on, and yet traffic is still not improving:
What are the causes:
1. Illegal parking on roads that have been widened. For example the roads at floodway has been widened to 4 or even 6 lanes. And yet obstruction abound: trucks, tricycle, vans repairs on the roadside, road being use for business. For the obstruction removal team, they had to bring security force armed to the teeth to enforce the towing of illegally parked vehicles. Force has to be used.
2. Non observance of traffic rules:
1. Tricycles which are not supposed to be on the highway are still there and to top it all, Lord it over: not observing speed limits, swerving, not observing proper stops; they also obstruct roads at intersection
2. Balagbag loading and unloading by jeeps and other PUV. We are glad AUVs behave differently
3, Counterflow where it is not allowed. Especially by AUVs hurrying to get more runs, and MC. Whew. A lot of accidents do happen from this practice.
4. Illegal overtaking by MC from the right. They jam the street and do not observe traffic rules, nor the MC lane
5 MC drivers do not seem to know traffic rules and safety. Is LTO is amiss in instilling discipline and sense of order among new drivers. Nabibili ba ang exam?
3. Ill trained traffic enforcers and PUSO:
1. They over ride the programming of traffic lights;
2. They seem to be traffic enforcers for the subdivision or block giving priority to motorists exiting a block or a subdivision
3. Not to mention their proclivity to fleece motorists and drivers;
4 Priority of traffic lights are to be: going to office in the morning, and going home in the afternoon or evening Does that happen
Some of them used to be campaign managers for the mayor or councilor or x utility men. Who will spend for their training A lot can be gained if they were trained.
