MANILA — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Monday will start issuing traffic violation receipts (TVR) with the corresponding P500 fine on the violators of the motorcycle lane policy along the 23.8-kilometer Epifanio De Los Santos Avenue (EDSA).
Emerson Carlos, MMDA assistant general manager for planning, said the full enforcement of the policy came after the successful one week-dry run in which 3, 781 violators were “apprehended” and made to attend a 15-minute road safety seminar.
On top of the apprehensions, Carlos said no motorcycle-related accidents occurred in the metropolis’ prime thoroughfare during the dry-run.
“Gusto lang po nating paalalahanan ang lahat ng mga motorcycle riders na simula Lunes, tapos na po ang dry-run at pag nahuli po kayo, ay titiketan na kayo at magbabayad na kayo ng kaukulang penalty, so maganda na sumunod na lang tayo sa batas (We just want to remind the motorcycle riders that the dry-run is over and starting Monday if they will caught them we will issue traffic violation receipts they have to pay for the correspond penalty, we should follow the traffic rules),” the official said during the agency’s weekly radio program.
Violators of the policy will be apprehended by the agency’s own group of bike riders, dubbed the “green tank” unit due to the color of the gas tanks of their motorcycles.
Carlos said they would also go after motorcycle riders wearing slippers, those with no helmets and proper safety gear, those with defective headlights and signal lights as well as those using mobile phones while driving.
Traffic enforcers are also ordered to apprehend overloaded motorcycle adding that based on regulations issued by the Land Transportation Office (LTO), a motorcycle should only have one passenger or back rider.
The agency also reminded riders to always keep their motorcycle headlights on even during the daylight. A resolution passed by the Metro Manila Council (MMC) penalized violators of this policy with a P150 fine.
The MMC, whose members are the 17 Metro mayors, is the policy-making body of the MMDA.
The agency has designated EDSA’s fourth lane from the right sidewalk as the motorcycle lane citing a study it conducted showing that that lane is the safest for motorcycle riders.
The first two lanes of EDSA (going in one direction) from the sidewalk are for use by public utility vehicles and trucks with the third and fifth (“fast lane”) lanes for private vehicles.
MMDA statistics showed that on the daily average, at least 6,559 motorcycles travel along EDSA’s northbound lane and at least 5,173 travel along the southbound lane.
Similar schemes were already in place along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City and Macapagal Boulevard in Pasay-Paranaque area.
The MMDA said the enforcement of such lanes have resulted to a decrease in the number of fatal accidents in the said highways adding that in Commonwealth, which once garnered the moniker “The Killer Highway, the number of such accidents was cut from 4 to 6 to less than one per day and that the figure was even lower on Macapagal from 4 to 5 accidents to almost zero. (PNA)
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MANILA, February 19 (PNA) -- The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Monday will be starting to issue traffic violation receipts (TVR) with the corresponding P500 fine on the violators of the motorcycle lane policy along the 23.8-kilometer long Epifanio De Los Santos Avenue (EDSA).
MMDA Assistant General Manager for Planning Emerson Carlos said the full enforcement of the policy came after the successful one week-dry run in which 3, 781 violators were “apprehended” and made to attend a 15-minute road safety seminar.
The breakdown of the apprehensions is as follows: February 14, Tuesday-1,403 violators; February 15, Wednesday-855; February 16, Thursday-692; February 17, Friday, 833.
On top of the apprehensions, Carlos said no motorcycle-related accidents occurred in the metropolis’ prime thoroughfare during the dry-run.
“Gusto lang po nating paalalahanan ang lahat ng mga motorcycle riders na simula Lunes, tapos na po ang dry-run at pag nahuli po kayo, ay titiketan na kayo at magbabayad na kayo ng kaukulang penalty, so maganda na sumunod na lang tayo sa batas (We just want to remind the motorcycle riders that the dry-run is over and starting Monday if they will caught them we will issue traffic violation receipts they have to pay for the correspond penalty, we should follow the traffic rules),” the official said during the agency’s weekly radio program.
Violators of the policy will be apprehended by the agency’s own group of bike riders dubbed the “green tank” unit due to the color of the gas tanks of their motorcycles.
Carlos said they would also go after motorcycle riders wearing slippers, those with no helmets and proper safety gear, those with defective headlights and signal lights as well as those using mobile phones while driving.
Traffic enforcers are also ordered to apprehend overloaded motorcycle adding that based on regulations issued by the Land Transportation Office (LTO), a motorcycle should only have one passenger or back rider.
Another thing that the agency reminded riders to follow is to always keep their motorcycle headlights on even during the daylight. A resolution passed by the Metro Manila Council (MMC) penalized violators of this policy with a P150 fine.
The MMC, whose members are the 17 Metro mayors, is the policy-making body of the MMDA.
The agency has designated EDSA’s fourth lane from the right sidewalk as the motorcycle lane citing a study it conducted showing that that lane is the safest for motorcycle riders.
The first two lanes of EDSA (going in one direction) from the sidewalk are for use by public utility vehicles and trucks with the third and fifth (“fast lane”) lanes for private vehicles.
MMDA statistics showed that on the daily average, at least 6,559 motorcycles travel along EDSA’s northbound lane and at least 5,173 travel along the southbound lane.
Similar schemes were already in place along the 12-5 kilometer long Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City and Macapagal Boulevard in Pasay-Paranaque area.
The MMDA said the enforcement of such lanes have resulted to a decrease in the number of fatal accidents in the said highways adding that in Commonwealth, which once garnered the moniker “The Killer Highway, the number of such accidents was cut from 4-6 to less than one per day and that the figure was even lower on Macapagal from 4-5 to almost zero. (PNA)
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