ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Nov. 28, 2012) – Traffic violations remain unabated in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines – from illegal parking to overloaded jeeps and mini-buses to abusive drivers.
Despite the violations, traffic policemen and traffic enforcers from the local government failed to address the situation in Zamboanga.
The Land Transportation Office in Western Mindanao said it would launch a massive campaign against overloaded passenger vehicles in Zamboanga City in an effort to curb the rampant violations of the law and to protect the riding public from grave dangers.
Many transport vehicles plying the east coast villages take passengers more than the capacity of their jeepney, but nothing has been done about it.
Lawyer Aminola Abaton, LTO regional director, said earlier in November that he would order a crackdown on erring drivers violating the law. But nothing has been done so far.
“We have received many complaints about this and I myself have witnessed how these jeepneys and buses violate the laws. Passengers who sit on the roof or hang by the rear of the jeep risk grave dangers and these (practice) must be stopped,” he told the Mindanao Examiner.
Abaton said they would also crackdown on unlicensed passenger jeepneys and tricycles in Zamboanga. He also appealed to the public to report traffic violators to the LTO by simply calling their Hotline Number at (062) 9924110.
“We are appealing to all to help us in our campaign and you can report traffic violators by calling our hotline number,” he said. (Mindanao Examiner)
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