A Cebu Metropolis visitors enforcer apprehends a motorist for a violation. CDN Digital picture | Christian Dave Cuizon
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu Metropolis Transportation Workplace (CCTO) advises motorists to instantly settle their pending violations inside three days to keep away from jail time.
This was introduced by Jounald Bautista, CCTO assistant operations head, on August 15 over Sugboanon Channel.
Based on the CCTO’s report, 1,789 visitors violators have been sued final yr, however solely 894 settled their penalties after being summoned by the native court docket.
“Akong awhag sa atong mga kaigsuonang motorista nga ayaw ninyo huwata nga moabot sa korte ang inyong violation,” Bautista mentioned.
Bautista added that almost all of these sued final yr have been drivers of public utility automobiles, together with taxis, and each conventional and modernized jeepneys.
The motorists who have been sued generally violated guidelines akin to ignoring visitors indicators and indicators; loading or unloading passengers exterior of designated terminals; and loading or dropping off away from jeepney stops.
In the meantime, from January to June this yr, the CCTO sued 324 motorists, with 213 violators having already settled their penalties, Bautista mentioned.
Corazon Yrog-irog, the performing head of CCTO’s Site visitors Training Part, suggested penalized motorists to instantly pay their fines to keep away from paying extra, in response to the town’s Public Info Workplace.
“P1,000 raman ang wonderful kung ma-issuehan og quotation ticket. Pero kung dili ninyo tagdon inyong violation ug moabot na siya sa korte, mas modako pa na ang inyong mabayran,” Yrog-irog mentioned.
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Moreover, CCTO suggested jeepney operators to repeatedly go to their workplace to verify if any of their drivers or automobiles have obtained visitors violations.
“Mao na amongst gi-advise sa mga operators nga kinahanglan nga kung gusto ninyo inyong sakyanan clear, kada bulan moadto mo sa amongst opisina aron ma-monitor kung ang inyong driver tarung ba ug dili violator,” mentioned Manuel Tagaan, CCTO’s sectoral pverall supervisor, who was additionally current through the Sugboanon interview.
Tagaan additionally suggested jeepney operators to require their drivers to safe certification from CCTO, which verifies that their car registration has no pending violations. /clorenciana
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