While authorities started implementing the Road Discipline Task Force to help in the apprehension of traffic violators and confiscation of illegally parked vehicles in the city, the Davao City Police Office has reminded drivers and pedestrians anew to practice discipline on the road.
Sr. Insp. Catherine Dela Rey, the DCPO spokesperson, told reporters Wednesday that the task force will coordinate with Land Transportation Office in its drive against violators of traffic laws.
The task force, headed by the deputy city director for operations
Supt. Ireneo Caburnay, would be composed of 12 police precincts, members of Traffic Group and City Public Safety Company.
Police Regional Office 11 (PRO 11) director Chief Supt. Manuel Gaerlan has initiated the task force and will also be implemented in the whole Davao Region.
Last week, Gaerlan said that traffic management is also their primary concern, especially if there are significant events in the city.
“So you observed that during the visit of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the ASEAN summit, we already started the road clearing operation,” Dela Rey said, referring to towing illegally parked vehicles and strictly apprehending road violators.
Dela Rey added that the unauthorized road signages, including those along the national highways were pulled out, explaining that those are “traffic hazard.”
She said the operation will include motorcycle riders who have no license, no helmet or using improvised muffler (bora- bora).
Dela Rey also reminded the vendors not to encroach the road to avoid accidents.
“This will be an aggressive approach to implementing the road law, iimpound na namin ang unregistered motorcycles and vehicles and then we’ll strictly apprehend those drivers na walang lisensya,” she said.
Dela Rey added that they are slowly implementing the said law to remind the public, both pedestrians and motorists.
“We should not complain that we arrived late in our destinations just because we’re stuck in the traffic or we got apprehended by the police officers,” she said.
Dela Rey added that everyone must be disciplined to avoid the hassle.
The smooth traffic flow has been one of Mayor Sara Duterte’s priorities.
In her “Byaheng Do30” initiative, the mayor asked the City Transport and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO) to enforce local traffic laws such as jaywalking.
