Traffic deputies to get color-coded IDs

Traffic deputies to get color-coded IDs

Metro Manila roads do feel like the Wild West most of the time. It can be pretty damned scary, lawless, and you half expect the driver next to you to just pull out a gun and shoot someone. This can be compounded by the fact that traffic deputies...

MMDA no-contact apprehension starts

Fellow drivers, beware. MMDA just rolled out their planned no-contact apprehension scheme. The scheme will now use CCTVs to catch erring motorists. View the text of the MMDA's no-contact apprehension implementing guidelines 2.1 The image of the vehicle violating...

MMDA no-contact apprehension starts April 15

It’s been years since the MMDA has been on and off and on again on this supposed no-contact apprehension policy. Well, it’s on again now starting April 15. Unlike before when this supposed no-contact policy was supposed to be done using hand-held cameras...

Number coding lifted for March 24-25 only

It’s the Holy Week again. Be advised that for private vehicles, number coding in Metro Manila will only be lifted on March 24 and 25 – Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. Only provincial buses will be exempted from coding on March 23, Holy Wednesday. This...

Fatal motorcycle incidents up in 2015

Motorcycles are the cheaper and faster way to get around the Metro but it is definitely not safer. According to the MMDA’s stats, 66 road incidents involving motorcycles are recorded daily. Road incidents that resulted in fatalities involving motorcycles rose in...