DOTr, nilimitahan ang pagdaan sa EDSA Busway ng gov't vehicles

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00:00 Red plate vehicles are not allowed to pass through EDSA passways.

00:04 This is also followed by complaints received by the Department of Transportation.

00:09 Karen Villanda reports.

00:11 In the daily driving of the judge on the passways,

00:17 it's easy for him to have a red plate or a car that the government is entering a special lane.

00:22 But every time he sees one of these,

00:26 he admits that they are being gathered inside the passways, especially in traffic lights.

00:30 It's like the red plates are lined up because they can't pass through.

00:34 We're all the same, right, Kavante?

00:35 In the new memorandum of the Department of Transportation,

00:39 government vehicles will only be limited to pass through the passways.

00:43 Only law enforcement units and emergency service vehicles will be allowed to pass through here,

00:48 such as ambulances, firefighters, police cars, and other law enforcement service vehicles.

00:55 Following the complaints of red plate vehicles passing through the passways,

00:59 even though there is no emergency and it's not a marked vehicle,

01:02 and government employees driving private cars,

01:05 private vehicles that are convoys of ambulances are also not allowed to pass through the passways.

01:10 We are now considering that because the government vehicles that we are talking about

01:16 are law enforcement and emergency vehicles.

01:20 Actually, the Department of Transportation issued a notice,

01:27 especially regarding our agencies in the Department of Transportation and the attached agencies.

01:35 I also reported that it is being noticed that even though it's a red plate vehicle,

01:42 it can pass through our EDSA bus carousel.

01:46 It's not allowed. If it's not an emergency, we will discuss and issue a notice.

01:53 If it's not allowed, we will really catch it.

01:55 According to the Interagency Council for Traffic,

01:58 372 motorists have already passed through the passways this August,

02:03 including government employees driving private vehicles.

02:06 The fine is P1,000 for unauthorized motorists passing through the EDSA bus carousel.

02:13 But every fine has a demerit point in the LTO.

02:17 If it reaches 40 demerit points, it can be revoked or your driver's license can be recovered.

02:27 The public is asking the IAC to take pictures of government vehicles

02:32 that are not authorized to pass through the passways and bring them to the LTO.

02:37 Karen Villanda for Morning Show ng Bayan, Rise and Shine, Philippines.