Selective enforcement?

There seems to be a lot of interest about the road conditions in Consolacion as several of our readers told us that it is about time that Mayor Avel Gungob remedy this issue and not wash his hands.

Yes, it can be done, but the mayor has to work for it. Maybe most of those affected are not his constituents, but these people who pass through Consolacion contribute to the town’s economy by patronizing the businesses there.

Many people from the north also told us that they are looking forward to the coastal road, which has been promised before 2010.

Last week the CITOM installed new railings to block off our parking area at the office.

While the putting up of the railing makes it quite difficult for us to get in and out of the parking area, we are not going to ask that the traffic body to remove it, because it is within the bounds of the law.

However, we feel bad seeing many other establishments not getting the same treatment from the traffic body.

Why be selective in the enforcement of rules? How come many establishments, who do not follow the head in, head out parking system, which we at The FREEMAN are complying with, don’t get to have railings put up in front of their buildings?

How come the CITOM does not round up the illegally parked taxi cabs on Gen. Maxilom Ave. and Fuente Osmeña late at night?

How come we see drivers violating traffic laws and getting away with it with the CITOM personnel looking the other way?

We can only see our city become better if we are given equal treatment and we hope to see that from the traffic body.

A budget of P100 million a year can help CITOM go a long way and not just go after those who strongly criticize them.

Here’s something we received via email from Concerned Cebuano:

While the proposal of Councilor Labella banning HID headlights has good intentions, what is more important & urgent is apprehending drivers who DON’T turn on their headlights while driving at night, also those with busted tail lights, signal lights, etc. Over at H Cortes in Mandaue practically all of the tricycles traveling at night don’t have lights, this is happening every single night.

About motorcycles doing counterflow. I have seen one too many of our motorcycle cops do this esp. at the corner of Mango wherein speed cops travel on the other side of the island turning left to Gorordo presumably on their way to the Police HQ. The police, who are supposed to enforce the law, are themselves ignorant of a very basic traffic rule: you cannot cross over the center yellow line!

At the Ban-Tal area CITOM personnel are oblivious to motorcycles doing counterflow. The scenario is when you cross say from across the road going to Bright Academy. When you cross, instinctively you look left but when you reach the center obviously you’d look right bec. that’s where the cars would be coming from, if it’s clear you proceed crossing. Now comes a motorcycle from Talamban going to Banilad on counterflow...wham!!!

 I’ve seen too many close calls while stuck in traffic there & what’s worse is when the motorcycle driver would look at the person crossing as in: “pag tan-aw bai”. CITOM personnel are all over the place & they see these happening right under their noses! What are they waiting for, an accident?

For those who have comments, complaints or suggestions please feel free to contact us through 2531276 local 237.