No more warnings for Commonwealth Avenue speed limit violators

MANILA, Philippines -  The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said it only gave warnings to motorists who violated a new 60-kilometer per hour speed limit on Commonwealth Avenue on its first day of implementation yesterday.

Today, however, motorists caught speeding or violating lane segregation by MMDA enforcers armed with digital cameras and speed tracking guns will be sent notices within seven days. Under the MMDA’s “no contact policy,” the enforcers no longer need to apprehend motorists to document traffic violations.

The MMDA said motorists who will be caught speeding can still contest their violation before the agency’s Traffic Adjudication Board or just pay a P1,200 fine at any Metrobank branch or at the MMDA main office.

Emerson Carlos, MMDA assistant general manager for operations, said from 4 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. yesterday, traffic enforcers tagged at least eight speeding motorists every 30 minutes.

He said enforcers also caught 219 public and private motorists violating the lane segregation rule.

Carlos said traffic enforcers will man Commonwealth Avenue round-the-clock to catch speeding motorists and those violating lane segregation.

License plates of vehicles caught speeding will be posted on the MMDA website and will not be deleted until the fine is paid.