Traffic rant
Iguess it is okay to say that the dust has settled. That’s it’s no longer a “hot” topic. That it was not such a big deal in the first place. I don’t know how you feel about it, but I always believe that desperate times call for desperate measures.
Oh, if you’re wondering what I’m yammering about, it’s the latest band-aid solution to the traffic problem in the metro.
I have to admit, I don’t write so much about it since I’ve been walking most of these last few months. But I have an inkling of how the majority of the public feels.
Trust me, my heart goes out to all those motorists who are stuck in jams. I mean, I see them every day on my way to the office after my afternoon jog at the oval. But not so much to those people in private vehicles. They’re lucky. Most of them have air-conditioning, so they don’t feel the heat or the humidity.
And they probably complain the most even though, when you really look at it, they suffer the least. So okay, it’s an inconvenience. I’ll give them that. But it’s a minor one compared to what commuters who are jam-packed in public utility vehicles have to go through.
On Osmeña Blvd. the situation gets so bad during rush hours that some motorcycle drivers resort to using the sidewalks. Isn’t that illegal? Well, if it isn’t, it should be. It’s bad enough that pedestrians like me have to skirt around vehicles that have made the side of the thoroughfare their private parking space, now I have to worry about dodging overzealous motorcycle drivers.
Seriously. Why do they allow vehicles to park on sidewalks?
CCTO operations head Francisco Ouano should also look into this.
It gets really bad across and along the side of the Police Regional Office 7 headquarters. Heck, there are “tow-away zone” and “no parking” signs along the stretch of R. Landon but the people who park in front of them turn a blind eye.
Why do you think that is? It’s because they’ve been getting away with it. That’s why.
So yes. For a person who is a stickler to rules, it’s exasperating. No, it’s torture.
As for the deployment of soldiers on the streets, well, I have yet to see them in my neck of the woods. But I think they’re only there for show. I mean, really, what do they know about managing traffic?
Their mere presence, though, should intimidate those hard-headed motorists. And I think that’s why the soldiers are there. They don’t actually pull over vehicles and ask drivers for their license or for their registration, do they? They can’t even issue a Temporary Operator’s Permit or an Inspection Report Summons, or can they?
Either way, I’d love to see counterflowers finally get their comeuppance.