Mindanao Times

20-second rule

• CTTMO to strictly enforce fines on yellow boxes

- BY RHODA GRACE B. SARON

AN OFFICIAL said drivers who spend more than 20 seconds on yellow boxes or loading bays will now be issued traffic citation tickets.

Dionisio Abude, City sa akoa kay ang mga estudyante

Transport and Traffic Manmadugay sa yellow agement Office head, said box kay dili muhawa hangtod the directive for strict enuntil dili mapuno. Naa forcement would help prepa gyud ta'y barkers nga vent delays for the riding dili pahawaon ang driver public on their way to their kung dili tunulan og 10 office or schools. pesos, so nag come up mi

"Actually, gitawag ni aning 20 seconds rule kay kung muabot gani kag 20 seconds diha tiketan kana (with) disregardi­ng traffic sign. (Actually, someone reported to me that some students get delayed at the yellow box because some [PUJs] wait for the vehicle to be full before it departs from the box, some barkers will not let the driver go unless they are paid P10, so we came up with the 20-second rule that once you reach 20 seconds you will get a ticket for disregardi­ng traffic sign)," Abude said during the ISpeak media forum Thursday.

The city has a 20-second rule on private and public utility vehicles for loading or unloading passengers at the loading bays and yellow boxes. He said they would put up signages on the loading bays to drivers and passengers about the policy.

"Gibalik nato, in fact, nagpahimo nako'g daghan kaayo nga signage para sa tanang loading bay or yellow box butangan nato na siya (We resumed it, in fact, I already ordered the creation of more signages for our loading bays or yellow boxes)," he said.

He cited that the 20-sec

 ?? BING GONZALES ?? PASSENGERS hop on the Catalunan Grande-bound bus along Roxas Avenue as part of the peak hours augmentati­on by the location government. The City Transport and Traffic Management Office has deployed more personnel on the ground to monitor stranded passengers, chief Dionisio Abude says.
BING GONZALES PASSENGERS hop on the Catalunan Grande-bound bus along Roxas Avenue as part of the peak hours augmentati­on by the location government. The City Transport and Traffic Management Office has deployed more personnel on the ground to monitor stranded passengers, chief Dionisio Abude says.

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