MMDA imposes 60-kph speed limit on Macapagal Avenue

[jang]

MANILA, Philippines - The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Metro Manila Council (MMC), the agency’s policy-making arm, agreed Thursday to impose a maximum speed limit of 60 kilometers per hour (kph) for all types of vehicles along Diosdado Macapagal Avenue in Pasay City.

MMDA chairman Francis Tolentino said the speed limit is needed to minimize the high rate of vehicular accidents caused by drag racing along the avenue, which links southern Metro Manila and the province of Cavite. The avenue has a total of eight lanes, is 35 meters wide and almost five kilometers long.

He said the shopping centers and other establishments that have cropped up along Macapagal Avenue multiplies the volume of vehicles, “which results in the high rate of road accidents and tragic loss of lives, limbs and property, especially during nighttime when (the road) is also being used by drag racers.”

Tolentino said the speed limit will take effect 15 days after the publication in two newspapers of general circulation of the MMC resolution. The MMC is composed of the metropolis’ 17 mayors.

The MMDA imposed a 60-kph speed limit along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City in January to curb the frequency of fatal vehicular accidents, the most recent of which claimed the life of University of the Philippines journalism professor and veteran journalist Lourdes “Chit” Estella-Simbulan last month.

I guess speed limits are to Tolentino as U-turn slots are to Fernando.

[jappy]

tagal na naman talaga meron speed limit sa roads eh.
ngayon lang na-revive.
tsaka pag puno na ng sasakyan, useless na ang speed limit.

dapat flooding ang priority ng mmda.
obvious naman na yun ang kelangan within the metro.
for sure yan na ang next nila topic, kasi dami baha these past days.

[ghosthunter]

topic: 60kph speedlimit on Macapagal Ave....

Reason: Drag racers at night.

Problem: speed radar cameras don't work at night, MMDA often absent at night. Police presence totally lacking or inconsistent.

What is really needed: more MMDA and Police consistent enforcement of the anti-drag racing rules/laws already present, especially at night when most MMDA people disappear from sight.

What will just happen if the MMDA policy is enacted "as-is": many innocent drivers will be apprehended and tagged as bad guys because of "speeding" on a wide and mostly empty highway. This will end up as another money earning scheme for the MMDA. (Illegal) Drag racing of cars, motorcycles & scooters will not be affected at all.

[MaNgo_Crepe]

topic: 60kph speedlimit on Macapagal Ave....

Reason: Drag racers at night.

Problem: speed radar cameras don't work at night, MMDA often absent at night. Police presence totally lacking or inconsistent.

What is really needed: more MMDA and Police consistent enforcement of the anti-drag racing rules/laws already present, especially at night when most MMDA people disappear from sight.

What will just happen if the MMDA policy is enacted "as-is": many innocent drivers will be apprehended and tagged as bad guys because of "speeding" on a wide and mostly empty highway. This will end up as another money earning scheme for the MMDA. (Illegal) Drag racing of cars, motorcycles & scooters will not be affected at all.

Agree! wala naman dragracing during the day, hirap naman ng 60kph speedlimit na to...

[cjv_justice]

Another crappy scheme.

[digitalron]

Stupid amateurs TRYING to ru(i)n the country by enacting amateur rules. Have they actually done commonsensical thinking before cooking up this scheme? These guys need to go back to school and take up Philo I and focus on logic. Dang!

[regaia]

I guess the MMDA "tent" at the top of pedestrian overpass wouldn't be a Commonwealth isolated scenery anymore. With so many laws unimplemented why bother making new ones? kaya halatang halata na for publicity lang yan eh.

[renzo_d10]

Puro nalang speedlimit.

Bakit ayaw nila ayusin yung mas major issues like flooding? Dun for sure MARAMI matutuwa.

[kotiko]

All they need high police visibility in the area.

Rami talaga "drag racers" dyan pag gabi.

Mas nakakaasar yung mga naka-motor dyan na karamihan mga jejemon. They run over 100kph usually without helmets.

Magugulat ka nalang biglang may humaharabas sa gilid mo.

[cjv_justice]

Puro nalang speedlimit.

Bakit ayaw nila ayusin yung mas major issues like flooding? Dun for sure MARAMI matutuwa.

ginagawan naman ng paraan a... magkakaroon pa nga ng underpass sa kanto ng QA & Araneta e, dun ilalagay yung baha. :hysterical:

[jave]

Repeat after me.

I! D! I! O! T!

Oops, I misspelled Tolentino.

[Autobeat]

Hindi ba dati naman na may 60km/hr speed limit sa Macapagal? May mga speed limit signs naman na. Wala lang akong makitang enforcement.

[SiRbossR]

Pusang Gala. di na nakakatuwa tong si Mr. Tolentino ah.

[renzo_d10]

ginagawan naman ng paraan a... magkakaroon pa nga ng underpass sa kanto ng QA & Araneta e, dun ilalagay yung baha. :hysterical:

Gagawing catch basin amp .. :hysterical:

[digitalron]

The problem with our policy makers is that they like doing stop-gap, high publicity, and gimmicky measures, instead of investing time and getting professional help in coming up with rational, long-term, and sensible solutions.

Speed limits are not the solution to the problem of over-speeding in the case of drag-racers: it's police visibility.
Speed limits are not the solution to a high incidence of traffic accidents in the area: it's lane discipline.
Speed limits are not the solution to other ills on the road: it's making it difficult for unqualified people to get behind the wheel.

Whether the speed limit is 60 or 80, there will always be idiots on the road who will drive dilapidated vehicles, swerve dangerously without regards to others, tailgate, cut, underspeed or overspeed, and who will remain ignorant of safety protocols. Get those morons of the street, make enforcement tough and consistent so that no one will even think of doing something that will violate traffic laws, and get professional traffic experts to help craft a sensible traffic policy.

[Benzmizer]

The problem with our policy makers is that they like doing stop-gap, high publicity, and gimmicky measures, instead of investing time and getting professional help in coming up with rational, long-term, and sensible solutions.

Speed limits are not the solution to the problem of over-speeding in the case of drag-racers: it's police visibility.
Speed limits are not the solution to a high incidence of traffic accidents in the area: it's lane discipline.
Speed limits are not the solution to other ills on the road: it's making it difficult for unqualified people to get behind the wheel.

Whether the speed limit is 60 or 80, there will always be idiots on the road who will drive dilapidated vehicles, swerve dangerously without regards to others, tailgate, cut, underspeed or overspeed, and who will remain ignorant of safety protocols. Get those morons of the street, make enforcement tough and consistent so that no one will even think of doing something that will violate traffic laws, and get professional traffic experts to help craft a sensible traffic policy.

And if there may be POLICE VISIBILITY, they opt not to do their job.... hide and text their kumare or kabits.

[DeathRow]

Has anyone seen those deadly potholes on Macapagal (MOA crossroad to Coastal Mall Southbound). They ought to fix that first before implementing more money extracting schemes. Even going at 40Kph the potholes are quite bad...

[Monseratto]

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[CVT]

Sikisti na naman....

14.0K:bike3:

[vinj]

Speed limit is still to friggin low. My boss was caught doing 75kph on Macapagal... you're not "speeding" nor driving recklessly yet... huli. Something's just so wrong.