MMDA to throw wet rags at jaywalkers next week

[benchph1]

ok to ah :D

dapat pressurized water! ung 1000 psi! mwahaha

tanda niyo pa dati mga '98-'99 ang parusa pag jaywalking pushups? pag babae naman pumps. syempre na-abolish rin.

[ghosthunter]

Hmmmmm... bazooka launched wet rags will be a lot of fun!! :D

[silver_corolla]

MMDA to push through with ‘wet cloth scheme’

Updated 06:02pm (Mla time) Jan 11, 2005
By Margaux Ortiz
Inquirer News Service




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THE METROPOLITAN Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will push through with its "wet cloth scheme" next week to keep hardheaded pedestrians off the roads despite mounting opposition.

MMDA chairman Bayani Fernando said they would start deploying sound trucks and mobiles with wet blankets beginning January 17 in Metro Manila's major thoroughfares.

When asked if Fernando coordinated with the mayors regarding the new policy, the MMDA chairman said, "There is no need to do so."

MMDA Traffic Operations Center Executive Director Angelito Vergel de Dios explained that the trucks, where the wet blankets would be "hung like flags," would warn pedestrians first before "wetting" the more hardheaded ones who would refuse to stay in designated areas.

Vergel de Dios said they resorted to the new scheme after failing to keep commuters from blocking the roads while waiting for public transport.

[silver_corolla]

I think its a violation of human rights because it make the offender suffer an indignity. The MMDA should APPREHEND and IMPOSE FINES instead.

Hit them where it hurts more...the pocket.

Ika nga ni BF....

"I don't see any human rights violation here. Staying in the middle of the road and blocking traffic flow is not a right."

[Dakila7]

sa una nakakatawa ang "wet rag scheme" na yan. but if you think deeper kabastusan yun mababasa yung tao, probably madudumihan yung damit, male-late sa trabaho and/or worse magkasakit pa. there are other things na pwedeng gawin i believe BF can come up with a better idea. but i agree with him that to discipline the drivers you also need to discipline the passengers.

[silver_corolla]

May warning naman pala e....

"The trucks would warn the pedestrians first before using the rags on hardheaded persons who refuse to stay in designated areas."

para lang talaga 'to sa mga matitigas ang ulo!!

[5Speed]

hehehe magandang mapanood sa evening news yan......

[silver_corolla]

According to some Metro Manila mayors, they will arrest those MMDA personnel caught throwing wet rags at pedestrians. That's fine. But, they should also apprehend the jaywalking pedestrian.

Makati and Pasay City officials said they would arrest MMDA personnel who would use the wet rags. Herminigildo San Miguel, director of the city's Department of Public Safety, warned that the MMDA risks facing the public's ire and a deluge of lawsuits for violating human rights.

Pasay Mayor Peewee Trinidad added the MMDA should coordinate with the local government before doing anything that would directly affect its constituents.

"What he is proposing is inhuman and embarrassing," said Mandaluyong Mayor Boyet Gonzales, adding that there are other ways to make people follow the rules, like the city's own ordinance on jaywalking, which is similar to that of Caloocan's.

Caloocan City Mayor Enrico Echiverri added that the plan was "disrespectful."

On the other hand, Valenzuela Mayor Sherwin Gatchalian said clearing sidewalks as a preventive measure was a better approach.

"We will not adopt that policy here," said Manila Mayor Lito Atienza, who had always maintained that the MMDA "cannot legislate." The police should instead strictly implement city ordinances on traffic and public order, including local laws on jaywalking, vagrancy and road obstruction, he said.

[silver_corolla]

MMDA gets wet and wild!!!

[pissword]

ok na ako sa wet and wild na idea ni bayani as long as d naman mambabastos ang mga MMDA... dapat may proper warning nga talaga tsaka naka siren dapat sila