My dad got caught sa Skyway (April 5, 2012) - 114 km/h - license plate confiscated

[miko101130]

[111prez]

may choice pala kung DL o plaka ang i-confiscate?

ngayon ko lang alam ito

[KIANTOT]

Sir yun talaga ang gagawin nila pag ayaw ibigay ng driver ang DL, plate no. ang kukunin, kung may consideration yung enforcer pwedeng isa minsan 2 kinukuha kapag nakipag talo ka pa sa kanila

[dale323]

to TS: as much as i want to agree on you regarding 100kph being slow, you have to follow their rules.

[Retz]

hindi ba nadadaanan sa mahinahon na usapan ang mga nanghuhuli sa skyway? kung lagpas ka ng 5 or 10 km/hr beyond the speed limit maybe they could be considerate.

[Blackraven]

Hmm....

1) For one thing, how can they justify na accurate yung speed guns and camera/radar/laser equipment nila? Does it match sa speedometer ng sasakyan ng tatay ko? Thing is, speed is relative. That and marunong nga ba gumagamit ng mga ganun yung mga mangmang na iyan? As SIR OTEP said, speedometer error and tolerance. Pero wala, mukha ata na itong mga mangmang na ito ay ZERO TOLERANCE AND ALLOWANCE.

2) Correct me if I'm wrong pero hindi ba illegal na i-confiscate ang plaka ng sasakyan? My cousin told me that there is a Supreme Court ruling that prohibits such. Kung ganun, it makes sense.....kasi vehicle plates ARE PRIVATE PROPERTY.

3) Safety issues brought by a disastrously low speed limit
Need I say loss of driver consciousness as well as increase incidence of vehicle tailgating (i.e. nagiging masyado malapit ang distansya ng mga sasakyan sa isa't-isa)

Thing is: I'm not against a speed limit. In fact, pwede naman rin ang speed limit. The issue here is that it is absurdly-slow and is out of touch with reality. Not all roads are the same. The likes of SLEX, NLEX, SCTEX have curves and changing elevation kaya pwede na rin siguro baka pwede pa 100 km/h with tolerance of 20 km/h +5%. Pero to apply the same sa Skyway which is 99% straight (tapos kahit walang sasakyan sa harap, bawal ang 101 km/h onwards or kahit 120 km/h man lang).

IMHO, before gawin ng LTO/DOTC yan, ayusin muna nila yung corruption sa mga tauhan nila, i-ban ang colorum vehicles and slow vehicles (<60 km/h) sa inner lane, etc etc.

Grabe, yung ginagawa nila is like rubbing salt on a wound.

P.S.
With that said, I really wanna hear what sir ghosthunter has to say as well as his insights and opinions on this subject matter

[shadow]

meron talagang stretch SB after ng makati exit na pababa yun daanan doon madalas nahuhuli yun mga motorist. nahuli na rin ako diyan few years ago...I just sucked it up and just asked someone to get my license sa East Ave.

[shadow]

LTO/DOTC ba namamahala diyan? AFAIK it;s owned and operated by a private entity...kaya naman kinuha ang license plate kasi ayaw ibigay ng dad mo yun DL niya, right? kung binigay niya DL eh di hinde na kukunin license plate..

the viability of the speed limit whether it's out of touch or not is out of the question..that;s their policy...if we will not follow it then huwag dumaan ng skyway..meron namans service road eh..

next time alam niyo na humataw AFTER ng toll plaza...

dapat hinde sa goon squad ito, wala akong nakitang "goonish" na ginawa ng mga skyway enforcers...

[Retz]

Hmm....

1) For one thing, how can they justify na accurate yung speed guns and camera/radar/laser equipment nila? Does it match sa speedometer ng sasakyan ng tatay ko? Thing is, speed is relative. That and marunong nga ba gumagamit ng mga ganun yung mga mangmang na iyan? As SIR OTEP said, speedometer error and tolerance. Pero wala, mukha ata na itong mga mangmang na ito ay ZERO TOLERANCE AND ALLOWANCE.

2) Correct me if I'm wrong pero hindi ba illegal na i-confiscate ang plaka ng sasakyan? My cousin told me that there is a Supreme Court ruling that prohibits such. Kung ganun, it makes sense.....kasi vehicle plates ARE PRIVATE PROPERTY.

3) Safety issues brought by a disastrously low speed limit
Need I say loss of driver consciousness as well as increase incidence of vehicle tailgating (i.e. nagiging masyado malapit ang distansya ng mga sasakyan sa isa't-isa)

Thing is: I'm not against a speed limit. In fact, pwede naman rin ang speed limit. The issue here is that it is absurdly-slow and is out of touch with reality. Not all roads are the same. The likes of SLEX, NLEX, SCTEX have curves and changing elevation kaya pwede na rin siguro baka pwede pa 100 km/h with tolerance of 20 km/h +5%. Pero to apply the same sa Skyway which is 99% straight (tapos kahit walang sasakyan sa harap, bawal ang 101 km/h onwards or kahit 120 km/h man lang).

IMHO, before gawin ng LTO/DOTC yan, ayusin muna nila yung corruption sa mga tauhan nila, i-ban ang colorum vehicles and slow vehicles (<60 km/h) sa inner lane, etc etc.

Grabe, yung ginagawa nila is like rubbing salt on a wound.

P.S.
With that said, I really wanna hear what sir ghosthunter has to say as well as his insights and opinions on this subject matter

buy radar / speed guns detector?

[dale323]

hindi ba nadadaanan sa mahinahon na usapan ang mga nanghuhuli sa skyway? kung lagpas ka ng 5 or 10 km/hr beyond the speed limit maybe they could be considerate.

Bro, if they have evidence such as photo katulad sa MMDA, wala na dapat usapan. Yan ang sakit kasi ng pinoy e. Lagi na lang tayo nakikiusap for our convenience. Might as well stick to 100kph max speed limit na lang para wala ng usapan. May mga daan naman na hindi mahigpit sa speed limit (such as EDSA, Osmena and Marcos Hiway), dun nyo na lang ilabas and urge to speed up. Mas maganda siguro kung sa race track na lang para wala talagang huli.

I drive either a 60+ hp pick up truck or a 110hp car. Kung pick up ang dala, max speed ko na ang 80kph dahil yun lang safe na kaya nun. Kung yung kotse naman, depende na lang sa dinadaanan. It can do as much as 180kph or as slow as 60kph sa hiway.

Just follow the road rules na lang. Ginawa yan para maging safe lahat.