Tools Against Mmda Officers

[leo@dlsu]

[SIZE="2"]SUBJECT: TOOLS AGAINST MMDA OFFICERS

I just reached my limit last weekend, and decided to take action against
the abusive MMDA enforcers. I basically called up the MMDA head office and
inquired from the Personnel Officer, Antonio Pagulayan, to clarify their
policies. Here is what I got.
If any of these abuses seem familiar to you, Mr. Pagulayan has asked that
you call either the MMDA hotline (136) or call the METRO BASE at 0920
9389861 or 0920 9389875 and ask for an Inspectorate. They will send
inspectors to the place where these MMDA officers are extorting, even
while
you are arguing out of your apprehension.

1. MMDA officers are not allowed to group together in order to apprehend.
They are not even allowed to stand together in groups of 2 or more. The
only time they are allowed to work together is for special operations
(probably when they apprehend groups of buses for smoke belching)

2. Swerving IS NOT a traffic violation. Moving one lane to the left or
right is not swerving, no matter where on the road you do it. And it is
even less of a violation when you do it with a signal. Swerving is defined
as shifting 2 or more lanes very quickly. So you can argue your way out of
this, and call the Metro Base for help.

3. Sadly, using the yellow lane is a traffic violation and will get you a
ticket. However, buses are really not allowed to go out of the yellow
lane,
so if you see selective apprehension of private cars only, you may
complain.

4. MMDA has confirmed that your license MAY NOT BE CONFISCATED at a
traffic apprehension. The only time they can do so is if you are part of
an accident, or it is your third violation and you have not settled your
fines yet. They are only allowed to give you a ticket, which you can
contest. He recommends actually receiving the ticket in some instances, so
that you can report the officer who did it.

Also, you are free to ask any of these officers for their "mission order",
which is written by their supervisor. If they apprehend you for a
violation that is not in their mission order for the day, you can report
them and they will receive disciplinary action.

So go out and enjoy![/SIZE]

[ghosthunter]

This has been previously posted.

http://tsikot.yehey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44336&