All set for lane segregation on Commonwealth

[ghosthunter]

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/211599/m...mmonwealth-ave

[SIZE="4"]MMDA rejects calls to raise speed limit along Commonwealth Ave.[/SIZE]
01/27/2011 | 09:34 AM

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority on Thursday rejected suggestions to raise the speed limit along the 12.4-km Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City.

MMDA chairman Francis Tolentino said the 60-kph limit, which they started implementing this week, will mainly benefit senior citizens using the highway.

"Marami tayong senior citizens na nagmamaneho sa Commonwealth Avenue, naghahatid ang apo sa iskwelahan, maraming iskwelahan sa Commonwealth Avenue. Tamang tama ang 60 kph sa kanilang reflexes," Tolentino said in an interview on dwIZ radio.

(Many senior citizens drive along Commonwealth Avenue, bringing their grandchildren to school. There are many schools along that highway. The 60-kph speed limit is just right for their driving reflexes.)

He also said this speed limit is one of the ways they can reduce accidents and fatalities along the avenue, which some had dubbed a "killer highway."

On Tuesday, the MMDA started implementing a 60-kph speed limit as well as a lane assignment system.

Under the lane assignment system, the two rightmost lanes are for buses, while the two next lanes are for motorcycles and jeeps. The other lanes are for private vehicles.

Tolentino said that for the first two days the MMDA's new traffic rules along Commonwealth Avenue went into effect, there had been no accident reported.

"Sa second araw wala pang aksidente at wala pang namamatay sa Commonwealth Avenue (For the first two days, there had been no accident along Commonwealth Avenue)," he said. — RSJ, GMANews.TV

[ben_david19]

alam niyo, dapat may minimum speed limit din eh. takaw aksidente din ang mababagal magmaneho sa totoo lang.

[ghosthunter]

alam niyo, dapat may minimum speed limit din eh. takaw aksidente din ang mababagal magmaneho sa totoo lang.

Unfortunately you cannot enforce a minimum speed on a road that is NOT an expressway. You have establishments on that highway so it is normal for cars to slow down before parking, etc.

[robot.sonic]

Ipupusta ko kaluluwa ko dito. 2 months lang balik sa dati yan.

robot.sonic

[CVT]

Ipupusta ko kaluluwa ko dito. 2 months lang balik sa dati yan.

robot.sonic

Malaking pusta iyan bro....

Rather, sana gustuhin natin na ito ang simula ng pagbabago ng sistema ng trapiko rito sa atin....

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[ghosthunter]

Ipupusta ko kaluluwa ko dito. 2 months lang balik sa dati yan.

robot.sonic

DEAL!

[CVT]

DEAL!

Ayan,- yari ka Bro. robot.sonic

May nag call na ng pusta mo.... :bwahaha:

12.1K:drunk:

[robot.sonic]

Yehey! Sigurado panalo ako sa pustahan na to.

Sana si tolentino pumusta din.

robot.sonic

[jeDi13]

sa mga dumadaan araw-araw sa commonwealth, mas ok ba ngayon na may speed limit na?

[scharnhorst]

sa mga dumadaan araw-araw sa commonwealth, mas ok ba ngayon na may speed limit na?

hinde.

60 kph is just too slow.

1)what happens is everybody cruises at 40 or 50 kph.

2)if you go near 60, all you do is look at the speedo, and not at the road.

3)cars bunch up closer now than when there was no speed limit.

4)in NLEX, 100 is easy to maintain, because it's level. commonwealth undulates - may mga uphill at downhill. you could easily go over 60 during the downhill parts without meaning to.

besides. most accidents occur late at night or during early dawn... I'm pretty sure walang manghuhuli from 11 pm to 5 am.

ngayon ang daming TTMO sa commonwealth. nakakatakot talaga yung mga TTMO. ingat kayo sa TTMO :rofl:

[regaia]

Looking at the comments, it seems that I'm not the only one who thinks that a 60kph speed limit is too slow - around 80 would be better. Also, was just watching the news, and they're arresting vehicles going at 68, 65, even 62 kph! What's up with that? No leeway of any sort?

+1 on this, having a hard time maintaining 60 kph speed limit. I must admit I sometimes get a little over 60 kph especially at the downslope near PureGold (South Commonwealth). I think its more of a hazard having the drivers looking at their speed gauges and maintaining the speed limit rather than looking at the road .

It seems that sir Scharnhorst beat me to the reply.

[robot.sonic]

Dumaan ako dito kahapon. Sunday. Walang MMDA o yellow boys. Medyo sumusunod naman yung 90 percent (estimate ko lang) ng private vehicles sa speed limit. Pasaway pa rin yung mga bus. Madami di sumusunod sa speed limit.

Medyo mabagal nga yung 60kph. Mahirap din imaintain. Pero di ako nag rereklamo. Pinag isipan naman siguro yan ng mga taga MMDA.

Ano comments nyo?

[ghosthunter]

I would propose 80kph as the more practical speedlimit. But it seem the MMDA is populated by morons know-it-alls who think we should drive like senior citizens.

[Reepicheep]

They should put more enforcers on the Balara-Commonwealth-Tandang Sora crossing to ward those PUJs blocking the way to pick passengers. But I must say that the flow of traffic exiting T. Sora has improved -in the morning at least.

About the speed guns, how do they work? Is it similar to the ones in NLEX wherein they have a discretely parked vehicle on the shoulder with the gun and camera inside? This means I can just stay in the inner lanes and avoid the camera since the highway's width is almost double of NLEX.

[coiter]

dumaan din ako kahapon. ganun pa rin nga mga bus. ang bibilis. i think the problem is not much the speed but the swerving and sudden veering of vehicles. kahit naman 40kph takbo ng lahat pero kung biglang kumabig yung bus na katabi mo ng 3 lanes yari pa rin. yes you may have time to react or the damages may be smaller given the slow speed but the chaos and risks are still there.

mas safe pa rin siguro na kahit mabilis as long as everybody sticks to the proper lanes.

[regaia]

About the speed guns, how do they work? Is it similar to the ones in NLEX wherein they have a discretely parked vehicle on the shoulder with the gun and camera inside? This means I can just stay in the inner lanes and avoid the camera since the highway's width is almost double of NLEX.

Meaning that the inner lane is "radar proof" :naughty2:. I like it, but is anyone here willing to take one for the team? :drive1:

[robot.sonic]

I would propose 80kph as the more practical speedlimit. But it seem the MMDA is populated by morons know-it-alls who think we should drive like senior citizens.

Di ko napansin umabot pala 80 takbo ko kahapon lalo na sa pagbaba ng overpass o mga downhill na portions. Mukhang tamang tama lang. Hirap din kasi kailangang nakaapak ka sa break para ma maintain yung 60 e.

Palagay ko pride na lang pinapairal ni tolentino sa pag stick nya sa 60 kph. Para isipin ng mga tao na hinde basta basta bumibigay sa clamor ng mga tao.

Nakakalito din pala mga linya sa commonwealth. Di ko rin makita yung mga designated na lanes for buses and bikes.

[likot]

Dapat 70 or 80kph manlang ang speed limit. Kung 60 lang sobrang bagal na nito.

[umi001]

Had to go on Commonwealth yesterday to pick something up from my car dealer. Sobrang bagal talaga ng 60! Just going slightly downhill, I found myself having to brake to keep from going over the speed limit, nakakaasar! I pity the car owners who have to traverse the road daily - siguradong pudpod ang brakes nila.

[ghosthunter]

Had to go on Commonwealth yesterday to pick something up from my car dealer. Sobrang bagal talaga ng 60! Just going slightly downhill, I found myself having to brake to keep from going over the speed limit, nakakaasar! I pity the car owners who have to traverse the road daily - siguradong pudpod ang brakes nila.

This is the MMDA's solution to cut down the accident rate on Commonwealth. Make the vehicles go too slow to crash into each other.