
Originally Posted by
dr. d
300 pesos is not sisiw to the ordinary jeepney-, taxi- or bus driver.
i think that motorists do not fear the 300 peso fine, because they feel that they are not going to be arrested at all.
if their thinking is transformed to otherwise, then they will behave.
no need to increase the fine. what is needed is to solidify the prospect of getting arrested and fined.
whatever we do to the metro, is just buying time. eventually, whatever improvement is made, will be overrun by the growing population.
what we should do, is to develop non-metro habitation. encourage living and doing business outside the metro.
population control? we had the chance at this, years ago, and "we flubbed it". but it is not yet too late. what we need is strong leadership behind it.