The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has condemned the public utility bus driver caught speeding through the EDSA Busway on Thursday.
“The Department of Transportation (DOTr) strongly condemns the driver of the Joanna Jesh Transport public utility bus (PUB) with license plate number CAP 5133 for gross violation of road transport rules, as captured in a video by a concerned netizen that was posted in social media,” it said.
The DOTr said that Transportation Sec. Arthur Tugade directed the Land Transportation and Franchising and Regulatory Board and the Land Transportation Office to conduct an immediate investigation and issue the necessary show cause order to the operator and driver of the Joanna Jesh Transport bus.
“Let this serve as a warning to all our road transport partners that the DOTr, LTRB and LTO will never tolerate this irresponsible and reckless manner of driving by authorized PUBs which poses a danger to life and possible damage to property,” the DOTr said.
The dashcam video, which made rounds on social media on Thursday, shows a public utility bus accelerating through the tight EDSA bus lane. The speeding bus also knocked over a few concrete barriers, prompting private vehicles on the other lane to stop.
The government recently set up the exclusive lanes on EDSA in order to speed up the travel time of commuters as public transportation remains limited due to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.