Halfway to the Department of Interior and Local Government’s 60-day deadline to clear public roads from any form of obstruction, Valenzuela City is set to implement its own no-contact apprehension program next month in a bid to improve safety and traffic flow.
According to Mayor Rex Gatchalian, the new apprehension program will take away “subjectivity” of traffic enforcers in order to ease the tension between traffic enforcers and violators by leaving traffic infractions to cameras.
Using several traffic enforcement cameras strategically placed throughout the city, motorists caught violating the following traffic rules may face hefty fines beginning September 16.
Overspeeding – P3,000
Anti-distracted driving – P3,000
Counterflow – P3,000
Driving an unregistered vehicle – P3,000
Disregard of traffic control and signs/reckless driving –
- 1st offense – P2,000
- 2nd offense – P2,500
- 3rd offense and succeeding offenses – P3,000
Obstruction of pedestrian lane
- 1st offense P2,000
- 2nd offense – P2,500
- 3rd offense and succeeding offenses – P3,000
Stopping over the yellow box
- 1st offense P2,000
- 2nd offense – P2,500
- 3rd offense and succeeding offenses – P3,000
Failure to attach or improper attachment/tampering of authorized motor vehicle license plate and/or third plate sticker – P3,000
Meanwhile, public utility vehicle drivers could also face the following traffic infraction fines via the new no-contact apprehension program initiative:
Cutting trip – 1st offense P3,000
Illegal display of signboard
- 1st offense – P3,000
- 2nd offense – P4,000
- 3rd offense and succeeding offenses – P5,000
Tricycle ban – P1,000
Pedicab ban – P500
Truck ban – 1st offense
- 1st offense – P1,000
- 2nd offense – P3,000
- 3rd offense and succeeding offenses – P5,000
Violation of anti-spillage measures – P3,000
The fees that will be collected from traffic violators will be used to fund hemodialysis patients of Valenzuela City. – With Marc Jayson Cayabyab/STAR