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Disrespect of the No Tailgating Signs at SLEX

Every single morning when I exit SLEX towards the West Service Road (I am compelled to pay toll, thanks to the Pasay City government for making the West Service Road from Merville Exit to Nichols a one-way street everyday from 0600H to 1000H), I can’t help but notice this sign:

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There is no problem with the signage – the problem is that most of the motorists seem not to care following this sign; worst, the people of the Skyway management do not penalize the violators.

In an email sent to the management of Skyway O&M Corporation (the operator of the Skyway system) last 17 May 2011, Mr. Ramon “Chito” Borromeo (OIC, Office of the President & CEO) replied stating that they are in the process of installing CCTV (43 in all) along their toll road. According to him, when this project is completed (only them knows when), they will have the capability to closely monitor their Toll Plaza guards, who should be directing motorists where to stop and to avoid being tagged as a tailgater.

I asked Mr. Borromeo on what violation can be imposed to motorists who do not respect nor follow the No Tailgating sign, and according to him they can be slapped with Disregarding Traffic Signs (DTS) violation with a fine/penalty of PHP1,500.

Well, let’s wait and see when the Skyway will finally “strictly” implement the No Tailgating signages. Being a tax and toll payer, I guess it will be better for the Skyway O&M Corporation to simply remove these signages (and do not install new ones anymore) if they will not have it implemented at the Toll Plazas.

I do hope that the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) and the Automobile Association of the Philippines (AAP) will closely monitor this issue, as the safety of the motorists that are being questioned by not strictly implementing the NO TAILGATING at the SLEX.

Court Orders Halt in PNCC’s Toll Collection at Slex

MANILA, Philippines – The Pasig City Regional Trial Court has granted the petition of a group to stop the collection of toll fees at the South Luzon Expressway (Slex), radio dzBB reported Tuesday.

In a report over radio dzBB, GMA News’ Tina Panganiban-Perez said the court – in a decision dated June 23 – ruled in favor of the Young Professionals and Entrepreneurs of San Pedro, Laguna which said the Philippine National Construction Corporation and Toll Regulatory Board were illegally collecting toll fees at the Slex since May 1, 2007.

The report said according to lawyer Melvin Matibag, his group filed the case on April 2007 on the grounds that PNCC’s franchise has already expired and so it should stop collecting toll fees at the SLEX and turn-over its assets and facilities to the government.

Matibag said the TRB, instead of stopping PNCC, issued a toll operation certificate extending the franchise of PNCC.

The report said the court decision, aside from stopping the toll fee collection, ordered PNCC to turn over its assets and facilities to the government. However, the court decision was silent on what will happen to the fees collected by PNCC throughout the period in question.

Matibag said his group did not include in their complaint the collected fees so they will leave it up to the government whether it will refund the fees or not.

The report said the group is ready if the PNCC will appeal the court decision, even as it hoped the government will see that PNCC is not worthy of the franchise given to it due to many violations it has committed. - Amita Legaspi, GMANews.TV