Road Discipline Shapes A Gentler, Kinder Nation

What President Duterte should have selected as his swan song in his last State of the Nation Address was to call for national discipline, particularly the strict enforcement of traffic rules and regulations which are being flouted and ignored by both motorists and commuters, and which has become a source of corruption among traffic enforcers.

Stopping anarchy in the streets is the first imperative. Some motorists, motorcycle riders, cyclists, tricycles, habal-habal, even e-trikes blatantly disregard traffic rules. The red, green, and yellow lights of traffic have no meaning to them. The zebra stripes of the pedestrian lanes are ignored and those crossing them have to dodge reckless motorists. Motorcycle riders have become the new Kings of the Road dethroning the jeepney drivers. They zip through all the traffic signs, converge on pedestrian lanes in major intersections, scratch vehicles as they wiggle through small and tight spaces, and almost always get away with it.