The Cebu City Council passed on third and final reading ganina, Thursday, April 15, my ordinance setting the speed limits for all motor vehicles sulod sa territorial jurisdiction sa atong Hara nga Dakbayan.
The ordinance, nga gi designate na karon as City Ordinance 2612 and which will take effect upon publication, penalizes drivers for overspeeding and compounds cases which involve vehicles running in excess of the speed limits. All-in-all, it intends to eliminate one of the factors behind fatal road crashes sa atong mga kadalanan.
Speed limits in Cebu City
Kahibalo ko nga daghan dayon ang moingon nga depende ra na’g masakpan.
Actually, sayon ang dakop karon kay duna man tay paga paliton nga mga speed guns og mga speed cameras which will be integrated sa atong bag-o lang gi upgrade nga traffic system. It will be watched closely sa atong mga kauban sa Cebu City Transportation Office.
Mahibulong na lang unya nang mga kaskasero kay duna na dayo’y Traffic Citation Ticket or, worse, complaint for reckless driving, nga muabot. By the way, the data generated from this will be integrated into the database sa Land Transportation Office.
Penalties for violators.
Of course, dunay exemptions.
Who can drive faster?
I am thankful that my colleagues came together in unanimous support of what is now City Ordinance 2612 nga nahimong mahinungdanon tungod sa kadaghan na sa mga natala nga bangga sa mga kadalanan sulod sa atong dakbayan.
I don’t want to take the pleasure away from motorists who enjoy satisfying their need for speed. But, between January hangtud September, 2019, ang Cebu City Transportation Office mi respond sa 6,049 ka mga individual nga kaso sa bangga sa kadalanan. Ani nga numero, 15 ang patay og 1,591 ang angol.
It cannot be gainsaid that speeding plays a major factor in the road crashes here in Cebu City and I firmly believe that one avoidable and unnecessary death is one too many.
Tungod kay nag dali, nagpasutoy, nagpakas-kas, nakabangga na hinuon, naka-angol na hinuon, unya naka-patay na hinuon.
In the context of road safety, unbridled haste makes waste of property, makes waste of resources, makes waste of limb, and makes waste of human life.