MMDA’s ‘no physical contact’ appears to be on the right track

NOT many readers may have noticed it, but in a public advisory on page A7 of our Easter edition of The Sunday Times yesterday, a notice of reimplementation was published, alerting the driving public that the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will soon be restarting its ‘no physical contact’ apprehension program. Such precautionary traffic measure uses CCTV equipment, rather than traffic enforcement officers, to catch traffic violators along major thoroughfares.

The program was piloted as far back as 2011 along Quezon Blvd. and along Diosdado Macapagal Blvd. in Pasay City, and was generally considered successful; it has been used for years in other countries as well. According to the published notice, the policy will be in force on or about Monday, April 11.