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  1. charlyB

    charlyB DI Senior Member

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    Academicians ?? these people must be from the hole in the pointed head Academy, a blind man could tell that it is not the 4 or more wheels vehicles that cause the problem it is the 2 & 3 wheels that f*ck it up for everybody..
     
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    charlyB, Aug 10, 2016
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  2. RR_biker

    RR_biker DI Senior Member Veteran Marines

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    Using a wheel clamp and a raise of the fine to a couple of thousand peso will do the trick, I think.
     
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    RR_biker, Aug 12, 2016
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  3. Rye83

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    I still argue it is not the two wheeled vehicles, there would be basically no traffick congestion at all, dangerous unpredictable madness, yes....but it would be fast dangerous unpredictable madness. The roads here were just not designed to have this many 4 wheeled vehicles driving on them. IMO, the vast majority of "streets" in Dumaguete are nothing more than glorified sidewalks.

    I don't think keeping the large vehicles off of the streets that were designed to actually handle large vehicles is going to do much of anything to alleviate traffick. Happy they are banned from the Boulevard though, might actually turn in to a place where someone could sit and enjoy a few drinks for lunch during the day.
     
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    Rye83, Aug 10, 2016
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  4. DavyL200

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    image.jpeg It must have been such a nice place back in those days with no sewarage,truck fumes or beggars,all the kids swimming in clean water!
    Ww2 must have still been affecting Negros as pic dated 1940.
     
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    DavyL200, Aug 18, 2016
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  5. charlyB

    charlyB DI Senior Member

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    I could imagine i am in a lush oasis surrounded by handmaidens but it still won't change the FACT that Dumaguete has too many motorbikes driven/parked by ignorant c*nts and why, because they can.......
     
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    charlyB, Aug 13, 2016
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    The problem might be with the people with no stake in the game. The tricycle driver who rents the trike will just walk away. Somehow I don't think the law would be evenly enforced.

    You have just described exactly how your proposal would apply to foreigners but do you really expect it would apply to wealthy and connected Filipinos? Do you expect it would be applied to poor Filipinos? It very well could be applied to foreigners though. As many foreigners as there undoubtedly are, I doubt they impact the traffic enough to make the enforcement against only them to have much effect. Just be careful you don't get hoist by your own petard.

    If you just want some social justice, break the valve stem on their wheels. I always get metal valve stems but most people don't.

    The trike system is a large part of the problem, there are too many except when it rains. If there were about 1/3 fewer trikes, they wouldn't have time between fares to loiter and snarl traffic, creeping along looking for a fare. With 1/3 fewer trikes they wouldn't just be cruising around empty, they would be moving like they had a purpose.
     
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    robert k, Aug 13, 2016
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    If they wrote a lot more tickets, the line to pay them could become a factor and a deterrent in itself.
     
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    robert k, Aug 11, 2016
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    I have read of people getting a parking ticket on this very forum. It costs 50 pesos. Big deal. People with those big SUVs will see it as the cost of driving and continue to do it. Back to the drawing board.
     
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    Dave_Hounddriver, Aug 11, 2016
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    Driving style aside it's too simple to criticize bikes and tricycles, just imagine all those people would be driving cars instead.
    The typical pickup / SUV takes the parking and road space of 6 to 8 motorbikes and usually transports less people than ride on those bikes.
     
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    Jens K, Aug 11, 2016
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    The city government is embarking on a bold revamp of city traffic routes by banning big cargo trucks, buses, jeepneys and multicabs to ply the city’s main roads during the day, in order to east traffic congestion.

    As part of the multi-pronged strategy to resolve the decades-old traffic mess, the city administration is inclined to impose an expanded ban on entry of all trucks and bus to the Central Business District (CBD) commonly known as downtown.

    Already the traffic experiment is now going on in certain parts of the day.

    Under the proposal presented by a team of academicians, all vehicles of more than four (4) wheels will not be permitted to enter the downtown area from 4:00AM to 9:00PM to further ease the traffic congestion.

    Silliman University has taken the lead by allowing the vehicles of their students, faculty and staff to be parked in new parking areas soon to be opened within the campus.

    However, some businessmen expressed their anxiety of the new traffic rule as this would entail additional pay for their personnel who will have to render overtime to ensure a steady supply of goods to their establishments.

    Councilor Manny Arbon noted that in the interest of the majority, the entrepreneurs can simply adjust the duty hours of their workers who could make the deliveries during the allowable period or utilize smaller vans for urgent and emergency delivery.

    The plan to relocate the passenger terminals for out of town jeepneys and multi-cabs is also being seriously considered to further reduce the volume of vehicles entering the CBD while incoming buses will have to take the Bunao-Motong-Taclobo- Bagacay route from 6:00AM to 9:00PM. Outbound buses can pass through its present route. Bus trucks, jeeps ban soon enforced - NegrosChronicle.com
     
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    DavyL200, Aug 10, 2016
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