Best Posts in Thread: Motorcycle Back Rider Shield Enforcement

To the inventor of the backrider shield:

 

For me, I don't understand that if the Back Rider is wearing a full face (as now mandated) mask why the need for an additional barrier behind the Rider?

 

One thing on which I think 100% of this Forum agrees.

 

or maybe, maybe, just maybe.. this is to distract people from talking about abs-cbn or the amazing terror law....?
there has to be some reason why this brilliant idea is been enforced.

for sure corona got nothing to do with it, i sleep with my wife but she can not be on the same bike without endangering our lives with some kind of bs?

come on, who believes that? even with one braincell you can not take this for what they say it is...

 

This is the exactly what I tell others. They cannot repeal this idiocy until they can find another way out, otherwise the NIATF becomes an even bigger joke and loses any confidence there is left among the citizens.

 

What I find very interesting, is that the first concept was from Angkas, a motorcycle taxi company. Hmmm, I wonder why they would be so involved when they should not be concerned at all. They should not operate until MGCQ is lifted and no barrier required.

MGCQ has no mandate over private transportation, a private motorcycle should be no different than a car. There is no rule for social distancing in a private vehicle other than PPE.

The continuation of double standards is nothing more than means of control.

 

It is a bit more complicated than us foreigners moaning about "not putting a shield" on our bikes.
Obviously, the whole thing isn't meant to deter people from transporting a member of their own household; it is meant to allow the "habal habal" thing (taking random paying passengers on a bike without sidecar) with some degree of infection safety.
While I don't think habal habal rides are a big thing within the Dumaguete area, they are elsewhere, and plenty people rely on it for their income.
Obviously, if the income aspect wasn't an issue, it would be much better to require driver and passenger to carry a photo ID and proof that they live together (e.g. a certificate from the barangay captain) than to enforce those shields.
As for the effectiveness, I am more concerned about the little plastic separators onboard jeepneys not being effective than about bike rider/passenger infection risks even without a shield.