See you in court?

Egay Uy

I WAS furnishing a copy of a police record captioned “Disobedience to Person in Authority” which narrates an incident on Jan. 18, 2016 involving an RTA traffic personnel and a motorist at Hayes corner Osmena Streets at about 2:08 in the afternoon.

The record reads that the RTA personnel appeared before the Cogon Police Station No. 02 and reported that the driver of a Toyota Vios bearing plate number XMC 912 [whose name and address are known based on his driver’s license], when flagged down for violation of the one-way rule in that area, called the RTA personnel “BOGOK!” and added that he worked in the Office of the Mayor.

The Traffic Citation Ticket that was issued to this traffic rule violator also narrates what this arrogant motorist shouted to the RTA personnel: “Tawo ko ni Mayor.  Didto ta kita sa opisina nia.  Unsa pa akong violation agpas tiketi ko.  Didto ta kita sa opisina ni Mayor!”

An immediate check with the Office of the City Mayor however showed that there is no employee by the name indicated on the Traffic Citation Ticket and on the Police record.

It is not surprising to encounter arrogance of this kind on the road.  The RTA personnel who are merely doing their job in making the lives of roads users comfortable are often subjected to such verbal abuse and unfair accusations.

What makes this incident more relevant is that since elections are nearing, some groups or individuals resort to name dropping in order to effect a negative impression on certain candidates, this case the City Mayor.  But at the RTA and TFHD, politics will not be a factor in pursuing our efforts to maintain orderliness in our roads.

And to this arrogant motorist, if the violation has remained unsettled, this incident will become one of the case folders of the Case Filing and Warrant Section of the RTA.