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Is this the solution to the perpetual confusion in Metro Manila’s traffic laws?
“The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will open on Monday, April 13, its Institute of Traffic Management (ITM) to educate the agency’s traffic management personnel on the enforcement of traffic rules on the roads of the metro,” reports Mike Frialde on Philstar.com.
The report noted: “MMDA chairman Francis Tolentino said the ITM would serve as the country’s premiere educational institution for training and continuing education of all traffic management personnel, traffic law enforcers and traffic accident investigators of both local and national government agencies.”
Tolentino explained that “the ITM has authority to grant certificates of training competency to government and non-government personnel involved in traffic management, traffic law enforcement, and traffic accident investigations and who have successfully completed training programs and courses at the institute.”
As the report indicated, Tolentino believes that “with the creation of the ITM, it will ultimately hone the minds and hearts of enrollees to become a more disciplined motorists and well-rounded traffic personnel in every road and corner.”
The MMDA chair was quoted as saying, “There shall be no traffic personnel on the street who do not possess the competencies necessary to effectively perform the core functions of traffic management.”
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