The Arroyo mother and son tandem filed a bill against overstaying in the overtaking lane. How sweet! Looks like mommy got cranky when her convoy, no longer allowed to use wang-wangs, couldn’t go faster at NLEX. I suppose they are talking about NLEX and one or two other expressways because pretty much anywhere else:
- The traffic is horrendous and everyone is forced to use all the available lanes.
- There are two lanes but the outer lane is risky because of pedestrians, motorcycles, tricycles, kuligligs, carabao carts, and karitons.
- Only one lane (and there’s still a possibility of all the risks in #2).
In the bill, they want to increase the penalties when in fact, the real reason why it is happening is because it, as with many laws here, is not being enforced. Well, maybe with the higher penalties, the traffic enforcers can “charge” erring motorists for more thus providing them incentive to do their work.