Philippine National Police – Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG) on Friday expressed concern over the excessive variety of highway crashes involving bikes.
“For the past year, ang nakita naming mataas ang concern namin is two wheel vehicles, mga motor, ‘yun kasi ang mataas ang statistics in terms of road crash incident,” PNP-HPG chief Police Brigadier General Raul Bargamento instructed reporters.
(For the previous yr, we had a excessive concern on two-wheel automobiles due to the excessive variety of highway crash accidents.)
Based on PNP-HPG information, a complete of 4,029 incidents had been reported from January to April this yr. Meanwhile, 8,342 incidents had been reported in 2022.
Due to this, Bargamento mentioned he directed PNP-HPG regional items to conduct highway security seminars particularly for bike teams. He mentioned he monitored many native and nationwide biker teams within the nation now.
Bargamento additionally reminded bike drivers to be cautious and disciplined on the highway in addition to to all the time comply with site visitors guidelines and legal guidelines to keep away from accidents.
“’Yung mga drivers natin ng motor, kaunting ingat po. Huwag tayong kumpiyansa. Dahil gumagamit tayo ng motor, maging disiplinado tayo. Lagi nating sundin ang batas trapiko,” he mentioned.
(I counsel our bike drivers to be additional cautious. Do not be complacent. Because we’re utilizing bikes, let’s be disciplined and all the time comply with site visitors guidelines.)
Meanwhile, Bargamento mentioned he’s eyeing to deploy their further bikes and mobiles to provincial items to allow them to additionally conduct operations of their areas.
“May mga probinsya po kami na wala pang Highway Patrol na nadestino because wala kaming mobility asset na magagamit,” he mentioned.
(There are provinces with no Highway Patrol as a result of we do not need belongings to make use of.)
Also, Bargamento mentioned the PNP-HPG is about to signal a memorandum of settlement with the Land Transportation Office (LTO) for the interconnectivity of their methods in June.
He mentioned it should pace up the entry of HPG personnel to LTO’s data on automobiles and drivers.
On Friday, the PNP-HPG celebrated its 68th founding anniversary by a ceremony at Camp Crame.—AOL, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
