CITOM bans skaters on streets

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Citing road safety concerns, the Cebu City Integrated Traffic Operations Management (Citom) will go after skaters on Cebu City streets.

“We are not doing this because we want additional income but rather for the safety of these people especially the children,” said Citom executive director Rafael Yap.

As summer approaches, Citom anticipates an increase of young adults skateboarding on the city’s streets.

Mayor Michael Rama ordered Yap to call for a meeting with the United Cebu Skaters to warn them about the road use regulation.

Councilor Roberto Cabarrubias said his service vehicle almost hit a skateboarder while traversing a street in barangay Basak Pardo one night.

Cabarrubias said skateboarders are not only endangering themselves but also the motorists.

The city government should identify a place which skaters and rollerbladers could use.

Joy Tumulak, Citom operations head, said they already spoke to a mall manager to allow the use of their open space for rollerblades and skateboard enthusiasts. But the mall begged off fearing that their gathering would also attract criminals like robbers to frequent their mall.

Tumulak said that in the absence of a place that they could use, some skateboarders would even race with passenger jeepneys or hang on the jeepneys’ rear grab bars.

City Ordinance 801 of the City’s Traffic Code prohibits rollerbladers and skateboarders from using city streets for their activities and imposes a fine of P500 aside from the confiscation of the rollerblades or skateboards but this has not been fully implemented.

Tumulak said they confiscated four to six skateboards and rollerblades last week but later returned these to the owners after reprimanding them.

While not all enthusiasts own a skateboard or rollerblade, they could easily rent one after paying P20 per hour. Tumulak said they have identified people in barangays Ermita and
Tinago who earn from renting these out.

The city’s Traffic Ordinance does not prohibit skateboarding per se, but disallows this on the city streets. Leasing skateboards cannot be considered a crime, he added.

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angay mn jud cgro ni e-ban labi na sa mga highway..naa gani ko nkit-an kas-a iya g gukod iya skateboard aw hapit jd kau naligsan sa taxi, pag abri sa taxi ni ingon ang driver “kung maghikog ka bai ayaw pandamay”..ang mga kauban sa skateboarder kay g ingnan ta pd ang taxi driver “naog naog pra mabirahan ka”..aw ni sibat na lng pd ang taxi driver..kapila na sd ko hapit ka bangga ani nla, ma balaw ta likay..whew

[reptoid]

Then build skate parks.

[nierky]

Then build skate parks.

taw! kay pwerte intwon daghana skater karon.."SKATE OR DIE"
lahi rajud b4 tanan skater mag abot ra sa uptown..

[Passport]

it is a fad that will die before those brats learn to spell "skateboard"..

[tyromaster]

in the 70's, 80's and early 90's, there is a skating rink in Fuente and Plaza Independencia. but the skater's (skateboard and rollerbladers) wont go there....pang maid kuno.....or para sa mga househelp ra kuno.

For the past two years, we tolerated the skateboarders who use the sidewalk on Jones Ave on the side of C.A.P and D.O.H, trusting in verbal agreements with them to use only one part of the sidewalk (that area has two walks)...so pedestrians can still use the other walk.

But no, as there are abusive drivers, these bunch seem to think the same.

And with the street aleck reply's, before you drive us out, pahawa-a sa ninyo ang mga nag parking sa sidewalk....(ok, point taken)

Ako personally, I dont mind youthful activity like these, basta unta, a behave youth, if they want to ride these blades on the streets let them be like the regular drivers. observe traffic rules:
like 1. on stop signal, stop like the other vehicles, dili mag una-una ug cross sa intersection
2. observe proper signaling
3. observe proper switching of lanes
4. observe speed limit- they have to ride fast on the inner lanes
5. observe stopping areas
etc, etc....

Sayon raman ila logic, nga unahon pagbadlong ang uban.....youthful as they are, they may have not learned yet, do not follow the bad example

[R_sQuArEd]

naay daghan ani dapit sa mambaling flyover taga gabii...sa intersection sa mambaling naay police ug citom nga naka standby pero wa jud kabadlong...ug naay maligsan ang motorista pasanginlan

[markie101]

yes, ban them kay they are not just a risk to themselves but to others also. but city government should also know and find a place for these kids to play.. City can Call it a YOUTH Park.. with skate board ramps. freedom wall kung asa pwede maka vandal bisag si kinsa.. thats graffiti to others is vandalism to others thats art.. basta ibutang lang sa lugar..

[R_sQuArEd]

yes, ban them kay they are not just a risk to themselves but to others also. but city government should also know and find a place for these kids to play.. City can Call it a YOUTH Park.. with skate board ramps. freedom wall kung asa pwede maka vandal bisag si kinsa.. thats graffiti to others is vandalism to others thats art.. basta ibutang lang sa lugar..

kanang senior citizens park murag nindot na nga pwesto...wa man ko kita ug mga tiguwang nagtambay diha kay bantang kaayo sa init...

[ngitscarlo09]

ok rani sila sa dalan bsta og maligsan way sala ang motorista..payts na! i'm a motorist too and almost hit a skater......yatis..gara2x og madam agan yayay..d ko anti ani bsta lang unta iobserve lang nga d makahasol sa uban...magskate2 mi sauna sa fahara ra intawn

[4s gadgets]

mao ni ai DISCIPLINE to oneself