CITOM: Vehicle Clamping, Towing, Overnight Parking

[SPRINGFIELD_XD_40]

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Just to be safe, people should never park in areas where there is a "Clamping/Tow Away Zone" sign whether it's a public or private area to avoid any further complications.

That would the best bet to avoid HEADACHES hehehe .... tutal I drive an automobile and dili motor so I even have to be more careful kumpara sa mga ga motor , they can easily move and avoid compared s amga awto na kinahanglan naa gyud sa pwesto hehehe .

[giddyboy]

mr. giddyboy ako gi mean ani is kanang palakasay issue.. abi naa ko kaila or naa ka kaila ma luwas ka gikan sa dakop. its a reality baya. i know ka u know tinuod na. kung naa ka kaila ma luwas ka sa dakop.

aw ok. suanz mao man nay culture nato dire. just imagine a lowly paid CITOM staff apprehending somebody big shot like Jack Gaisano or Edgardo Labella. Mo salute pa gani tingale...yep, that's reality.

or if not, moingon ang mo tow or clamp, "ayaw na hilabti ky kang Bossing &%%#@ na cya! paksit nya ta ana"...

even if we are still in denial stage, the fact is, we still have the Padrino mentality, colonial mentality. like "ikaw naa sa taas, ako naa sa ubos".

but this is not to say this is always the case. There are also cases nga walay pili. I've seen a gov't car clamped in front of city hall. I've seen a tourist bus clamped there also.

in the US, ang ilang culture lahi. if an apprehending officer saw a female erring driver break down in tears, sobbing profusely, ang officer pa gani ang maratol. Most of the time in cases like these, pasayloon ang babaye, labe na gwapa. also, even if racial discrimination is not already a big issue, there are still little traces of it when it comes to traffic apprehensions. another reality...

[giddyboy]

While talking about ignorance.... LTO is not into towing of motorcycles on sidewalks.. LTO does not implement City Ordinances... LTO is way above CO 801... LTO does not have any agreement with ROAD WARRIOR. LTO does not receive a single cent from Road Warrior....Please do not confuse LTO and CITOM, both different entities... Their scope and enforcement powers are different.. Please think about this before you say ignorance of the law again... And if you actually believe there is no special treatment that is going on around the city..... We have been "informally" cautioned from doing to this to that and that to this, as they say "just use your common sense" when dealing with some particular people.....

Kaning gibuhat sa Road Warrior, bayad rani sa utang sa atong mayor (This is a common knowledge and talk among enforcers and agents, this is not just an insinuation on my part).... Let us not forget that his term ends on 2010, Mike Rama as far as we know, is not a fan of Road Warrior... VM Mike even wants the City to have its own towing department so that the city can earn.... The City only gets a measly sum from Road Warrior operations, if the City has its own, nana untay makatabang ug bayad para sa utang sa SRP...In my years of deputation, I have never never asked the services of ROAD WARRIOR... Ngano man, para ma dato ug samot ang insik??

My advice to fellow iSTORYANs is that if you know somebody or is somebody, become a deputized agent of LTO or CITOM then you do not have to worry about towing...As per "their" language.. Walay unay.... Ask yourself, how come many of the Deputized agents of LTO belong to the affluent or Fil-Chinese Community?

Lastly, ROAD WARRIOR personnel cannot, I repeat cannot tow vehicles if NO CITOM personnel accompanies them... Road Warrior does not have enforcement powers... If your vehicle is towed and there is no CITOM personnel in sight, demand that your vehicle be taken down... Ayaw mo pada anang alibi nila na "padulong na ang CITOM.. or contracted mi".. What they are doing is tantamount to carnapping...

op kors, i know LTO and CITOM are different entities. But please note that CITOM follows and coordinates with LTO and Traffic Division of PNP guidelines. naa btaw sa ilang function o:

"a) Coordinate, monitor and evaluate the planning and implementation of traffic management components undertaken by the various departments of the city government and other line agencies (that includes LTO)"

Yes, i also know towing is being contracted.

when i say strikto na rn ang LTO, unsa paman diay mo follow? mo strikto napud ang CITOM or TEAM, di ba? asa man diay cla base sa ilahang regulations and ordinances? mura man gud ka niingon nga ignorante ko about those matter.

and btw, im not denying the reality that there is special treatment...

i also STRONGLY DISAGREE on ur advice that u have to become a deputized LTO or CITOM to avoid towing. op kors u will have an upperhand advantage when it comes to towing, but what u r suggesting as a number one reason is clearly wrong, a very ill advice.

the best suggestion is just to simply follow the law, deputized or not.

[junmar4]

abi nako strikto na ang clamping ug towing karon? wa pa lagi maclamp ug matow na ang Honda Civic naa duol sa last gate sa USC-TC going to talamban...

strikto sa uban, pero dili sad sa uban...

if they want to be strict, it's should be 60seconds a minute, 60 minutes an hour, 24hrs a day, 7 days a week, and so on and so forth. dili kay depende sa gana.

[Hot Ice]

sakto. and kutob sa mu violate angay penalized. dli kay kung trip lang manakop, ara ra manakop.

[cdburgh]

sakto. and kutob sa mu violate angay penalized. dli kay kung trip lang manakop, ara ra manakop.

i-penalized pod unta ang mga enforcers nga nihatag ug pabor sa uban.

[markyap]

which is why the "Clamping/Tow away zone" sign is placed or not removed. So everybody should learn the lesson never to park near these signs.

this makes me ask the question why doesnt anybody CLAMP/TOW AWAY those cars,taxis,jeepneys,trucks,etc. parked along VRAMA ave.

every few meters you will find a no parking and tow away zone sign but they are never enforced.
thats a highway reduced by half because of those parking of the sidewalk all day. not to mention jeepney drivers stopping in the most inappropriate time and location forcing traffic to either wait for them or make an over take pass thru the on coming side of the road since the other lane cant be used anymore.

then why do they tow away cars parked on the pay parking zone along hi-precision in osmena blvd (kana bitaw yobi dapit) after 1am when its not obstructing traffic at all. some businesses there are up to 4am. some are 24hours in that area. thats one of the widest oneway road in cebu city if im not mistaken. pay parking gud na dira. if wala nay mangolecta, himuon nuon nila tow away? ahak gyud kaayo ni.

as what another poster mentioned...7am to 7pm ra ang no parking na sign sa uban areas...ngano mu tow man sila after 7pm and before 7am.

dinha sa terminal dapit near kaayo sa LTO, daghan NO STOPPING sign...usually year the corner. pero dira man nuon kasagaran taxi mu hunong, linya kay hulat pasahero causing abstraction to traffic trying to turn right.

[vanguard]

^^Knowing how inconsistent they are, we all should play it safe. We should all learn not to park whenever we see a clamping or tow away zone sign.

[Hot Ice]

That's correct. Dli nalang gyud mu park sa NO PARKING, NO STOPPING, SIDEWALKS maski wala nakabutang nga TOW AWAY zone na. Sayop sad gyud na mu park ta dira nga kibaw nata no parking. Likay nalang gyud kay wala gyud tay daog ana nila. mga nawng gyud og kwarta bah. likay nalang.

[playlife]

sometimes ang logic ani noh, gidak-an ba diay ning mga citom sa cebu? what
if naa ka hapiton lng sa osmena blvd then mo park pa diay ka sa ayala?

exaggg line lng na ha.