CEBU : No more bike-rides for lovers under Sitoy’s law

[michaelocana]

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Lovers may soon be prohibited by a local law from enjoying a joyride on a motorbike. If Cebu Provincial Board (PB) Member Arleigh Sitoy’s proposed ordinance becomes a law, even male friends, officemates, second cousins and the like would also be disallowed from tandem riding on a motorcycle in Cebu’s towns, cities and major thoroughfares. Sitoy’s proposal was meant to curb the so-called “riding in tandem” crimes where criminal elements use motorcycles for their speedy getaway. Criminals using motorcycles are also difficult to identify as they take advantage of a national law which requires motorbike-riders to wear crash helmets. The law will not be effective in Cebu City and Lapu-Lapu City should it get enacted into law. Sitoy’s measure follows a similar proposal that has received flak in Mandaluyong City. Under his proposal, a motorcycle rider is only allowed to take a pillion-rider who is a “female, spouse or relative within the fourth degree of consanguinity (first cousin)”. Also allowed are children between seven to 10 years of age. “All others are declared prohibited in the Province of Cebu, particularly male back riders who are not within the fourth degree of consanguinity of the driver,” Sitoy said. The proposed ordinance is expected to be submitted for first reading when the PB holds its regular session at the Capitol’s Legislative Building today. The proposed ordinance will be applicable in other cities like Mandaue, Talisay, Naga, Bogo and Toledo where many residents rely on motorcycles for daily transportation. Only emergency cases especially those requiring immediate medical attention, are exempt from the proposed ordinance. While he acknowledged that motorcycles are an “effective, cost-efficient and easy means of transportation” for Cebuanos, Sitoy said criminals frequently use it as a getaway vehicle due to its small size and maneuverability in outrunning police cars. “Crimes involving motorcycle riding-in-tandem drastically rose and such incidents lead to injury or even death and majority of these malefactors deplorably evade arrest,” Sitoy said. Jurisdiction “The prevalence of these incidents committed by motorcycle riding criminals in all parts of the country, including Cebu, led to a growing public clamor to find appropriate measures in apprehending these lawless elements or to prevent these criminals from committing harm,” he added. In Sitoy’s version of the ordinance, all motorcycle riders plying within the territorial jurisdiction of the province, regardless of whether the driver and the passenger has license or ownership of the vehicle are bound to follow the law. Barangay and traffic officials will set up checkpoints and ask back riders for their ID cards. The PB member said violators will be fined P1,000 for first offense, P2,000 on second offense and P3,000 on third offense. A fourth violation results in a complaint to be filed against him or her in court aside from another fine worth P5,000, Sitoy said.

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No more bike-rides for lovers under Sitoy

[Echelnalf]

BAsin manginahanglan pud sila og Marriage Cert og mga NSO churva ani. haha On the other hand, diLi jud baya jud ko komportable mag tan-aw anang mga gagmayng bata mag sakay og motor ay.

[vernie]

Ang weakness sa law enforcement adto gihapak sa mga walay labot nga mga tao, mangwarta pa gyud. Kung di kaapas ang pulis, pangitaan ug pamaagi nga makaapas ang mga pulis - di angay anginon ang walay labot, dugang dugang lang sa kalisod sa kataw-han.

[friedrich]

epekto ani kung mahimo ning balaod ky 2x, 3x or more the current pollution and traffic. imagine pila na kaha ang mupalit ug motor. duda lang ta wala ba kaha ni gipaluyuhan ug motorcycle company si sitoy.

[disomniac]

tsK! faetas nya kung mag bisekleta nalang kaha ang manuLis - e apply japun niLa hahahaha

[cloudduster]

hahaha nag katawa ko ani nga soon-to-be nga law. they can't curb the riding in tandem due to their inefficiency, so bae nalang pwede pasakyon.. hahaha. why don't they just hire thousands (and thousands) of police men, fit enough to respond.

mao ra ning istorya sa smart and globe, hinay ilang internet, nya basolon nila ilang mga customers.. kay peak hours daw.. hahaha

[michaelocana]

tsK! faetas nya kung mag bisekleta nalang kaha ang manuLis - e apply japun niLa hahahaha

mao bani imo pasabot bro? hehehehe

"In Marikina City, a gunman used a bicycle in a hit: the "bicy-killer" shot dead an employee of the city's Transportation Management and Development Office Friday morning as the man was about to board his vehicle in front of his house at Paliparan Subdivision in Barangay Sto. Nino."

FULL STORY :

THE 'BICY-KILLER' JUST AS DEADLY | Man on bicycle shoots Marikina govt worker dead

[kit_cebu]

calling the "original" riding in tandem, adto namo cordova...

[MaInEvEnT]

Dba similar man ni sa balaod gi pass ni Tito Sotto? na unsa naman tawn ni sila oi... wa man gani ma hadlok ang criminal mu pusil ug tao nga ila snatchan while riding in tandem, what makes them think ma hadlok ning mga criminal mu break sa balaod na bawal ang angkas? nga dili man gani ni sila mahadlok mupatay ig tao... "Barangay and traffic officials will set up checkpoints and ask back riders for their ID cards. " Kani raman ang solution ana, police visibility, if daghan checkpoints mahadlok na muagi ang mga criminal labi na kato naay dala mga pusil... no need na ibawal ang angkas...

Another classic example of a brainless bangus...

[greywolf]

wa na juy lain ma.huna2x ning mga tawhana. pakauwaw lang ning mga politikoha. pagagmayay ni silag utok.