DID YOU KNOW: The most common traffic violations
According to the 2017 annual report of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), the top three common traffic violations committed last year were disregarding a traffic sign, obstruction and violating the number coding scheme.
Data from the MMDA’s Traffic Discipline Office (TDO) Ticket Management Division showed that there were 91,843 traffic-sign violations, 73,082 obstruction violations and 30,474 number-coding violations.
The same report showed that a total of 11,888 tickets were issued to violators who were apprehended for loading and unloading in prohibited zones along Edsa, one of the busiest thoroughfares in Metro Manila, in 2017. —Marielle Medina