The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has decided to lift its ban on driver-only vehicles on the fifth innermost lane of Edsa, dubbed as the “high-occupancy vehicle” (HOV) lane, following a week-long dry run of the new policy. In a report by Radyo INQUIRER, MMDA spokeswoman Celine Pialago said that Metrobase personnel have had a hard time inspecting heavily tinted vehicles using Edsa’s highly placed cameras. Since the vehicles are tinted, Pialago said that traffic enforcers would not be able to determine if the vehicle is driver-only or a carpool. ADVERTISEMENTAside from heavily tinted vehicles, the MMDA spokeswoman admitted that not all motorists have been informed of the HOV lane policy. Pialago said the policy would be set aside temporarily until the MMDA would come up with another solution on how it would be implemented.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 16, 2017 08:37 UTC