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SubscribeACTING Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama wants City Hall consultants to simplify the guidelines on the towing of vehicles to make sure the City will no longer be bombarded with complaints from motorists.
For Rama, all vehicles that are a public nuisance or obstruct traffic should be towed, including the units of drivers who disobey traffic laws.
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He also wants to do away with the provision on the need to warn erring drivers through a public address system or siren, as recommended by city consultants.
“When it constitutes nuisance per se, there is no need for an announcement,” Rama told a news conference yesterday.
A member of the opposition, however, dismissed the accomplishments reported by Rama during the inaugural session. Barangay Tinago Councilor Joel Garganera focused his criticism on Cebu City’s towing ordinance.
An ad hoc committee composed of City Hall consultants submitted to the City Council last June 17 its recommendations regarding the towing of vehicles, as well as guidelines on the operations of private towing companies.
But yesterday, Rama said the guidelines should be reviewed and simplified before the council drafts and approves a new towing ordinance.
This time, some city councilors and City Traffic and Operations Management (Citom) officials were asked to help simplify the guidelines and ordinance.
The council, he said, will fine-tune the guidelines and the towing ordinance, which will be one of the important legislation they will work on before the final year of their term ends.
“We will work on the guidelines on towing, and the ordinance that will clearly spell out the towing procedures, that is effective and enforceable and will leave no room for (people) to make their own interpretation,” said Rama.
The acting mayor said he requested the consultants to revise the guidelines and recommendations they proposed, which are still being reviewed by the council committee on laws.
“The report says there are 34 bases for the towing of vehicles under the existing towing ordinances... We have to simplify it so that when we implement, wala na’y away ang driver and enforcer. We have to revisit the ordinance and simplify the situation when towing will be applicable,” he said.
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The recommendations and guidelines were made after a thorough review of all towing ordinances by the committee, following the numerous complaints raised against the operations of private towing firms.
Rama said the ad hoc committee’s report was not supposed to be tackled by the council yet since he still had to review it.
But the report was inadvertently included in the council session agenda last June 17.
Yesterday, Garganera questioned the accomplishments reported by Rama, saying he based the report on ventures such as the South Road Properties (SRP) and not on the improvement of basic services.
Garganera said yesterday that he is giving Rama and the councilors a year to prove that they are not “lapdogs and stamp pads.”
Garganera said that last week, initial findings of the Commission on Audit 7 indicated that the towing companies violated government laws for not submitting a report on its earnings to the city government. (LCR/With JKV)
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Gikapoy na ko ani. Last
Gikapoy na ko ani. Last week, my vehicle was again towed. The violation stated was "No Parking Anytime. Tow Away Zone." The last time I checked was this morning. And I really could not find a sign that says "No Parking Anytime. Tow Away Zone." in the area where my car was parked. Not even 100 meters apart from it. Mr. Vice Mayor, or even you Tomas, can check on it yourselves. Makig pusta pakog asawa ninyo kung naa ba mo'y makit-an didto. It is located at the right side of the Guadalupe Parish, just in front of 2 hardware stores there. Ug pwede, dalha tong taga Citom ug taga One-Stop inig tan-aw ninyo. Kung wala mo'y makit-an, palihug kog parok sa inyong mga ulo sa semento!
It would have been understandable if the violation was "Obstruction" because one side of my car exceeded the white line. But even the word "Obstruction" is very confusing. According to wikipedia.org: Obstruction is the act of blocking or impeding some performance. While my car "slightly" exceeded the white line, I can attest that it was not blocking or impeding traffic. They should fully explain what obstruction means so that the public can understand and avoid doing it.
Again, what's COA doing about this dubious contracts? When I paid for the violation, I only received the OR from the City Government which covered all fees including the towing fee. Meaning, One Stop Towing Services will directly bill the City instead of collecting it directly from the car owners, which I think is the correct way to do because the car owners are not customers of One Stop. But the thing is, if this is the case, then the towing service should undergo public bidding because the City is now using public money to pay these arrogant towing companies.
To COA: Do we still need to escalate this to Manila?
yes it is right to review
yes it is right to review the ordinances of towing services....also private towing services like A-plus towing in v-rama. too expensive...and they are not reporting or declaring everything with BIR. they also do not follow the labor code in terms of salaries for employees...