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An EFFECTIVE Traffic System is Badly Required at SRP, Cebu City

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As a non-professional driver, I simply hate driving around South Road Properties, Cebu. Last time, I almost crashed into a car where the driver was texting. Bobby S. Avila of The Freeman (although the article was reshared at the Philippine Star) gave an opinion piece last 2017. An opinion is a differing view but it must be backed up by facts. It's a view or judgment or what someone thiniks. However, it's not an opinion that so many Filipinos don't deserve a motorist's license. That's why I dare to say that they don't have the right to complain about increasing gas prices, because many of them don't deserve how to drive.

I decided to write this article because yesterday, I was driving by Escario, and another motorcycle incident happened. I talked with someone today, and an incident last May 2025 was brought up. I confess that because I'm squeamish about blood, I dropped by dreams to become a medical doctor. Just thinking about one road incident after the other--it's more than time to ask, "Where's traffic enforcement when you need it at SRP?" That's why I don't like driving on SRP. Too many motorists there don't have a driving etiquette. In short, there's really no effective traffic system. This is something that the Cebu City government needs to look into, because it could kill economic activity in SRP, sooner or later.

Why do we need traffic management? Some people may say the solution is "more education". However, I've already grown critical of the Philippine education system. Sure, we can have people go through the basic education. system. Back then, you had K+10, and today we have K+12. People can get a college diploma and still be habitually breaking rules. You may be behaving in school because of the school rules. There's the old saying, "If you don't like the school--the door is wide open." Without traffic management, there will be no rules to enforce. 

Of course, some people subscribe to what I call the Nirvana Fallacy (read here). It's like saying what's the use of having traffic rules if people don't obey them? However, if we had better traffic rules, we will have many fewer incidents. The reason why traffic incidents are much higher is because to a lack of control. If the SRP has better traffic enforcement, there will be much less road accidents even if they will not be zeroed down. It may become much safer to drive during peak hours and the evening, because of better traffic control. 

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