Traffic enforcers of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will soon start using portable ticket machines (PTM) to simplify the issuance of citation ticket as well as expedite the verification of driver’s license of erring motorists.
MMDA General Manager Robert Nacianceno said the use of the PTM is part of the agency’s effort to upgrade its technology and automate the issuance of citation tickets to traffic violators.
“We are now training our traffic enforcers on the proper operation of these machines, which can bring a lot of advantages for us not only in terms of efficient enforcement of traffic rules and regulation but also in instilling discipline among our motorists,” Nacianceno said.
The device, which costs P80,000 each, will replace the old-fashioned traffic violation booklets manually filled up by traffic enforcers. It works like a cash register where the enforcer would key in the type of violation committed for the machine to turn out the appropriate ticket.
In using the mobile ticketing system, traffic enforcers will only need to swipe the driver's license to his portable ticket machine to know if the driver has previous unsettled violations.
“We will know for sure if the driver is using a fake driver’s license or fake traffic ticket,” he said, noting that spurious tickets, known in the streets as “talahib,” are still being used today by some unscrupulous public utility drivers.
The PTMs will be linked to the MMDA Metrobase so that proper identification of traffic violators will be easier.
“If he is found to be a recidivist violator, then we can confiscate his driver’s license and have it revoked at once and at the same time impound his vehicle,” he said, citing Republic Act 7924 that authorizes the agency to confiscate and revoke driver’s license.
Nacienceno added that PTMs cannot be used by corrupt traffic enforcers since the machine automatically records the transaction for the agency’s counterchecking.
"What we want to do here is to minimize contact between the traffic enforcer and the motorist, and prevent them from making any kind of under-the-table transaction,” Nacianceno said.
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