THE Metropolitan Manila Development Authority yesterday said it still “recorded” over 200 violations of the Non-Contact Traffic Apprehension Policy (NCAP) that the Supreme Court has temporarily stopped pending the resolution of the petitions challenging its constitutionality.
The agency also reported that it arrested 636 violators of various traffic rules and regulations as it reverted to physical apprehension in the wake of the SC injunction on the NCAP.
Data provided by the agency showed that 59 violations were recorded on the NCAP’s close circuit television cameras on the morning of August 31 and 190 in the afternoon, for a total of 249.
“Recorded lang po ‘yan for monitoring purposes, pero hindi titiketan (They are only recorded for monitoring purposes, but they will not be issued citation tickets),” MMDA PIO chief Sharon Gentalian said.
Earlier, the MMDA said it will adjust the deployment of traffic enforcers along major thoroughfares following the SC decision stopping the MMDA and several local government units from enforcing the NCAP.
Saruca said around 107,000 NCAP apprehensions took place from January to August 24, 2022.
Common violations include disregarding traffic signs, number coding scheme, and disregarding no loading and unloading signs.
