The Department of Public Safety\u2019s Traffic Section has started using its four motorcycles again for more effective enforcement and to reduce the department\u2019s fuel costs.<\/p>\n
DPS Traffic Commander Sgt. Thomas Blas said the four Kawasaki motorcycles had been repaired and are now back on the streets.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s a big thing for us, for the department as a whole because using the motorcycles out there\u2026the agility of the motorcycles to conduct enforcement is very vital,\u201d Blas said.<\/p>\n
Driving huge cars in traffic enforcement, he said, would consume a lot of fuel compared to motorcycles.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe motorcycles will help us in the fuel reduction costs,\u201d said the traffic commander.<\/p>\n
Blas said minor maintenance problems were immediately conducted.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut right now they\u2019re finally back and running and since [Wednesday] I started taking them out for test runs and doing other enforcement,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
DPS Commissioner Claudio Norita said that motorcycle usage is very efficient for traffic enforcers because of the work they perform.<\/p>\n
Norita said that for Patrol, the sports utility vehicles are more versatile in off road or back road trips.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t have the paved roads like in the mainland across the board, so the use of SUVs or 4×4 [truck] is more prudent for them. For traffic officers, using motorcycles are versatile in enforcing traffic laws,\u201d he pointed out.<\/p>\n
\u201cGetting in our traffic with motorcycles is easier. Traffic officers need to go out there and go back and forth and the use of motorcycles is cheaper in regards to operations,\u201d Norita added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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