Traffic

Traffic

Traffic remains a persistent problem for Filipinos. According to the survey, Manila, on a city level, ranked number one with the "worst traffic on Earth". Traffic congestion is a big problem for everyone within the city. The main reasons why traffic congestion occurs are more cars, poor road management, and poor practices on behalf of employers. Traffic is one of the most serious problems in big cities and it has made people’s lives more difficult. Thirty years ago, there were fewer cars in the street and people did not suffer from traffic. Today, however, streets are full of cars, buses trucks and jeepney.

To solve or ease the traffic congestion in the Philippines, Hire an engineer as head of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority. An engineer can think analytically and find a solution to what is essentially an engineering problem better than a lawyer could. The government should actually hire more engineers in sensitive cabinet posts instead of lawyers. Not that there is anything wrong with lawyers, but lawyers belong in a courtroom, not on the road trying to solve big problems. As they say, engineers are problem solvers. They isolate problems, analyze them, address them and come up with practical ways to change things. Engineers thrive on fixing things and are ‘big picture’ thinkers. Address lack of discipline on the road by enforcing the law. When the motorists and commuters see that the traffic enforcers mean business, they will realize that they need to obey the road rules or else. At least, one would hope so. If you think about it though, MMDA or police officers need not be present on the roads all the time. The society just needs to use common sense. Common sense dictates that not following road rules will have consequences like creating traffic jams and accidents that can result in fatalities.

Traffic is caused by undisciplined jeepney, bus and taxi drivers that stop in the middle of the road to...

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