{"id":230324,"date":"2019-09-10T20:21:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T00:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=230324"},"modified":"2019-09-10T20:21:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T00:21:00","slug":"mmda-to-motorists-yield-to-ambulances-emergency-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/09\/10\/mmda-to-motorists-yield-to-ambulances-emergency-vehicles\/","title":{"rendered":"MMDA to motorists: Yield to ambulances, emergency vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_142702\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-142702\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/02730jfLight_Mall_Residences_SMDC_EDSA_Boni_Pioneer_Woodlands_Mandaluyong_Cityfvf_05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-142702\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/02730jfLight_Mall_Residences_SMDC_EDSA_Boni_Pioneer_Woodlands_Mandaluyong_Cityfvf_05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/02730jfLight_Mall_Residences_SMDC_EDSA_Boni_Pioneer_Woodlands_Mandaluyong_Cityfvf_05.jpg 800w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/02730jfLight_Mall_Residences_SMDC_EDSA_Boni_Pioneer_Woodlands_Mandaluyong_Cityfvf_05-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-142702\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Traffic jam on EDSA (<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=53052787\">Photo By Judgefloro &#8211; Own work, CC0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Give way to ambulances and emergency vehicles, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Tuesday said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease give way to our emergency vehicles, they\u2019re responding to save lives,\u201d MMDA spokesperson Assistant Secretary Celine Pialago said in a statement, in response to a story about deaths in ambulances due to unyielding motorists and the traffic gridlock in the metro.<\/p>\n<p>Since there are no dedicated lanes for emergency vehicles in the metro, Pialago said the agency looks for ways to keep roads open in times of emergency, amid the traffic gridlock.<\/p>\n<p>Pialago said the Philippine National Police-Highway Patrol Group would help in giving way to emergency vehicles, especially during heavy traffic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe assure the public that we are trying our best to solve this situation and that ambulances delivering patients on time is among our concerns,\u201d Pialago said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSolving the entire traffic situation of Metro Manila is still our goal, since that will mean ambulances will never have any traffic jams to deal with,\u201d Pialago said.<\/p>\n<p>A video went viral on social media, with over 3 million views, showing vehicles not giving way to an ambulance. The patient survived the trip but died in the hospital a week later.<\/p>\n<p>Pialago assured their efforts in addressing Metro Manila\u2019s traffic woes which would keep such incidents from happening again.<\/p>\n<p>She said since the creation of the MMDA, part of its mandate in easing the flow of traffic in the metro was to help ambulances reach hospitals on time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe problem of traffic is very complex, however, and the patients in ambulances are caught in the crossfire of factors,\u201d Pialago said.<\/p>\n<p>According to a joint administrative order released by the Department of Transportation and Communications in 2014, failure to yield right of way to ambulance, police or fire fighters can result in a fine of PHP1,000 payable to the Land Transportation Office.<\/p>\n<p>Pialago added the MMDA also issues a fine of PHP150 to those who fail to give way to emergency vehicles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Give way to ambulances and emergency vehicles, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Tuesday said. \u201cPlease give way &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":142702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-230324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","category-news","mauthors-raymond-carl-dela-cruz","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230324"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":230326,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230324\/revisions\/230326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}