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Someone sent this to me through mail. It's very informative. :D Screw you, MMDA officers!!!

I just reached my limit last weekend, and decided to take action against the abusive MMDA enforcers. I basically called up the

MMDA head office and inquired from the Personnel Officer, Antonio Pagulayan, to clarify their policies. Here is what I got.

If any of these abuses seem familiar to you, Mr.Pagulayan has asked that

you call either the MMDA hotline (136) or call the METRO BASE at 0920

9389861 or 0920 9389875 and ask for an Inspectorate. They will send

inspectors to the place where these MMDA officers are extorting, even

while you are arguing out of your apprehension. 

1. MMDA officers are not allowed to group together in order to

apprehend. They are not even allowed to stand together in groups of 2 or

more. The only time they are allowed to work together is for special

operations (probably when they apprehend groups of buses for smoke

belching) 

2. Swerving IS NOT a traffic violation. Moving one lane to the left or

right is not swerving, no matter where on the road you do it. And it is

even less of a violation when you do it with a signal. Swerving is defined as shifting 2 or more lanes very quickly. So you can argue your way out of this, and call the Metro Base

for help.

3. Sadly, using the yellow lane is a traffic violation

and will get you a ticket. However, buses are really not allowed to go

out of the yellow lane, so if you see selective apprehension of private

cars only, you may complain. 

4. MMDA has confirmed that your license MAY NOT BE

CONFISCATED at a traffic apprehension. The only time they can do so is

if you are part of an accident, or it is your third violation and you

have not settled your fines yet. They are only allowed to give you a ticket,

which you can contest. He recommends actually receiving the ticket

in some instances, so that you can report the officer who did it. 

Also, you are free to ask any of these officers for their "mission

order", which is written by their supervisor. If they apprehend you for

a violation that is not in their mission order for the day, you can

report them and they will receive disciplinary action.

So go out and enjoy!