Can we?!?

Hey! This is just a parody... Or is it?!?

I'm pretty sure somebody thought of something like this already... Let me see if I can give it a try...

And what if we actually lobby it?

Stop voting for STUPID people...

See it to appreciate!!!



AN ACT MANDATING ALL LAWS BEING PROPOSED TO BE FAIR, JUST AND CONSTITUTIONALLY SOUND. ANY PROPOSED LAW IN VIOLATION OF THIS ACT SHALL BE CONSIDERED  ILLEGAL AND WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT...

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Short Title. - The Anti-STUPID LEGISLATION Act of the Philippines

SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared the policy of the State to secure and safeguard its citizenry, particularly the general public affected by such laws filed under any legislative office. That the equal protection from the laws be upheld in the highest regard so that all legislators are compelled to create legislation that is made of quality and not stupidity. To promote constitutional awareness in the creation of new laws. And to prevent the redundancy of laws already approved and implemented. Towards this end, it shall pursue a more proactive and preventive approach to secure the integrity of our laws and prevent stupid people from passing any law that is not thought of properly...

SEC. 3. Mandatory provisions of this act. - All proposed laws shall be considered for approval until it is declared in violation of an existing law thereof. Once a court of law issues it's resolution declaring the invalidity of the said law, the immediate removal of the author legislator and his/her co-authors/sponsors from office and shall be stripped of all their benefits and remaining bonuses thereof.

SEC. 4. Exemption. - No public official is exempted from this law...

SEC. 5. Removal of separibility. - All disclaimers under all existing, pending and proposed laws that grant the author legislator and co-authors/sponsors immunity from being persecuted under this act is hereby canceled...

SEC. 6. Implementation. - The Department of Justice (DOJ), the Commission of Human Rights and the Department of Interior and Local Government is mandated by this Act to issue guidelines necessary to implement the provisions of this Act.

Upon the effectivity of this Act, only those quality legislation shall be signed into law and implemented provided that all legislative requirements and provisions are fulfilled. All laws found in violation of an existing law shall be automatically repealed with absolutely no chance of modification or reinstatement of the same or grossly similar proposal by another author legislator... In the case of the same or when a grossly similar proposal is filed, the author legislator, co-author/sponsor of the most current legislation will also be subject to all the provisions of this act.

 SEC. 7. Penalties. - All laws found that contradict existing national laws under Republic Acts, House Bills, Senate Bills, Presidential Decrees,  Department Administrative Orders and all other approved laws, rules and regulations will be punishable by the suspension of the author legislator and co-authors/sponsors from office and is fined the amount of 1,000,000 pesos that will be used in the re-education initiatives of all road users...

All laws found that contradict the Bill of Rights and/or the Constitution of the Philippines will be punishable by permanent removal of the author legislator and co-authors/sponsors from office and is fined the amount of 10,000,000 pesos that will be used in the improvement of the country's education initiatives...

All public servants, officers, regular employees, contractual employees, enforcement and aids implementing any law that contradicts an existing law will be punishable by his/her permanent removal from office and is fined the amount of 100,000,000 pesos that will be used in the improvement of law enforcement training and accountability... He/She may also be administratively or criminally held liable as dictated by the law...

SEC. 8. Nationwide Public Information Campaign. - The DOJ, CHR and DILG, in coordination with the Philippine Information Agency(PIA), the Department of Education (DepED) and private agencies
and organizations, shall undertake a nationwide information,education and communication (lEC) campaign for a period of fifteen(15) days for the attainment of the objectives of this Act.

SEC. 9. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part hereof is held invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act or the provisions not otherwise affected shall remain valid and subsisting.

SEC. 10. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 11. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.


Approved,

I think I can do this shit too!

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Just another wall of text...

Hey! What? Weh! Hahahahahahahahaha!

Whats new? We have seen countless laws being passed in spite it being raw and prone to loopholes that may lead to corruption in so many different aspects...

This year, don't vote for those who pick on motorcycle riders...

Still, we have yet to see a law that has gone into implementation and stayed...

On Senate Bill No. 3365...
 
Although this law helps the proliferation of deaths caused by alcohol, especially in the community (motorcycles) that I belong to, this helps us lessen the deaths caused when alcohol and reckless riding is mixed...

My view still stands, stricter licensing, and stricter enforcement of the EXISTING laws must be pushed in order to correct the attitude of all road users in general... All the problems, issues, and lack of discipline on the streets is mainly due to where it all starts... Our group's RCA (Root Cause Analysis) points to where you take your first step as a road user (well as a pedestrian, you already become one) with a vehicle as deadly as the person who drives/rides it... Let me simplify:

1. Drivers ED - This is not in our curriculum... Whether you are destined to drive a car, ride a motorcycle or be a commuter for the rest of your life, Drivers ED teaches you the basics of using the road, the rules and regulations that guide us, discipline and courtesy... If we start out having this in our hearts and minds, the issue wouldn't blow out of proportion...

2. Stricter Licensing - Applying for a license is like applying for a postal ID... There are almost no denials when there should be more exceptions... Fact: There are LTO licensing centers that do not conduct seminars when applying for a license for the first time... Fact: There are LTO application forms and test sheets with the answers already provided... Fact: Practical driving tests are no longer done except in LTO East Avenue as far as I can see... And sometimes, when the instructors are too busy or is preoccupied, you get to pass without actually showing them that you can drive... Fact: A blind man once applied for a license as an experiment... Don't take my word for it as it was featured in a show... Fact: You can hardly tell the difference between a real license or a fake one which is readily available within 30 mins and Php350...

3. Stricter Enforcement of the EXISTING LAWS - We live in a country of monkey see, monkey do... If others can counter flow, so can I... This is because we get away with it even if we don't try... Enforcement is too busy texting, selecting an easy apprehension, wondering if they are doing it right, and breaking the laws themselves for all of us to witness... Not to mention the lack of training given to our enforcers, the mixed rules and regulations that differ from one town to the other and to put it as plain as possible, the stupid ones that act as if they know what they are doing...
Call me weird, but I do go out in hunt of enforcement to apprehend me... This is my way of doing a progress report on the level of competence and the amount of corruption there is on the streets... And sometimes, I just do it to prove a point... The days of "ignorance of the laws, excuses no one" has long been replaced with, "Hello officer, meet my uncle, Ninoy"...

These three, if done properly and is adhered to like we brush our teeth everyday, would bring fourth change that is unheard of in the history of driving/riding in this country...

There is actually no need for new laws to come out if LTO followed RA 4136 by the letter... As majority of the violations made are found in this document... From the basic required components of you vehicle, speed limits, reckless driving/riding, right of way, and yes, even drunk driving/riding among others...

ARTICLE V
Miscellaneous Traffic Rules

Section 53. Driving while under the influence of liquor or narcotic drug. - No person shall drive a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor or narcotic drug.

You see, there are things that are as simple as night and day yet, somebody manages to make things a lot more complicated when the solution is just based on three aspects of road usage...

For us motorcycle users, this trend is so rampant, were almost compelled to expect a law that will ban us from riding on the streets in the next few legislation to come...

• Installation of plate numbers on our helmets for easier identification...
• No backride policy to do away with riding in tandem criminals...
• Remove your helmet while in the vicinity of what not...
• Color coded helmets for easier identification...
• Mandatory vests with your plate number written at the back again, for identification purposes...
• Selective apprehension of loud after market mufflers with out a standard and a means to objectively measure the sound level of your motorcycle while noisy buses, jeeps and other vehicles seem to be unaffected by this legislation...
• Import Commodity Clearance sticker requirement on all motorcycle helmets as the basis of apprehension on the streets...
• Requiring all motorcycle users to avail of a sticker that matches your license and your motorcycle making the OR/CR and our very own license useless...
• Anti modification law that is so raw, upgrading your spoke rims to mag wheels can get you apprehended...
• Requirement of all riders to wear gloves so you cant use a gun... SWAT, SF, MILITARY and other ARMED FORCES wear gloves right? Heck, I wear gloves when I play paintball or airsoft war games...
• All riders caught on EDSA, Commonwealth and Macapagal Avenue violating the Motorcycle Lane are given a 15 minute seminar that earns you a sticker saying "I am a responsible rider"...
• Plates on the front and both sides of the motorcycle for, yes you guessed it, easier identification...
• Checkpoints that concentrate on motorcycles only while a bunch of men with high powered firearms breezes through the checkpoint...
• Coding for vehicles that actually help decrease congestion because of it's smaller size...
• Laws preventing us from using our purchased vehicle on the street because it takes so long for LTO to release (current average is 2 1/2 months) our plate numbers...
• Laws discriminating smaller displacement motorcycle users from using a road that is actually a lot safer than C5 or EDSA...
• Requiring all riders of all ages, sizes, and medical conditions to wear only thick pants, jackets, shoes and gloves...
• Banning of full face helmets in some areas...
• Banning of open face helmets in other areas...
• Laws written in such a way that we are already profiled as criminals just because we use motorcycles...
• Laws that only affect one vehicle class while others are exempted...
• Laws that actually give would be criminals the means to become invisible or laws that help them rather than deter them...
• And my current favorite, limiting our use of the road by placing us in a lane that everybody else can use, while we cant share other lanes unless we need to overtake somebody... That also puts us in harms way as nobody can stop the buses and jeeps from cutting across our lane which we don't even enjoy right of way on... Lanes that removes the best safety feature of a motorcycle: It's ability to maneuver out of harms way...

So far, the other road users don't have this much on their plates... But they do have their share of close calls, side mirror taps and paint scratches from relentless riders who force they way into the tightest of spots to get ahead of everybody else... Yes, we have more uneducated, irresponsible, and STUPID riders than any other vehicle class... Because we have the highest number of vehicle registration as of today... Outnumbering cars, vans, puv's, tricycles, bicycles, trucks, buses, suv's among others... And that is because of our ability to get a license and a motorcycle with less than 6,000 pesos in our hands and within a day without considering the dangers, risks, corruption, segregation of our class, discrimination from other road users and legislators, lack of applied skill in operating a motor vehicle and last, but not the least, understanding of the traffic laws and regulations that guide us...

Riding a motorcycle... It's more FUNDS in the Philippines... - Edwin Go

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A Whole Lot Of Stupid...

Today, I was given a wake up call..

In the recent year since the birth of the MC Lane on Commonwealth, Macapagal and EDSA, I have been very partial in going against the implementation due to a few specific things...

1. It deprives us of the rights to use the road even if we pay the same road tax as everybody else...
2. The discrimination and segregation experienced from not just the ones who implemented the law, but also from the ones who supported it and the other road users who show no respect towards motorcycle riders...
3. The false sense of safety while those who continue to bully us on the roads are shown tolerance and is ignored no matter how blatant they are in entering our small piece of road...
4. The use of inconsistent, incomplete and/or exaggerated numbers/statistics that some people use to push the so called "effective or positive results" that masks the way our rights have been trampled on and is being used to say that our rights mean nothing as long as they achieve their so called "results"...
5. The coverups, media blackout and evident removal of the accidents on MC Lanes that we all saw, read about here in our wall and is seen elsewhere on the internet which for some strange, but unsurprising reason, is not in their numbers/statistics...
6. The failure to control other road users who are NOT supposed to be in these lanes...
7. Over all, the failure to implement the existing traffic rules and vehicle regulations and yet, they create new, STUPID and useless ones...

Since the implementation started, I personally used my awareness + acquired skill + patience in dealing with the way other road users cut, weave, block, stop and put us in evident danger... I get away unscathed because I always assume the worst... And with the experience I carry as an everyday rider and cage driver, My presumptions on how the other drivers would move about helped me deal with the "bullies"... And each time, they manage to anger me to the point that I have never missed an opportunity to shout at them or bang on their vehicles with my fist when they come too close to me... It feels like I am always in a battle for my life on the MC Lane...

Some people may think that this is an exaggerated notion, an excuse to use drama to heighten the emotions pointed against these lanes... Today, for the first time, I felt absolute fear not for my self, but for another fellow rider whom I was guiding through EDSA via North Avenue towards Monumento...

As I led this rider through, the usual jerks in buses, jeeps, taxis and other private vehicles were about... However, not only once, but several times, I witnessed multiple close calls... Good thing the rider had the concentration and the focus to keep it steady and use the maneuverability and proper braking capacity of our motorcycles when it was needed the most...

As we stopped right before Monumento, the rider exclaimed the entire experience to me and showed a great sense of relief for getting through the MC Lane... And this was on a good day... Where the volume was lighter than usual... One particular experience the rider mentioned was when an Isuzu Taxi cut across the MC lane so abruptly that the front brakes almost came to a lock... The extended use of the horn was all the rider could do to say, "HEY YOU ALMOST HIT ME!!!"

Aside from what this rider shared with me, the worst part of this short, but hair raising ride was when a green bus came into the picture... The rider does not know about this, but the moment this post is read, it will be known to the rider... Anyway, this particular bus, for whatever stupidity or evil possessed him, just went behind the rider and tailgated my companion for at least half a kilometer... I wanted to stop the bus, pull him out of his monstrous vehicle and shove his face in front of his bumper as I watched my side view mirror in horror as the bus came so close to my companion, that I felt the bus behind me even if I was several bike lengths ahead of them...

As much as I wanted to stop, pour my anger at what I have just witnessed, my instincts told me to keep going and get out of EDSA as fast as humanly possible and get my inexperienced companion out of the stupid lane that is just waiting to claim another victim...

As soon as we reached our separation point in Monumento, I felt proud of my companion and somewhat hurt at the same time because, throughout this ordeal, I searched and searched for any signs of any enforcement where I could come back to and just pour out my horrific experience and anger for allowing such things to happen... And to my dismay, I saw no one... Except when I got back to West avenue where I was already on the far side of the road about to make my u-turn... Then I thought to myself, heck, what's the use... It's been a year since the start of implementation and what has happened here, wont change or just get worse... Pushing my anger towards somebody who does have an ounce of concern or sense of responsibility towards the road users will be a waste of time...

So you see, the concern MRO has on the raw and stupid MC Lane continues and is an ordeal that gets worse... For the smart ones, they hardly follow the lane or just pass through else where... For the unknowing ones, they risk life and limb... For the ones who think it's good for riders, are as stupid and as arrogant to see and believe in the dangers that we, daily riders see, feel, and experience in these lanes... And there are those who just want to take home what they earned to their families so they put themselves at risk to get home safe in spite the risks brought about by the MC Lanes...

And now, we have C5 and Katipunan Avenue following in the long lane of STUPID that I am more than certain, isn't meant for our safety, but meant to remove us from the roads...

With that said, I would gladly give up riding if they pay for my motorcycle, buy me a car, and refund all the tax payments I made since I started riding daily... Which I am pretty sure of, has gone to the pockets of those who DO NOT THINK ABOUT OUR WELFARE AND ARE JUST OUT THERE TO PUT THEMSELVES IN PEDESTALS OF THEIR SELFISH INTERESTS...

Nuff said...

-JB

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