Ambulance, motorcycles receive tickets after passing EDSA busway

An ambulance and some motorcycles were caught using the EDSA busway at the Santolan Station in Quezon City on Tuesday morning.

The Special Action and Intelligence Committee for Transportation (SAICT) issued a violation ticket to the ambulance driver who was going back to Angono, Rizal after transporting a patient to Quezon City, according to a report of GMA Integrated News’ James Agustin on Dobol B TV.

FLASH REPORT: Ambulansya at ilang motorsiklo, nasita dahil sa pagdaan sa EDSA Busway sa Santolan. | via @_jamesJA, @gmanews pic.twitter.com/OTkyn62x5n

— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) August 5, 2024

Just 15 minutes into the operation, enforcers apprehended eight motorcycles which entered the EDSA busway.

Some of them said they used the EDSA busway because they were rushing to go to work while some pointed out that they did not enter the said lane.

Under Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Regulation No. 23-002, the fines for the violation for both public and private vehicles are:

First offense – P5,000

Second offense – P10,000 plus one month suspension of driver’s license, and required to undergo a road safety seminar

Third offense – P20,000 plus one year suspension of driver’s license

Fourth offense – P30,000 plus recommendation to Land Transportation Office for revocation of driver’s license

—Joviland Rita/KG, GMA Integrated News