OFFICIALS OF Lapu-Lapu and Mandaue cities are now looking into the implementation of an anti-counterflowing law, similar to that of Cebu City which takes effect today, Feb. 5. Cebu Mayor Tomas R. Osmeña signed last Friday Executive Order (EO) No. 34, which will penalize counter-flowing with a P500 fine on the driver and impounding the vehicle for 30 days. The EO was issued amid the rising concern over the worsening traffic condition in the city and its neighboring areas in Metro Cebu. “Most annoying of all these traffic violations are reckless driving, most specifically what is known as driving left or counter-flowing, which to the mind of the general public is not only a brazen disregard of basic road courtesy, but a cold display of indifference to the safety and wellbeing of other road users,” reads a part of the order. Francisco Ouano, operations chief the Cebu City Transportation Office (CCTO), said 24 teams of mobile patrol groups will be deployed in three shifts. Each team has four members composed of three city traffic enforcers and one policeman. Fifty members of Task Force Alpha, the enforcement arm of the CCTO, will also supplement the mobile patrol personnel in implementing the EO. — The Freeman

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