Page 98 - May 2018 - December 2018 Issue

OPLAN Disregarding Traffic Sign

By Kevin A. Espina,
Business Development

Did you know that every day,

approximately 2,400 motorists
pass our dedicated Easytrip
lanes despite having

insufficient, zero and negative
balance on their accounts? Or
that every day, approximately

1,000 vehicles try to pass
without an RFID tag? Or that
every day, approximately 1,600 of RFID lanes, and the Oplan was

vehicles try to pass with officially started on August 1.
unreadable or defective tags,
and thus, end up having to Upon detection by the toll tellers
swipe their Easytrip cards of a suspected violation, the

instead? patrol officer on duty would
approach and issue a ticket to

Removing these nuisance the erring motorist. And if the
transactions which clog up our motorist is interested, he is
toll plaza was precisely the aim directed to the nearby Easytrip
of our “Oplan DTS” (short for booth to rectify his account or

“Disregarding Traffic Signs”). replace his RFID tag for free.
With the blessings of the Toll
Regulatory Board and the Land So far, after a month of

Transportation Office, CAVITEX implementing Oplan DTS, a
launched an intensified effort slight decrease can be seen in
to apprehend and impose exceptional transactions from

penalties on motorists who previous months.
misuse the dedicated lanes.
We truly hope the trend will

Brand new signage were continue to improve the flow in
installed in July 2018 to remind our toll plazas.
motorists on the proper usage

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