So, they finally decided to do something about the bus companies that somehow keep finding a way to stay on the road, despite consistently displaying wanton disregard for the rules of the road and human lives.
FTA:
The Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Tuesday suspended a bus company’s operation after one of its units killed a 3-year-old girl along EDSA in Quezon City, Monday afternoon. The LTRFRB said the Jell Transit bus company’s operations have been suspended for 30 days.
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The girl and her mother were crossing a pedestrian lane under the Santolan flyover near Camp Crame, Quezon City, when a speeding Jell Transit bus hit them.
The girl died instantly while her mother’s left arm had to be amputated at the Philippine National Police (PNP) General Hospital. The mother was identified as Christine Jumabon, reportedly a civilian employee of the PNP.
I’m just wondering why it took THIS LONG for a substantial reaction from the government to happen. What about the past few years when it was clear that they’ve been running people over and weaseling out of it?
What about the time JELL Transport killed my grandfather in broad daylight with a wild, three-lane swerve while he was on the pedestrian crosswalk?
Was that not newsworthy enough for the government to be shamed into a reaction? The bus operators sure don’t care about it. They needed to step in years ago, but they didn’t. So now more lives have been necessarily lost.