MMDA Tips and Color Coding Points > > 1. No window hours: Makati , Malabon and Las Pinas.

Number Coding is > in effect from 7am to 7pm! > > 2. No number coding: Taguig, Marikina and Paranaque . So, feel free > to roam around these cities anytime. > > 3. Pasig City has window hours of 9am to 4pm (note the 1 hour > additional to the normal 10-3pm window). > > 4. San Juan has window hours now according to MMDA website. > > 5. Pasay City is implementing Number Coding except on the following > roads: Ninoy Aquino Avenue, MIA Road , Domestic Road , Portions of > Airport Road , Sales Road , Tramo. > > 6. EDSA, C5, Pres. Diosdado Macapagal Avenue , Roxas Blvd ( Pasay ) > have window hours regardless of the city (meaning one can drive via > EDSA in Makati any day). > > 7. For the rest of Metro Manila (Caloocan, Mandaluyong, Manila, > Muntinlupa, Navotas, parts of Pasay, Pateros, Quezon City, Taguig, > and Valenzuela) number coding is in effect (window hours of 10am-3pm > is also observed). > > TOOLS AGAINST MMDA OFFICERS > > If any of these abuses seem familiar to you, Mr. Antonio Pagulayan > (Personnel Officer) has asked that you call either the MMDA hotline > (136) or call the METRO BASE at 0920 9389861 or 0920 9389875 and ask > for an Inspectorate. They will send inspectors to the place where > these MMDA officers are extorting, even while you are arguing out of > your apprehension. > > 1. MMDA officers are not allowed to group together in order to > apprehend. They are not even allowed to stand together in groups of > 2 or more. The only time they are allowed to work together is for > special operations (probably when they apprehend groups of buses for > smoke belching) > > 2. Swerving IS NOT a traffic violation. Moving one lane to the left

> or right is not swerving, no matter where on > the road you do it. And it is even less of a violation when you do > it with a signal. Swerving is defined as > shifting 2 or more lanes very quickly. So you can argue your way out > of this, and call the Metro Base for help. > > 3. Sadly, using the yellow lane is a traffic violation and will get > you a ticket. However, buses are really not > allowed to go out of the yellow lane, so if you see selective > apprehension of private cars only, you may complain. > > 4. MMDA has confirmed that your license MAY NOT BE CONFISCATED at a > traffic apprehension. The only time they can do so is if you are > part of an accident, or it is your third violation and you have not > settled your fines yet. They are only allowed to give you a ticket, > which you can contest. He recommends actually receiving the ticket > in some instances, so that you can report the officer who did it. > > 5. Also, you are free to ask any of these officers for their > "mission order", which is written by their supervisor. If they > apprehend you for a violation that is not in their mission order for > the day, you can report them and they will receive disciplinary > action.