4.

4 Social Impact

From the proponent’s gathered data for the public type of transportation and

for the private type of transportation, the number of respondents was determined.

Thus, for the private type of transportation, the total number of sampling sizes and the

overall population was assumed, estimated, and set to a minimum which was 30 since

the figure of population was dependent on the number of vehicles that passed by at

the location. Refer to table…. for the listed data of the public and private type of

transportation.

PUBLIC TYPE OF TRANSPORTATION

Vehicle Type Registered Driver Sampling Size

Motorcycle 89 30

Tricycle 64 30

Van 76 30

TOTAL 229 90

PRIVATE TYPE OF TRANSPORTATION

Vehicle Type Registered Driver Sampling Size

Motorcycle 30 30

Passenger Car/SUV 30 30

TOTAL 60 60
 Figure 1. Percentage Distribution of the
type of vehicles used
Motorcycle Van
Tricycle Passenger Car/SUV

20% Passenger 40% Motorcycle

Car/SUV

20% Tricycle

20% Van

The proponents considered only four (4) types of vehicle which were observed

to be more frequent in passing at the Baybay City Diversion Road intersection. For

the public type of transportation, the observed vehicles were tricycles, motorcycles,

and vans. For the private type of transportation, motorcycles and passenger car/suvs.
4.4.1 EDUCATION REVIEW

The proponents evaluated the knowledge of the motorists whether they

know anything or something about the matters present on the road, around the

road, and what to do at the road. After the conduct of the survey, the team

consulted a statistician who helped with the analyzation of data. The results

were tabulated in overall combining the public type and private type of

transportation. A graphical representation is shown below.

Number of Drivers' Answers to Q8

Q8: Do you understand and follow the road signs?

sometimes

Series1

yes

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160

Number of Drivers' Answers to Q10

Q10: Do you look into the rear-view mirror before
starting to overtake?

sometimes

Series1
no

yes

0 20 40 60 80 100 120
 Number of Drivers' Answers to Q11
Q11: Do you use your signal when turning?

sometimes

Series1
no

yes

42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56

Number of Drivers' Answers to Q12

Q12: Is it a good practice to blow a horn as a warning
when you want to overtake?

sometimes
Series1

yes

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140

Number of Drivers' Answers to Q16

Q16: When drivers of vehicles ahead of you give a right
turn signal, is it confusing?

yes

Series1
sometimes

no

0 20 40 60 80 100 120
 Number of Drivers' Answers to Q17
Q17: Do you find hand signals from other drivers con-
fusing?

sometimes

Series1
yes

no

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Number of Drivers' Answers to Q18

Q18: When getting on to the main road to the left, do
you look for vehicles coming from the right?

sometimes
Series1

yes

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

The graphs represent the responses of the motorists for both private

and public type of transportation. The results were merged by the statistician

to be able to delete unnecessary and erroneous data. These questions evaluated

the motorists’ understanding about the basic rules and methods in driving and

the basic needs to achieve safety in driving.

There were one-hundred and fifty (150) number of respondents and

ninety (90) of them belongs to the public type of transportation and the

remaining sixty (60) belongs to the private type of transportation. The

sampling size was thirty (30) each for the five (5) assigned vehicles who
usually pass by at the proposed location. The selected questions above were

the ones that were highly related to the education portion of the study.

There were seven (7) questions and when translated to percentage, it

showed that in Q8 (Do you understand and follow the road signs?), 91% from

the number of respondents answered “Yes” and only 9% of them answered

“Sometimes” which means that most of them understand and follow the traffic

control system. For Q10 (Do you look into the rear-view mirror before

starting to overtake?), only 67% of the respondents answered “Yes” which

means that out of a hundred (100) there was 33% percent who do not look and

sometimes do not look or look at the rear-view mirrors. For Q11 (Do you use

your signal when turning?), 37% of the drivers agreed that it was a good

practice while 31% agreed sometimes and sometimes do not, and lastly, 32%

did not agree. For Q12 (Is it a good practice to blow a horn as a warning

when you want to overtake?), 79% agreed that it was a good practice while the

remaining 21% answered sometimes which could mean sometimes yes or

sometimes no. For Q16 (When drivers of vehicles ahead of you give a right

turn signal, is it confusing?), 74% answered “No” which means that they’re

not confused while 13% of them answered “Yes” and “Sometimes”, because

they supposed that other motorists give a signal to turn right, but turned out it

would go on the opposite direction. For Q17 (Do you find hand signals from

other drivers confusing?), 58% do not agree and 23% agreed while 19%

answered sometimes, because as they said some motorists would go on the

opposite direction. For Q18 (When getting on to the main road to the left, do

you look for vehicles coming from the right?), 71% said “Yes” while 29% said

“No” they do not.

4.4.2 ENFORCEMENT REVIEW

The proponents also evaluated the driver’s response to the enforcement

of laws; this is to ensure if they comply with the laws, rules, and standards

while they’re driving and while they’re at the road.

After obtaining the data, the following results were analyzed and

observed. Below were the graphical representation of the outcomes.

Number of Drivers' Answers to Q5

Q5: Do you wear safety gears while driving? Like
helmets, seatbelts, and such.

n/a

Series1
sometimes

yes

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

Number of Drivers' Answers to Q6

Q6: Do you also require your passengers to wear safety
gears?

sometimes

n/a Series1

no

yes

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
 Number of Drivers' Answers to Q7
Q7: Do you follow the speed limit indications?

sometimes

Series1

yes

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160

Number of Drivers' Answers to Q9

Q9: Have you used a mobile phone while driving?

sometimes

Series1

no

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

The presented results were for both public and private types of

transportation; this served as a basis if they complied with the basic rules and

standards of driving. In terms of percentage, Q5 (Do you wear safety gears

while driving? Like helmets, seatbelts, and such.) showed that 57% wore

safety gears while driving, 23% answered “Sometimes” which would mean

sometimes yes or sometimes no, and lastly, 20% for vehicles which do not

require safety gears like in tricycles. For Q6 (Do you also require your

passengers to wear safety gears?), 41% of the drivers require their passengers
to wear safety gears, 19% required their passenger sometimes, and the other

percentage was for vehicles which do not use safety gears. For Q7 (Do you

follow the speed limit indications?), 92% claimed that they followed the speed

limits indicated on major roads and minor roads, then 8% said that they

followed the speed limits sometimes. Lastly, for Q9 (Have you used a mobile

phone while driving?), 73% responded “No” while 27% responded

“Sometimes” because as they said some important calls from clients,

superiors, or emergencies must be answered.

4.4.3 EVALUATION

The proponents checked whether the drivers have already passed by

the Baybay City Diversion Road intersection from Baybay City to Tacloban

City or not. Similar to the data for the Education Review and Enforcement

Review, the data for the evaluation was also analyzed by a statistician and the

following results were observed. As shown below, the results were presented

by a graph.

Number of Drivers' Answers to Q19_1

Q19_1: How many times have you passed there?

Many times

1 time

2 times

3 times

7 times

sometimes

4 times

everyday

5 times

more tha n 10 times but less than 20

more than 10 times

6 times

0 20 40 60 80 100 120
 Number of Drivers' Answers to Q19_2
Q19_2: Do you see a traffic enforcer when you pass by?

sometimes

Series1

no

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

Number of Drivers' Answers to Q19_3

Q19_3: Do you take note of the traffic signs or traffic
signals that is present there?

sometimes
Series1

yes

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

Number of Drivers' Answers to Q20

Q20: What do you think are the causes of the car
crashes as the Baybay City Diversion Road Intersec-
tion?
irresponsible driving

overtaking/overspeeding

drunk driving
Series1
all

road design and lack of road signs

no lamp posts at night

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
 Number of Drivers' Answers to Q21
Q21: What do you think are the causes of the car
crashes at the BayBay City Diversion Road Intersec-
tion?

somewhat unsafe

Series1
somewhat safe

very unsafe

very safe

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

Number of Drivers' Answers to Q22

Q22: What do you think should be improved at the
BayBay City Diversion Road Intersection?

no comment/none

add traffic lights

Discipline

add traffic enforcers

Stop light Series1

redesigning the road

round about

reflectors

more road signs and make them more visible

preventive measures

overpass

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
 The table above presented the response of the motorists for the

evaluation of their suggestions and opinions to the Baybay City Diversion

Road intersection from Baybay City to Tacloban City. Alike the Education

and Enforcement Review, the results gathered was in overall combining both

types of transportation.

There were six (6) questions that were related to the evaluation and

sentiments of the motorists. Translating the graphical data to percentage, it

showed that for Q19_1 (How many times have you passed there?), 64%

claimed that they have passed by the road for many times, and some had a

lower percentage of passing by at the location especially the private vehicles.

For Q19_2 (Do you see a traffic enforcer when you pass by?), 70% said that

they haven’t seen any traffic enforcer at the location while 30% have seen

them. For Q19_3 (Do you take note of the traffic signs or traffic signals that

are present there?), 76% said that they took note of the road signs and 24%

responded “Sometimes” which means sometimes yes or sometimes no. For

Q20 (What do you think are the causes of the car crashes as the Baybay City

Diversion Road Intersection?), 41% of the respondents responded

irresponsible driving, 40% claimed that it was over speeding/overtaking, 11%

said that the cause was drunk driving while others responded for all the

reasons found in the questionnaire (see Appendix…). For Q21 (What do you

think are the causes of the car crashes at the BayBay City Diversion Road

Intersection?), the respondents rated the safety at the said intersection; 5%

said that it was very safe, 35% rated somewhat safe, 40% claimed it was

somewhat unsafe, and 20% for very unsafe. For their judgment, Q22 (What do

you think should be improved at the BayBay City Diversion Road

Intersection?) was created, disregarding the drivers who did not comment,

there were 32% of drivers suggested traffic lights (merged with the suggested

stop light), 13% claimed to discipline the drivers, 12% suggested the

placement of traffic enforcers, 7% said that the road should be re-designed,

5% suggested round abouts, and 6% for other suggestions (e.g. preventive

measures, reflectors, overpass, and such).