66% of gov't vehicles are smoke-belchers

BAGUIO CITY — Sixty six percent of government vehicles here are grossly violating the Clean Air Act through smoke belching.

The City Environment and Parks Management Office here bared this in a report to Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan, saying 47 out of 71 diesel-fed vehicles registered under national government agencies and local governments flagged down by the city’s Roadside Inspection, Testing and Monitoring Team failed the tests since smoke they emitted were way above standards.

Worse, the RITMT added all gasoline-fed government vehicles also failed the smoke emission test pursuant to the provisions of Ordinance No. 61, series of 2008 or the city’s version of the Celan Air Act.

Because of the poor outcome of the test results on government-owned vehicles, the city’s inspection team recommended strict maintenance of the vehicles, citing that line agencies and local governments should serve as examples to motorists in efforts to clean the city’s air. -- Dexter A. See