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It is an executive functions such as planning, organizing, directing and supervising, coordinating operating recording and budgeting traffic affairs.

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Traffic Management

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It refers to the movement of person, goods or vehicle, either thru foot, powered by combustion system or thru animal drawn from one place to another for the purpose of travel.

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Traffic

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The word traffic was derived from the word “__________” which means “___________”.

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Trafficare,
To carry on trade

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A skillful use of means to accomplish a purpose

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Management

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Entire width between boundary lines of every way or place of which any part is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular traffic as a matter of right or custom

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Traffic way

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A part of traffic way over which motor vehicle pass

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Roadway

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Either side of the roadway

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Shoulder

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THE FIVE PILLARS OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

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  1. Traffic Engineering
  2. Traffic Education
  3. Traffic Enforcement
  4. Traffic Ecology/Environment
  5. Traffic Economy
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It is the science of measuring traffic and travel and the study of the basic laws relative to the traffic flow and generation, and application of this knowledge to the professional practice of planning, and the operating traffic systems to achieve safe and efficient movement of persons and goods.

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Traffic Engineering

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Function of Traffic Engineering

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  1. Fact finding survey and recommendation of traffic rules and regulations.
  2. Supervising and maintenance to the application of traffic control devices.
  3. Planning of traffic regulations.
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Types of traffic control devices:

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  1. TRAFFIC ROAD SIGN
  2. PAVEMENT MARKINGS
  3. TRAFFIC LIGHTS
  4. TRAFFIC ISLAND
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A sign usually made of a metal plate in a conspicuous location beside a road whereby a message is conveyed by means of words or symbols officially installed for the purpose of regulating, warning, or guiding traffic

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Traffic Road Sign

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These signs are intended to give caution for approaching road hazards.

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Danger warning sign

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These sign have equilateral triangular shape with one side horizontal and having Red borders, black markings and white background

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Danger warning sign

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Danger warning sign It is also known as ?

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Caution Signs

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These are intended to give the road users of special obligation, restrictions or prohibition with which they must comply.

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Regulatory signs

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These signs are Round and some are Inverted Triangle, it have Red border, white background, black markings

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Regulatory signs

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CLASSIFICATION OF TRAFFIC SIGN:

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  1. Danger warning sign
  2. Regulatory signs
  3. Informative Signs
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Three Categories of Regulatory Sign

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  1. Priority signs
  2. Prohibitory signs
  3. Mandatory signs
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These are signs intended to regulate priority over a particular road section or roadway intersection.

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Priority Signs

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These signs can be used on specified section of the road which will be easily see by motorist to indicate regulation which is prohibitive or restrictive in nature.

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Prohibitory Signs

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These signs are intended to guide road users of special rules in which they must comply for the safety.

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Mandatory Signs

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These signs are modified signs that actually give directional instructions for the driver to take.

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Informative Signs

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A signs are Rectangular in shape with white markings and blue background.

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Informative Signs

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Informative Signs also known as ?

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Guide Signs or Direction Signs

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It show the frontier between two province, municipalities of countries or for the purpose of showing the beginning and end of built up areas.

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Place Identification Signs

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These are lines, patterns , words, colors set into surface to the roadway, officially placed for the purpose of regulating, warning, or traffic control.

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Pavement Markings

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It is used to separate traffic when located in a two-way multiple lane road.

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Single white continuous line

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Usually, this divides any road into a right and left-hand side so cars won’t go in the same direction on the same lane.

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Single white continuous line

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Overtaking on this line is allowed because it is broken. But do overtake with care because cars on the opposite side have the right of way

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Single white dotted line

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If this is seen on the road that will allow overtaking in the side of a broken line

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Broken and Solid yellow line

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Crosswalk also known as?

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Pedestrian Lane

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Refers to any power operated traffic control device which traffic is warned or directed to take some specific actions.

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Traffic lights

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Used to control traffic at junctions and also to stop traffic to provide safe crossing points for pedestrians and cyclist.

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Traffic lights

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Developed the first world electric traffic lights in 1912 in Salt Lake City, Utah USA.

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Lester Wire

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These are the elevated areas located at some part of the roadway.

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Traffic Island

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These are areas within the roadway constructed in a manner to establish physical channels through which vehicular traffic is guided

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Traffic Island

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Classifications of Traffic Island

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  1. Division Island
  2. Channelizing Island
  3. Rotary Island
  4. Pedestrian Island
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These are constructed primarily to divide the streams of the motor vehicles.

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Division Island

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These are constructed to channelize or direct the flow of traffic.

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Channelizing Island

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Creates a circular flow in one direction which is found in intersection that has a circular central island.

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Rotary Island

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These are constructed between the pedestrian sidewalk and the road pavement to prevent motor vehicles from using the sidewalk for parking and passing purposes.

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Pedestrian Island

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43
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It means the right to proceed ahead of another vehicle or pedestrian.

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Right of way

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The process of giving training and travel and practice in the actual application of traffic safety knowledge.

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Traffic education

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BASIC TYPES OF DRIVING INSTRUCTION METHODS:

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  1. Comprehensive
  2. Traditional Instructions
  3. Commentary Driving method
  4. Simulated Conditions
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Places the student into real life of driving situations from the beginning.

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Comprehensive

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A type of instruction depends on instructor-student communication.

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Traditional Instructions

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A student-driver accompanied by an instructor while giving his comment.

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Commentary Driving method

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A premise of simulated conditions training is that the behavior of the driver – subject placed in condition will be relatively analogous to normal behavior.

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Simulated Conditions

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A static machine with all the important features of a car used in driving method/training.

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Simulator

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mass publicity aimed to make road users behave more safely.

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Safety Campaign

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These basically focus on public information attitudes, and particular or specific behavior or combinations of these.

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Safety Campaigns

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The theory which asserts that a man exhibits constant variation of life, energy and mood states.

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Biorhythm

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The most famous of biorhythm are the :

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  1. 23 days physical cycle.
  2. 28 days emotional cycle.
  3. 33 days intellectual cycle.
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It deals mostly on the implementation and enforcement of traffic laws and rules and regulations.

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Traffic Enforcement

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The action taken by the police, such as arresting, issuing traffic citation ticket, and giving warning to the erring drivers for the purpose of deterring and discouraging and/or to preventing such violation.

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Traffic Enforcement

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A person who is duly deputized by an agency of government authorized by law to enforce traffic laws, rules and regulations.

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Traffic Law Enforcer

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It is the basis of all traffic enforcement

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Traffic Laws

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Main Agencies Responsible in Traffic Enforcement

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  1. Land Transportation Office (LTO)
  2. Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB)
  3. Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC)
  4. Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA)
  5. Philippine National Police (PNP)
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Indicates directions of permitted traffic movement

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Directional Arrow

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The part of traffic enforcement performed by the police and other agencies with police power including deterrent to law violation created by the presence of uniformed police officer and their special equipment, special assistance to court and prosecutors and incidental service to highway users.

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Police Traffic Law Enforcement

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The part of traffic law enforcement performed by the court by adjudication and penalization.

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Court Traffic Law Enforcement

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Five Essential Steps in Police Court Enforcement Process:

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  1. Detection
  2. Apprehension
  3. Prosecution
  4. Adjudication
  5. Penalization
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wholly police responsibility and entail looking for defects in the behavior of motorist, pedestrians, vehicles equipment and roadway condition.

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Detection

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Requires knowledge on law on the part of the police.

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Detection

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wholly a police responsibility where the police is required to take action at once to prevent continued and future violation.

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Apprehension

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While this is a court function, the police also provides corresponding influence through preparation and introduction of evidence or close contact with the prosecution officer.

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Prosecution

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While is obviously a court function, the police provides influence on this step by acting as a witness to the prosecution or supplying additional evidence.

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Adjudication

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This step determines the guilt or innocence of the accused.

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Adjudication

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The court imposes the penalty upon the accused

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Penalization

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The penalty is greatly influenced by previous records of conviction as provided by the police.

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Penalization

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Three (3) Major Elements of Traffic Enforcement System

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  1. Enforcement System
  2. Road user System
  3. The traffic System
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It consists of legislation, police and the courts. Legislation defines and specifies correct or incorrect road user behavior

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Enforcement System

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Police and the courts is charged with the responsibility of insuring that these are adhered to.

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Enforcement System

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It includes pedestrians, pedal cyclists, drivers, passengers and other.

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Road user System

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It consists of the entire road and vehicle complex

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The Traffic System

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Kinds of Traffic Enforcement Action

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  1. Traffic arrest
  2. Traffic citation
  3. Traffic warning
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Is an enforcement action which consists of taking a person into custody for the purpose of holding or detaining him to answer a charge of law violation before a court.

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Traffic Arrest

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a means of having violators appear in court without physical arrest.

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Traffic Citation

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An enforcement action which does not contemplate possible assessment of penalty by the court or otherwise as a result of warning alone.

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Traffic Warning

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Types of Traffic Warning

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  1. Verbal Warning
  2. Visual Warning
  3. Written Warning
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telling the violator that he has violated the law and explain the hazards of such actions.

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Verbal Warning

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are usually used when you have observed a minor violation, the traffic enforcer only uses gesture of his hand and/or of the head to give the warning

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Visual Warning

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A combination of verbal warning and citations. It gives the spirit of verbal warning and the form of citation.

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Written Warning

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It is the study of dealing with potentially disastrous population explosion, changes in urban environment due to the scale and density of a new urban concentration and new activities carried out, air pollution, water pollution and crowding, especially transport congestion which result therein.

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TRAFFIC ECOLOGY/ENVIRONMENT

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It deals with the benefits and adverse effects of traffic to our economy.

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Traffic Economy

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CAUSES OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION:

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  1. Physical Inadequacy
  2. Poor Control Measure
  3. Human Errors
  4. Poor Maintenance
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A lack of roads, bridges, traffic facilities, rail road, etc.

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Physical Inadequacy

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ineffective mechanical control devices, inefficient traffic enforcers, poor implementation of traffic laws, rules and regulations

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Poor Control Measure

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slow drivers or poor driving habits, pedestrian mistakes, officers’ error etc.

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Human Errors

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unrepaired digging, un finished road pavement because of inappropriate budget

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Poor Maintenance

92
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Part of police traffic supervision which consist of driving and walking here and there in an area or to and from on a road for the purpose of traffic law enforcement and to provide traffic connected service to the public.

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Traffic Patrol

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Types of Traffic Patrol:

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  1. Line Patrol
  2. Area Patrol
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A moving patrol or a stationary observation on a specified road between two points usually on one city street or a section of a highway.

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Line Patrol

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A moving patrol or stationary patrol observation in an area or beat which includes a number of streets, roads or a sections on a highway.

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Area Patrol

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it is a traffic observation at a selected place, usually one with an unfavorable accident experience or traffic flow problem, for traffic law enforcement purposes and to detect violations of to deter possible violators.

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Stationary Traffic Observation

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Types of Stationary observation

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  1. Conspicuous Traffic Observation
  2. Visible Traffic Observation
  3. Conceal Traffic Observation
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Observer remains in full view of traffic conditions.

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Conspicuous Traffic Observation

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it is a stationary in which the observer is in full view but located

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Visible Traffic Observation

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it is a stationary observation in which the observer is not visible to the public.

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Conceal Traffic Observation

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One long blast for ______

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Stop

102
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Two short snappy blasts for_____

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Go

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Three blasts to be used for _____and/or for motorist to be _______

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Assistance ,
Attentive

104
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Other term for Division Island

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Median Barriers

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Rotary Island is also known as ?

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Runabout/ Rotonda

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Types of Traffic Citation

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  1. Temporary Operators Permit (TOP)
  2. Traffic Violators Receipt (TVR)
  3. Ordinance violations receipt (OVR)
107
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It shall be used in apprehension of all violations and it is strictly required to issued to the apprehended driver/operator at the site and the time of apprehension

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Temporary Operators Permit (TOP)

108
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It used exclusively in Metro Manila

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Traffic Violations Receipt (TVR)

109
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It is used in the Enforcement of Traffic Management

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Traffic Citation