ZAMBOANGA
CITY: Mayor Beng Climaco has ordered city policemen to make stronger its
anti-drag racing efforts.
Climaco
said she wants to deal with the disturbing reports of the continued occurrence
of drag racing in city streets calling it a risky leisure.
She
said she will put into writing her order to have a full-force execution of the anti-drag
racing campaign.
Drag
racing formed in the country uses motorcycles which compete to be first to
cross a set finish line in a short, straight course.
This
street racing form is illegal, said the mayor, that she will not tolerate as it
poses a serious danger to motorists, pedestrians, and properties as well as it disturb patients recovering in hospitals.
Drag
racers usually use the Veterans Avenue near the Zamboanga Doctor’s Hospital and
San Jose Gusu as the site for their illegal races.
Police
have given chase to drag racers in the past but have refrained from pinning
down the culprits to keep drivers away from accidents including themselves and
other motorists.
The
ZCPO has reported that they have impounded a total of seven motorcycles involved
in a drag racing last Sunday, Nov. 23 as they noted about as many as 80
individuals composing the crowd of spectators in the said race.
Drag
racers, the ZCPO added, insult them by failing to stop at the request of
authorities conducting operations that they request a law should be made to
punish those resisting and disobeying them.