HPG urges motorists to keep cool amid Holy Week rush

MANILA, Philippines - The Highway Patrol Group (HPG) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday urged motorists to keep their cool on the road this coming Holy Week and make road safety a priority over rage. Historically, traffic volume increases during the observance of the Holy Week as people begin to travel to the provinces for the long weekend. Data from the PNP-HPG showed that from March 30 to May 30 last year, a total of 35,985 road crash incidents were recorded nationwide mostly involving motorcycles with overspeeding and human error cited as leading causes. “Tuloy-tuloy ‘yung cooperation natin with LGU and other local police para maiwasan ‘yung mga ganitong accident. Shared responsibility ito, cooperation ng ating mga kasama at mga nagmamaneho,” HPG deputy director for operations PCol. Bernard Marzal said. Marzal reminded motorists to plan trips ahead to avoid road congestion. Despite the oil crisis, the PNP-HPG assured the public that its operations were not affected, particularly police visibility and response teams deployed along major highways.

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