QUEZON City councilor Ramon Medalla of District 2 on Sunday urged motorists to have their own dashcams “for their protection.”
At a news conference, Medalla, along with former Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board member Ariel Inton, cited the importance of a high-grade dashboard camera to capture road mishaps—not just of their own, but others’ accidents, too.
“Dashcams can mean protection,” he told the Manila Standard. “We can be of help to the Land Transportation Office and LTFRB as well as the other law-enforcement agencies [by installing them].”
The councilor called on the House of Representatives to pass a law that would allow dashcam video footage as evidence admissible in court cases.
Medalla, however, clarified their call to use a dashcam inside a private vehicle does not run counter to an ordinance recently vetoed by Mayor Herbert Bautista.
“I am optimistic the mayor will support our initiative,” he told the Manila Standard.
Inton, for his part, appealed not only to private car owners, but also to rescue teams and public utility vehicle operators to voluntarily install their own dashcams.
“We can capture both the good and bad driving practices, both ways,” he told reporters.