The dangerousness of low hanging spaghetti wires has manifested again this time in Manila. A truck ran into some wires causing two telephone posts to fall over.
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| https://mb.com.ph/2024/5/11/2-telco-posts-in-manila-fell-due-to-passing-truck |
Two posts of a telecom company fell after a passing truck hit cables on Ronquillo Street in Sta. Cruz, Manila, Saturday morning, May 11, the Manila Traffic and Parking Bureau (MTPB) said.
Due to the incident, authorities closed a portion of Ronquillo Street to motorists.
They advised motorists to take alternate routes.
Reports said the passing truck hit the cables, pulling down the two posts.
MTPB chief Dennis Viaje said that linemen had been dispatched to the area to clean up the hanging cables.
Meanwhile, some telecom companies said they are willing to help replace the affected poles to restore the operation of the damaged lines.
Well, thank goodness the telecom companies "are willing to help replace the affected poles to restore the operation of the damaged lines." After all, they are responsible for the wires and the poles. Thankfully no one was hurt but this accident is only one of many happening nationwide. Just this past February Senator Raffy Tulfo was pushing for an investigation into the prevalence of accidents caused by spaghetti wires.
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1899998/raffy-tulfo-wants-probe-into-road-accidents-due-to-spaghetti-wires |
Senator Raffy Tulfo has sought an investigation into the alarming surge in road accidents caused by hazardous dangling live cable wires over the streets, or the so-called spaghetti wires.
He filed Senate Resolution (SR) No. 922, citing the receipt of several complaints through his public service program.
“Victims of accidents caused by live cable wire mishandling often face significant challenges in pursuing recourse against the negligent parties. The difficulties faced by these victims hinder their ability to seek justice and fair compensation for injuries, fatalities, and property damage resulting from such accidents,” Tulfo said in his resolution.
The senator emphasized the need to summon electric and telephone companies and other entities managing live cable wires.
He also noted the need to review the charter and mandate of certain government agencies, such as the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority and Department of Public Works and Highways, as well as local government units, including city engineering offices and other similar offices and agencies, to ensure the proper discharge of their tasks to keep Filipinos safe.
In a privilege speech on January 31, Tulfo fumed over the nuisances caused by what he described as “black spaghetti wires.”
According to him, these “entangled, voluminous, and eyesore” cables pose a real danger to the public.
He also said in his speech that the wires appear to be mostly from utility companies involved in telecommunication, including internet service providers and electricity distributors.
How is it that everyone knows these dangling wires pose a danger to the public and yet nothing is done about them? Sure there have been clean-up drives in several cities but the mess remains. Officials act like nothing can be done about them but that is not the case. If you Google Philippines spaghetti wire clean up there are many articles about LGUs giving ultimatums to telecoms to get rid of the wires or else. Such threats may work briefly but more must be done.
What will it take for anyone to really care about this issue? More accidents? Deaths? This issue of dangerous, dangling wires is one more reason why, despite the desire to be like Singapore, the Philippines remains far behind in terms of being a safe modern nation.
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