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Inton wants more female public transport drivers

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A RANKING official of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board on Friday expressed support for women-drivers of public utility vehicles in Metro Manila.

Ariel Enrile Inton, one of the two LTFRB board members, said there was a need to substantially increase the number of female drivers in the public transportation, since they drive more carefully than their male counterparts.

Ariel Enrile Inton

 “It’s about time to expand the pool of qualified drivers in public transportation by encouraging more women drivers,” Inton said. “Let’s have more women drivers in public transport. Women are known to drive safely and I think passengers will feel much safer with women drivers.”

JAM Liner operating to and from Quezon City or Pasay City to Central Luzon provinces has only seven lady bus drivers, he said.

Iloilo City has only one lady taxi driver, Inton added.

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According to him, parents prefer lady drivers for school services because they are trusted, careful and caring.

Bus operators are satisfied with the performance of their lady drivers, the LTFRB official noted.

“Also, women drivers are satisfied with a fixed income and will prefer receiving fixed pay as drivers over the boundary system, which is being pointed out as one reason there are many vehicular accidents,” he explained. “The income of a female driver is used to augment the family income, while a huge portion of a male driver’s income goes to personal needs and sometimes to vices.”

Inton, however, said women drivers are more vulnerable to crimes and said protection of them “must be drawn clear and solid if we want to encourage more of them to join the public transportation industry.”

“In return, this will answer the complaints of many operators that it is hard to find trustworthy drivers. I think women drivers will have a lot of benefits to bring to the industry,” he said.

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