A LOT of motorists have been edgy for days now, or since government-mandated cashless transactions in all major tollways took effect at the start of the month.
Count Valenzuela City's mayor among them.
On Thursday, Mayor Rex Gatchalian unleashed a rant on Twitter over what he rued as 'nonresponsive sensors' in the tollgates of NLEX, which, like most major tollways, have been hit by heavy traffic since December 1 at the start of cashless toll collection.
In a series of tweets, the Valenzuela mayor hit out at what he claimed were defective sensors in NLEX tollgates as well as a certain NLEX official who he claimed dismissed his complaint about the matter.
"NLEX, the riding public of Valenzuela deserves better! Prepaid na nga ayaw pa niyo padaanin mga vehicles dahil none responsive mga RFID sensors niyo," Gatchalian tweeted.
"Imagine for one of your bosses to tell me wala naman problema at ako lang ang nagcocomplain."
A number of major tollgates have been plagued by traffic buildup since the start of cashless toll collection on Dec. 1, not only because of the high volume of cars still lining up in RFID installation lanes but also because of snags in RFID-only lanes.
NLEX, the country's main artery linking Metro Manila to the North, has not been spared as its major tollgates have become chokepoints, including the Karuhatan gate which is the main road leading to Gatchalian's city.
Actually, it's not the first time Gatchalian hit out at the toll operators.
Last month, the young mayor said passing through the RFID lanes of NLEX is "the greatest guessing game of them all… sometimes it will work, sometimes it will not."
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