Traffic Direction

and Control
Traffic Management and Accident Investigation
 Traffic Direction and
Control
• Directing traffic attempts to make movement as
fast, safe, and efficient
• One aspect of traffic control is assigning of traffic
officers in intersection
• Traffic officers on strategic places ensure the
obedience to traffic laws, and serves as emergency
solution
• Traffic officers can immediately give way to
responding fire engines, police cars, or ambulances
Absence of Traffic Enforcer
in Intersection
Intersection Defined
• It means the space occupied by
two street at the point where they
cross each other.
• Usually, this is the place where
traffic direction and traffic control
is needed.

Police Traffic Direction

• It is defined as telling drivers and
pedestrians when, how and where
they may or may not move or
stand at a particular place.
Personnel tasked to direct
and guide Traffic
• The PNP-Highway Patrol Group,
• Local Police/Traffic auxiliaries,
• MMDA Traffic Management Section
• Volunteers from barangay security forces, and
• Other civic organizations
Directing and Guiding
Traffic
• The following are the basic concept for an effective
directing and guiding traffic:
• Direct traffic to the drivers and pedestrians on how,
when and where they may move.
• Use as type of sigh language clearly understandable
to all persons.
• If your signals are different, motorist would probably
fail to understand them and ignore you.
• Officers should use uniform gestures and signals.
Directing and Guiding
Traffic
• Signals should be seen over long distance.
• First warn drivers and pedestrians to recognize that
you are the officer who will tell them what to do.
• Guide traffic in the center of the intersection.
• Stand as though you mean business.
Directing and Guiding
Traffic
• Stand straight with your weigh equally distributed
to each foot.
• When you are not signaling, let your hands fall at
your sides.
• When you authorize vehicles to move, do not face
them.
• Stand so that your side is toward the oncoming
vehicles.
 Suggested Methods of directing and
Guiding Traffic.
• Use hand signals
• Supplement with a whistle
• One long blow to STOP
• Two short snappy blast for GO
• Three blast to be used for ASSISTANCE

1 blow - STOP
2 blow - GO
3 BLOW – HELP
 Suggested Methods of directing and
Guiding Traffic.

• If two or more officers are assigned in one intersection,

only one makes the decision, while the other take
theirs from him
• To stop a moving lane, point at the car you intend to
stop and give the driver the opportunity to stop
• The hand signal should be made with the arm
extended and the palm facing the person or vehicle to
be stopped.
 Method of Stopping a motorist
Hand signals Supplement the hand signals with a whistle.
One long blow to STOP
Starting a motorist.
Method of starting a motorist
Supplement the hand signals with whistle
Two short snappy blast for GO
 Method of commanding a motorist for left
/right turn

Left Turn Signal

Supplement the hand signals with a
whistleTwo short snappy blast for GO
Night Control of Traffic.
• There are instances when traffic officers are
needed to direct and guide traffic during
night time, not only during lights is out
where traffic lights are not functioning but
also during some instances where accident
occurs and traffic officers are needed to
guide the motorists.
Suggested methods in directing and guiding traffic
during night time.

• When light is sufficient, work as in day time.

• If light is not sufficient, use flashlight
• To stop, direct the flash light in line of the vision
and move back and forth
• To start, use the same motion as in day light except
with flashlight
• Supplement the action with whistle
TRAFFIC PATROL
• In traffic management, it is not sufficient to install
traffic control devices and aids.
• Therefore, to ensure compliance to these traffic rules
and regulations, traffic patrol officers are needed.
TRAFFIC PATROL
• Traffic Patrol – it refers to the observation of road
conditions, the behavior of the drivers and other
users of vehicles for the purpose of traffic
supervision and law enforcement
• However, traffic patrol is not all moving from one place
to another place,
• It also involves stationary observation.
• Traffic patrol may be conducted on area or line bases
which refer to the territory covered.
• It includes, stationary observation to detect driver’s
behavior as well as to detect violators
Types of Traffic Patrol
• Line Patrol – this involves observation either
in moving or stationary observation at a
certain route or point of a major street in a
city.
• Area Patrol – this involves the conduct of
observation either by moving patrol or
observation of a certain area
Types of Stationary
Observation
• Observation of traffic conditions of selected place,
usually one with unfavorable accident experiences
for traffic law supervision.
• Stationary observation may be conspicuous, visible
or concealed depending upon the location of the
patrol unit in relation the street under observation.
Types of Stationary
Observation
1. Conspicuous Observation – stationary observation
in which observer remains in full view of traffic
conditions.

2. Visible Observation - stationary observation in

which the observer is in full view but so located,

3. Concealed Observation - stationary observation in

which the observer is not visible to persons
Purposes of traffic Patrol -

• Deterrent to violations and dangerous driving

• Detecting and apprehending violators
• Observing and reporting traffic conditions
• Observing and reporting road conditions, including
view obstruction which needs attention.
• Providing certain services to the public
• Handling emergencies as they arise and keeping
traffic flow smoothly
Deterring Drivers from
Violating
• The effect or traffic law enforcement on the
behavior of the motorist drivers depends upon
what they think the police will do or the reputation
of the police for action.
• Once you have a reputation as a good traffic
enforcer for taking action when it is necessary.
A deterrent effect may be
achieved in several ways.
• Be sure you are seen by other motorist while taking
enforcement actions against a violator.
• Be in full view while simply patrolling or inspecting
• Leave the area and proceed to another area after you
have taken enforcement action.
• In order to achieve a deterrent in law enforcement, be
sure to spend more time in some area wherein motorist
or drivers fail to be aware of their common bad driving
practices
• Enforcement action should be taken at once among
habitual violators in order to deter traffic violators.
Deter violator for Unsafe
Driving –
• Be alert for potentially hazardous drivers.
• His action may not be illegal, but may serve as road
hazard that need to be cautioned.
• This kind of driver may not have enough driving
experience; he may be under the influence of liquor
or narcotics that may later on contribute to an
accident if no action is taken against him at once.
Example of Action and
Conditions need Attention
1. Driving extremely at low speed
2. Slow moving vehicles in left or “high speed” lanes
3. Racing motor sliding stops, jumping starts and the
like.
4. Excessive maneuvering such as backing up four or
five times to get into a parking space.
5. Pulling to curb lane at traffic signal
6. Having turn signals on when not attempting to turn.
7. Waving in roadway
Example of Action and
Conditions need Attention
8. Failing to slow for an intersection with obstructed
view
9. passing or attempting to pass several cars in a bunch.
10. Suddenly turning off at approach of police vehicle
11. Teen-age groups at night particularly when in two
or more vehicles
12. Damage or dressed up vehicles
13. Faulty or obscured licensed plates.
14. Unlighted parked cars with motor running
• Detecting and Apprehending Violators – these are
the main jobs or duties of traffic patrol officers.
• Observing Traffic Conditions – as traffic patrol
officer, you are the eyes and ears of the
department when on traffic patrol.
• Road Intelligence – unusual points of serious
congestion must be noted. Report unnecessary
delay at stop signs or signals which are installed
when traffic is heavier
Patrol Assignment
• Guidelines when assigned in traffic patrol unit.
• Be sure to be familiar with the street lay out in your area.
• When assigned to area patrol, you may or may not be
able to cover you entire assignment area on each tour of
duty, depending upon its size. However, you should
consider yourself responsible for traffic conditions in the
entire area.
• When assigned to line patrol, you are responsible for the
traffic conditions on a particular street or highway.
• You may also want to employ patrol techniques which
will require you to depart momentarily from an
intersecting street rather than always approaching it from
the street which you are patrolling.
Patrol tactics and
Techniques
• Example of these are following:
•
• When one unit overtakes a group of vehicles, the other unit brings
up the rear of the group. If one or more drivers in the group think
that they can no longer be observed since they have been passed
by the first patrol unit, they feel free to violate. The following patrol
unit observes and apprehends the violators. A conspicuous and
concealed unit may be used together in much the same manner.
• When an entire column of vehicles must be stopped, one unit stays
at the rear while the other overtakes the leader. If two vehicles are
racing, or if two violators separate, the paired patrol units can
separate for individual pursuit.
• Another advantage of working together is that officers can protect
each other, particularly when approaching suspicious person or
vehicles. Except for special purposes or occasions, patrol unit works
independently so that more areas can be covered that way.
Things to do in case of
abandoned motor vehicle
• Abandoned vehicles may be classified into two categories:
• Unattended due to mechanical defects – In these case do
the following:
• Verify and check on the ownership of the vehicle,
• And if possible, advise the owner to relocate the vehicle
to a much safer place.
• In case of Abandoned by carnapers or hold-up men:
• Get the place number and other data of the vehicle
• Make a report on the presence of the abandoned vehicle
to the nearest PNP HPG or traffic police unit,
Things to do in case of
abandoned motor vehicle
• Make possible steps to inform the owner,
• Bring the vehicle to the PNP HPG or traffic police
impounding area and conduct a Technical Inspection
Report in the presence of the alleged owner,
• Advise the owner to present all pertinent papers of the
vehicle for the identification of the ownership,
• If the vehicle is found to have violated any provisions of
RA 6539, note its violation and together with the
Technical Inspection Report, submit it for investigation,
and
• Finally, submit a duly accomplished spot report.
Stalled or bogged down
motor vehicles
• Check the defect or conditions of the vehicle,
• Ensure the safety of vehicles and persons involved by
conducting traffic direction in the vicinity.
• If practicable, push the vehicle to the road shoulder. You may
request assistance of other motorist to do this, otherwise,
avail of wreckers or heavy trucks to move it,
• Advise the owner of the vehicle to avail the services of
repairman, and
• Provide early warning devices or any lantern to deter
accident occurrences and provide appropriate precautions
for the safety and conveniences of the repairman and the
other motorists
Handling traffic jam
• Determine the cause of the traffic jam;
• Where traffic jam is caused by vehicular accident, conduct
fast, immediate but complete investigation and remove
vehicles involved at the scene of accident.,
• If traffic jam is caused by mechanical trouble, assist motorist
to push the vehicle to a place where it will not obstruct the
flow of traffic,
• Establish yourself and conduct systematic flow of traffic,
• Observe if the flow of traffic became smooth, if not refer back
to letter “a” above, and
• Implement proper traffic regulations to avoid further traffic
jam.
References
• Traffic Management and Accident Investigation: An
Instructional Book by Darlito Bernard G Delizo,
Copyright 2008. Publish by RKManwong
• 2. Trafficology- The Science of Traffic Philippine
Copyright, 1998 by Felino A Bragado,
• 3.
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