Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Operator Nationwide (PISTON) spokesman George San Mateo and Alliance of Concerned Transport Organization (ACTO) president Efren de Luna said the rift between Binay and Fernando has been affecting the operation of public utility vehicles allegedly because MMDA and Makati Public Safety traffic enforcers are now competing against each other in apprehending traffic violators. "Naiipit ang mga drivers sa gitna ng away ni Binay at Fernando kasi naglalabanan sila sa panghuhuli ng traffic violators," San Mateo said.

He said this should not be the case since the MMDA has been barred by the Supreme Court from confiscating driver’s licenses while the Makati Regional Trial Court has stopped the MMDA from enforcing the Metropolitan Traffic Ticket (MTT) and No-Contact Traffic Apprehension programs.

On the other hand, Binay should not have ordered the Makati police to arrest MMDA traffic enforcers who continue to apprehend traffic violators, San Mateo said.

For his part, ACTO’s De Luna said the continuing disagreement between Binay and Fernando only shows that traffic laws in the metropolis are defective and hurting public utility vehicle drivers and other motorists. "Ang away nila (Binay and Fernando) ay nagpapakita lamang na magulo at mali ang mga batas trapiko natin ngayon, mali ang sistema. Hindi malaman ng tao kung sino talaga ang dapat mamuno o sino talaga ang merong kapangyarihan na magpatupad ng batas trapiko. Ang nangyayari nag-aagawan tuloy sila sa kapangyarihan," De Luna said.

He said Binay set a bad precedent when he ordered the arrest of MMDA traffic enforcers since he could be emulated by other local leaders.

San Mateo and De Luna called for a moratorium on all kinds of traffic ticketing until a law is passed regarding the creation of a single ticketing traffic system to be implemented nationwide.

San Mateo said PISTON will try to initiate a dialogue with Congress, Malacañang, the Department of Interior and Local Government, and local leaders for the passage of such a law.

De Luna said only one agency, the Land Transportation Office, should handle the implementation of traffic laws since it is the one issuing driver’s licenses in the first place. If local government units (LGUs) want to have their own traffic enforcers, they should have them deputized by the LTO, he said.

De Luna said this would promote a unified and systematic traffic ticketing system.