By Rizal Obanil An official of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) expressed support for a bill that aims to penalize road rage. Bong Nebrija (photo courtesy of Facebook) MMDA EDSA Traffic Manager Bong Nebrija said that he supports the measure as this would help protect their personnel in an interview over GMA-7 ‘s 24 Oras. There have been several videos uploaded on social media of MMDA traffic constables receiving the brunt of motorists’ road rage. More often than not, the motorists are at fault while the traffic constables are merely trying to enforce traffic laws. The Anti-Road Rage Act aims to penalize those who exhibit behavior that is akin to road rage. Section 3 of the proposed bill defines road rage as “aggressive, hostile, violent behavior in traffic or on the road by a motorist which may include mild to moderate scream, wild gesturing at others, cursing or using bad language, physical attack at another or any attempt thereof, reckless driving, any kinds of threat or intimidation, any use of force against another person and other analogous circumstance.” Recently a viral video of a doctor berating a fellow motorist caught the attention not only of netizens but of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) as well, which spurred an investigation on the apparent road rage incident.