Update: A show cause order has been issued by the Land Transportation Office to JoannaJesh Bus line. The order is here:

You remember the viral video of the JoannaJesh bus that was driving recklessly along the EDSA bus way hitting barriers and causing damage to other vehicles on the adjacent lane?

Well we sent that video to the Department of Transportation and now the DOTr has quickly moved to discipline bot the bus driver and his operator.

(This is the video of the bus rampaging along the EDSA bus way.)

Seeing thew danger that bus driver posed to public safety, DOTr Assistant Secretary Goddes Hope Libiran immediately referred the matter to Secretary Arthur Tugade who ordered LTO and LTFRB to take action.

Libiran gave this statement to our Viber group:

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) strongly condemns the driver of the Joanna Jesh Transport public utility bus (PUB) with license plate number CAP 5133 for gross violation of road transport rules, as captured in a video by a concerned netizen that was posted in social media.

The posted video shows the Joanna Jesh Transport public utility bus as it speeds recklessly along the EDSA Busway hitting several lane separator barriers as it passed by. The barriers hit several private vehicles that were on the lane adjacent to the Busway as shown in the video.

With this, Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade has directed both the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) and the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to conduct an immediate investigation, and issue the necessary show cause order today to the said operator and driver of Joanna Jesh Transport public utility bus.

Upon receipt of the Secretary’s directive, both agencies have already committed to act on the matter with dispatch, institute the necessary proceedings, and will not hesitate to impose the appropriate sanctions as warranted.

Let this serve as a warning to all our road transport partners that the DOTr, LTRB and LTO will never tolerate this irresponsible and reckless manner of driving by authorized PUBs which poses a danger to life and possible damage to property.

We will apply the full force of the law.

Even MMDA spokesperson Celine Pialago came out with a statement to pursue the erring driver. “Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board – LTFRB is about issue summons to the driver and operator of Joanna Jesh Transport, with plate number CAP 5133. We will also RECOMMEND suspension of drivers license to LTO,” Pialago said in a statement.

The DOTr’s version of the Rapid Bus Transit system has been getting positive reaction among commuters especially the fact that their travel time has now been cut from over 3-hours to just 25-minutes.

But drivers like this tend to turn the worthy project into another bust. The quick action of the authorities should stop this errant behavior, but we need to see definite and concrete action for all the other drivers and operators ton believe this is a serious. matter.