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Gun-toting motorists and money-ban checkpoints

FROM THE DASHBOARD

IN the past week, two videos of gun-toting motorists going on a road rampage were the flavor of social media, so much so that government officials could not help but pay attention.

In Quezon City, a dismissed policeman pulled out his pistol and cocked it on a hapless cyclist after hitting the poor guy on the head. This, even after it could be seen on the video that the driver's car was illegally occupying the bicycle lane.