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3% reduction in emission alert SMS reports
Total of 13,120 SMS reports received by Transport Malta between July 2012 and June 2013.
4 August 2013, 12:00am
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
1 min read
A 3% reduction was reported in the SMS reports received by Transport Malta between July 2013 and June 2013 in connection with emission alert scheme.
According to Sunday newspaper Illum, 13,120 SMSes were sent throughout this period, marking a 3% reduction when compared to the previous 12 months.
The Emission Alert Campaign (EAC) was launched by Transport Malta in August 2005 with the aim of increasing public awareness on the negative impact of harmful vehicle emissions, increasing enforcement through the involvement of the public and reducing drastically vehicle emissions.
The scheme, through which people could report cars visibly emitting more exhaust than they should, was launched in 2005. Up to 2011, a total of 257,451 SMS reports were received by TM, with the peak being reached in 2008 with 54,095 reports received.
Things took a downturn when in the Auditor General's 2009 report, it emerged that the transport authority had not processed 70,000 SMS reports made since the beginning of 2008. Since then, the reporting scheme has been in severe decline.
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I think that, if Illum bothers to report how many SMSs were received, they should also try and find out if any action is taken on them. Imagine the public reported 13,120 cases of air pollution on a government hotline made for that purpose, and nothing was done about it. Now that would be a story.
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There is no point (as proven in this report) in sending these SMS's as TM are too bloody lazy to get off their combined arses and do anything about it!
