Existence of Habal-habal Operators: Impact to the Franchised Motorcab Holders

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the impact of habal-habal operators to the franchised Motorcab Holders  in terms of vehicle ownership, family size, civil status, and daily income in Dipolog City in the year 2012. It involved 100 respondents who were identified as motorcab drivers.The results of the study revealed that majority of the legally franchised motorcab holders were affected in terms of their daily income. Most of them cannot easily take passengers because of the existence of habal-habal. The habal-habal operations were one of the reasons of the obstruction of the normal flow of traffic in the city of Dipolog that eventually led to traffic congestion. There  is a significant difference on the extent of effect of habal-habal operators to the legally franchised motorcab holders  in terms of family size and daily income. While there is no significant difference on the extent of effect of habal-habal operators to the legally franchised motorcab holders when analyzed as to vehicle ownership. The study recommends  that the city government of Dipolog should implement the full swing of their traffic ordinance. The city government of Dipolog should take away the presence of habal-habal operators to avoid traffic congestion that would practically lead to traffic accidents. The habal-habal operators themselves should personally stop because they are competing with the legally franchised holders who are paying taxes to the city government. The PNP should make massive patrol operations to take away habal-habal operators in Dipolog City.