Ban low-numbered plates

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[SIZE=2]The Manila Times
Wednesday, August 15, 2007


BIG DEAL
By Dan Mariano

Ban low-numbered plates

Days after he was elected Rep. Rufus Rodriguez of Cagayan de Oro announced he will not get No. 8 plates for his car. The opposition congressman said lawmakers should not place themselves above other road-users; like everybody themselves, they should submit themselves to traffic regulations. Rodriguez has kept his promise.

Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel has taken the matter one step further. Last weekend he announced that he is seeking a ban on low-number protocol or courtesy plates on vehicles of high-ranking government officials.
"The issuance of those low-numbered car plates for high government officials paints an ugly picture that top-level public servants are a special lot, entitled to treatment and privileges not enjoyed by ordinary Filipinos," Pimentel said.
Under Senate Bill 1158 he authored, all low-numbered car plates starting from No. 2, all the way down to the numbers assigned to Cabinet members and bureau directors issued in the past will be canceled and deemed withdrawn.
Pimentel said certain public officials have the twisted notion that the low-numbered plates give them license to break traffic rules.

"Many high-ranking government officials and middle-level bureaucrats today roam our streets like members of royalty in heavily-tinted vehicles sporting low-numbered car plates," Pimentel said. "They evoke a false impression that these favored few are exempt and insulated from the reach of traffic rules and regulations."

He added: "Since they are public servants, they should be at the forefront in observing road regulations that are to be followed by all. They should lead by example."

Under the Pimentel bill, the official vehicles of the President and those of representatives of foreign states, as provided by any treaty, agreement or protocol sanctioned by international law or practice would be exempted from the ban on protocol plates.

The exemption, however, will not apply to representatives of foreign states or international organizations that do not grant Filipino diplomatic representatives similar privileges.

Question: Will other lawmakers be as willing as Senator Pimentel and Congressman Rodriguez to give up their protocol-plate privileges?
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[mazdamazda]

From my observation (while driving 60kms a day) is that the majority vehicles that are running amock with sirens blaring plus their usual convoy of body guards or escorts are sporting "normal" plates and not the vehicles sporting low-numbered plates (most common that I see is the 6, 8 & 10).

[Autobeat]

Bravo to Rodriguez and Pimentel. :thumbup:

[CVT]

That will be the day.....

3505:kodak:

[AnuVaYan]

Wala namang silbi kung i-ban yung low numbered plates e, mag c-convoy lang sila ng maraming de wangwang e di ganun din, kahit regular plates sila.

gagawin nilang issue yung security nila, baka matambangan sila habang stuck sa traffic.

kung susunod sila, salamat sa Diyos, at sa wakas mae-experience na nila ang teribleng trapik dito, mapipilitan na silang mag isip ng solution hehehe.

[torque2006]

hmmm, usually kase hinde yung government official ang gumagamit ng plates na ganyan eh. yung asawa, anak, yung pamangkin, yung pinsan, lolo, lola, up to the third degree pa nga yung iba (pinsan ng pinsan ng lolo). at eto yung mga walang escort, pero mayabang sa daan.

kung ipagbabawal, at least mababawasan ng mga power trippers sa daan.

[kinyo]

"No way!" say the tongressman's son, brother, sister, mistress, and all other relatives and friends.

It will be interesting to know who would object to this publicly.

[wildthing]

that's a very good law...i hope it gets implemented

[badsekktor]

yun kapitbahay namin naka-8 yun plaka eh wala naman sya kamag-anak na pulitiko

[swordsman]

From my observation (while driving 60kms a day) is that the majority vehicles that are running amock with sirens blaring plus their usual convoy of body guards or escorts are sporting "normal" plates and not the vehicles sporting low-numbered plates (most common that I see is the 6, 8 & 10).

yes, so true. plus those with motorcycle escorts, madalang ako makakita using the actual 6, 8 & 10 plates, kadalasan regular plates.

[CVT]

yun kapitbahay namin naka-8 yun plaka eh wala naman sya kamag-anak na pulitiko

Puwedeng ipahuli iyan.....

3505:kodak:

[niky]

CLAP.CLAP.CLAP.CLAP.

Now let's see them implement it.

While it's not ideal... like mazdamazda says, a lot of the braggarts and abusers are the escorts using regular plates... it's a start.

IMHO, I don't care who the f*** you think you are... if you're not the President of the Philippines or dying in the back of an Ambulance, I'm not giving way.

[torque2006]

[SIZE=4]It will be interesting to know who would object to this publicly.[/SIZE]

Kung sino ang unang kumurap, sha ang talo sa susunod na eleksyon. :lol:

[swordsman]

yun kapitbahay namin naka-8 yun plaka eh wala naman sya kamag-anak na pulitiko

may nagbebenta talaga ng fake na '8' plate. saw one sa isang forum, sabi nung seller, diskarte na lang daw kung masita

[artpogi]

sabi nga ng titser ko sa college, "it's all saliva"

[ess]

I wish they'd extend that law to allow civilians to pelt cars bearing single digit platenumber with rotten fruits and vegetables wherever they drive. Pati na rin yung escorts nila.

[DLV]

Actions speak louder than words.........if they pass the bill, follow traffic like common people......Bravo to them!!!!

[paul_kersey]

ok to! para nga naman maranasan nila yung HEAVY TRAFFIC at mababawasan ang mga MAYAYABANG na driver na gumagamit ng ganitong plate.

Sana naman matupad ito! kasi ang laking tulong nito pagnatupad ito.

Sana lang hindi puro salita ang naririnig natin sana naman puro gawa.

Sir paano naman yung mga may Card ni Mr. NBI Director or sino mang opisyal yun? meron bang solution ito?

at ang isang problema pa pala eh yung mga KOTONG BOYS or PAMPADULAS BOYS? may mga solution pa kaya dito? pasensya na kung off-topic na ito ah...hehehe. Thanks!

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This will be good.
pero tama nga na madami ding red and regular plates na may escort and wang-wang pa na laging nagmamadali and nagcocounterflow.
Dapat lahat ng red plates nakasulat sa door anong department or agency sila so they can easily be identified at isumbong pag umabuso regardless kahit na sedan or SUV pa yan.

[MaNgo_Crepe]

CLAP.CLAP.CLAP.CLAP.

Now let's see them implement it.

While it's not ideal... like mazdamazda says, a lot of the braggarts and abusers are the escorts using regular plates... it's a start.

IMHO, I don't care who the f*** you think you are... if you're not the President of the Philippines or dying in the back of an Ambulance, I'm not giving way.

True! tama ka dyan....same here, i wont give way agad agad, dami d2 nyan sa cavite mga regular plates...yayabang pa nun mga escorts...