LTO’s money-making schemes

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PNP?s and LTO?s money-making schemes - Manila Standard Today

There is no problem with issuing the new Matuwid na Daan license to new vehicles. But there is a big problem with replacing old vehicle license plates with the new Matuwid na Daan license plates
There are about eight million motor vehicles on the road. A pair of MV license plates, according to the LTO’s schedule of fees, costs P450. Multiply P450 by eight million, you get—P3.6 billion—instant billions by the simple expediency of replacing old license plates with the new Matuwid na Daan plates
Firstly, the scheme is onerous and could be considered taxation without representation, or even double taxation. Second, driving your vehicle to the nearest LTO office will eat up a considerable of time of a motorist’s day. And while you are at the LTO, can you trust them not to inspect your car for other imagined defects and deficiencies the remedy for which are cash penalties? Thirdly, the scheme seems to me like an attempt by BS Aquino’s boys to perpetrate his memory by stamping his image or slogan on every license plate of every moving vehicle in this country —forever. Now, that is EPAL (self-aggrandizement) in action.

“Bakit idadamay ang mga lumang plaka na hindi naman sira? Bakit hindi na lamang sa mga bagong kotse ilagay ang bagong plaka?” Recto said.

“A car plate can never be an anti-carnapping device. Kahit na nga ‘8’ ang plaka, nananakaw pa. A plate can never be a talisman against theft,”

Recto said the “general problem” with car plates is not their design but their short supply and non-availability.

The senator lamented that it takes a Japanese company an average of two days to assemble a three-ton vehicle, yet, “it takes us almost a year to provide a car with a license plate weighing a few hundred grams.”

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Sana may magquestion nito sa supreme court. at magkaroon ng TRO. dagdag bayad at red tape ang bagong plaka. Sirang sira ang serbisyo ng LTO at may ganito pang pakulo.

Paki lipat na rin itong thread kung mali ang forum. salamat po.

[Manilablock]

3.6bil tamang tama yan para sa 2016

[Retz]

May puntos si Recto dapat sa mga new vehicles lang muna.


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[macsd]

Iyan ang Matuwid na Daan, revenue generating scheme for nothing. Simple racket that will end to the National Coffer and will end to someone's pocket.

Mr Recto should address his question to the originator ng Matuwid na Daan. I don't mind paying double the amount of the new plate basta masagasaan ko lang si Mr. Matuwid na Daan.

[BratPAQ]

Di ba magiging 4 digits ang 3 digits pag nagbago ng plaka?

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[Retz]

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Yes sir. Tulad ng mga nakikita natin sa mga bagong sasakyan ngayon pero papel lang na dinikit.


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[Manilablock]

Iyan ang Matuwid na Daan, revenue generating scheme for nothing. Simple racket that will end to the National Coffer and will end to someone's pocket.

Mr Recto should address his question to the originator ng Matuwid na Daan. I don't mind paying double the amount of the new plate basta masagasaan ko lang si Mr. Matuwid na Daan.

Sa nga existing plates, pwede naman screw at sticker ang ibigay, no need to replace the physical plate, pero kung gagawin libre ung bagong plate mas ok.

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Yes sir. Tulad ng mga nakikita natin sa mga bagong sasakyan ngayon pero papel lang na dinikit.


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Conduction number mga yun diba?


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#retzing

[dr. d]

palibhasa, hindi nila pera...
ralph may be riding on the issue, but right is right, in my opinion. so let's doh it!

what they should be replacing, are those plates that have been rendered un-readable due to excessive cleaning.
and those plate covers that hinder their readability should be banned! even the clear covers! they are impossible to read at night!

[falken]

Recto to DOTC: Where are car stickers?
By Marvin Sy (The Philippine Star) | Updated March 15, 2014 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - Where are the car registration stickers already paid for in the itemized breakdown of costs whenever vehicles are registered at the Land Transportation Office?

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto asked this on the leadership of the Department of Transportation and Communications, to which LTO is an attached agency, saying DOTC must immediately deliver and issue the stickers for motorists as the delays have been going on for more than three years.

He stressed that the ability of the DOTC to address this simple issue would serve as a gauge on how capable it is in addressing transport problems of the country.

“If we falter and fail on such a small thing as a car sticker, then how can we solve big and complex transport problems like mass rail transits, airport modernization and maritime safety?” Recto asked.

For the past years motorists registering their vehicles with the LTO, which is done on an annual basis, have not been issued the registration stickers on the spot.

Some of the motorists were eventually issued the stickers after three months and only after constant follow up with the LTO office where they registered their vehicles.

But in most cases, the motorists no longer bother to secure the stickers.

“I am bewildered by the continued inability of our government to supply in adequate numbers a sticker as big as a postage stamp,” Recto said.

“We are a country which produces tens of millions of stickers which are distributed for free during the election season and yet our government is taking months to deliver a sticker already paid for by the car owner,” he added.

Recto stressed that instead of the motorists taking time out to call up or visit the LTO to ask for the availability of the stickers, the agency must compensate for its delay by calling up the vehicle owners as soon as the stickers arrive.

“LTO should treat the transacting public as customers who deserve that service. What is the use of the word ‘communications’ in DOTC if it cannot even text or call the people who register their vehicles to inform them that their stickers are ready?” the senator noted.

Until such time that the LTO manages to fulfill its responsibility of issuing these registration stickers, the DOTC should advise all traffic enforcers to impose a moratorium on apprehending motorists whose vehicles have no stickers, he added.

“It is not their fault that there are no stickers, so why should they be issued traffic violation tickets?” Recto said.

“In fact it should be the DOTC that should be issued a traffic citation for allowing cars to drive without stickers,” he added.

DOTC: Same price for new plates

The DOTC and LTO, meanwhile, denied reports that the new license plates under the government’s standardization project would cost more than current rates.

In a statement, Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya said the cost of new license plates would still be the same as the current prices: P450 for four-wheeled vehicles and P120 for motorcycles.

He said new vehicle owners, or those who would register their vehicles for the first time beginning Feb. 17, would be charged the old rates.

The government intends to distribute the new plates for new registrants in April.

He clarified that the additional cost would be for owners of the current license plates who would have to pay those amounts to get the new designs. This is a one-time payment only for the security features of the new plates.

The LTO said the new security features include tamper-proof bolts, which would permanently attach the license plates to the vehicle; the reflectorized sheeting, which would make the plates visible from afar and from any angle; and the “third-plate” sticker, which would display license plate numbers on windshields and cannot be torn off without leaving a trace.

The new security features would curb illegal and “colorum” (fly-by-night) operations, including the transferring of current license plates from one vehicle to another in crimes like car theft.

The new license plates would also feature the new alphanumeric design: three-letter and four-number combination for motor vehicles and two-letter and five-number combination for motorcycles.

Currently, motor vehicle plate numbers show three letters and three numbers while motorcycles have two letters and four numbers. The current design has been in use since 1981.

Private motor vehicle plates would also sport a new black-and-white design similar to those in use in most countries around the world, while for-hire vehicles or PUV plates would retain the black-and-yellow scheme.

The DOTC also said the release of new license plates would prevent unauthorized use of protocol plates.

Abaya said the protocol license plates issued to members of the Senate and House of Representatives would now indicate which Congress or term they are serving and which years this would cover. – With Reinir Padua, Lawrence Agcaoili

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