MAPSA Incident - Colored Plate Cover Fine = Php2500.00

**Bogeyman** · October 3rd, 2007 03:43 PM

Originally Posted by jim

Mas green pa yung plate numbers ko kesa sa mismong plate covers

By his own admission, tinted ang plate cover niya.

Originally Posted by jim

brother hindi naman tinted yung plate cover ko

Pero baka naman ang definition niya ng 'tinted' eh yung mirrorized na.

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Anyway, I used to have clear plate covers on my ride, pero matagal ko na ngang inalis just to be sure.

Ang hirap lang kasi, pag wala nang cover yung plates mo, exposed na sa elements. Eventually, kukupas. Pag nangyari yun, magiging liable ka naman for having uncared for plates.

Yung sasakyan ng biyenan ko has clear plate covers. I remember one time, ginamit namin yun sa Makati since coding yung sasakyan ko. Hindi naman ako hinuli, probably since hanggang Intercon lang naman ako from EDSA. Now that we're planning to use it again this month for another trip to Makati, sana lang safe pa rin siya.

**jim** · October 3rd, 2007 05:24 PM

Guys iba ang colored sa tinted kaya ng nila inamend yung ordinance nila

Kung sa LTO nga nakapagparehistro ako the week before the incident kasi di ka makakapagparehistro pag may bawal na nakakabit sa kotse mo ipapatanggal nila. They really checked everything pati plate covers ko.

BTW in response to me spending on my lawyer, I won't even spend a cent

Thanks for the comments guys!

**herbularyo** · October 3rd, 2007 05:48 PM

Originally Posted by jim

brother hindi naman tinted yung plate cover ko at isa pa kakarehistro ng sasakyan ko (september lang b4 the incident) at na-check ng LTO yung plate covers ni hindi nila pinatanggal. Isa pa how the hell am I going to Mandaluyong if I don't pass by Makati from Pasay?!?!?!

Manghuli sila yung mga taga-makati or nagtatrabaho sa Makati. Malay ba ng passers-by na bawal pala kahit colored plate covers ni hindi nila ipina-publicize ordinances nila. They should first give warning to passersby muna.

Php2500.00 as a fine is way way too much!!!

Sir, I hate to tell you this, illegal talaga ang colored plate protector at nalathala na yan sa newspaper noon pa. As a matter of fact, my thread na dito a few months back on that topic. You cannot claim innocence by saying na di mo alam. Regarding sa LTO, baka di rin nila alam yang ordinance. Peace.

BTW, im also using plate protector pero clear lang hehe

**mbeige** · October 3rd, 2007 06:04 PM

It is understandable that when passing by a city like you mentioned, their laws should be publicized and I think it was done properly. Problem is your LTO probably did not know you were going to Makati. Maybe he said it was OK for your area but not Makati. Matagal ko na nabasa ito sa threads like others have said. I think you just have to pay the fine and get on with it. It's not a perfect world, that's the problem with cities having different laws but that's another matter.

Similarly a friend of mine told a story that a friend of his from Vegas passed by California to visit some friends. He was pulled over for having front window tints, which are not allowed here in California (hence the front side windows are clear, but the others behind can be tinted). Limo tint is OK in Vegas, marami naman kasing reasons to do so there. It sucks, but that's how it really is, even if he was just a visitor passing by.

Needless to say goodluck on your complaint.

**Bogeyman** · October 3rd, 2007 06:05 PM

Kunin mo lahat ng mga bawal sa LTO at MMDA, then exaggerate those by at least a factor of 5.

The result will be the Makati City Traffic Code. :D

**boyT** · October 3rd, 2007 06:07 PM

I think using clear plate protection should be ok. Yung colored/tinted covers ay mahirap talagang mabasa yung plates. It's clear naman in their ordinance na illegal talaga ang colored/tinted plate cover. The reason by some to use plate cover is to prevent their plates from getting dilapidated. I saw some plates na X series na nabubura. Hindi na talaga mabasa

**swordsman** · October 3rd, 2007 07:04 PM

Originally Posted by jim

Guys iba ang colored sa tinted kaya ng nila inamend yung ordinance nila

colored or tinted plate cover = BAWAL.
ganun lang po ka-simple.

Kung sa LTO nga nakapagparehistro ako the week before the incident kasi di ka makakapagparehistro pag may bawal na nakakabit sa kotse mo ipapatanggal nila. They really checked everything pati plate covers ko.

Kung yan depensa mo sir, sabihin lang sayo.."Pakialam namin...magreklamo ka sa LTO". I really wouldn't bet on the words of LTO personnel in charge of registration. You can even register a car without taking it to the LTO. A blind had been given a license.

BTW in response to me spending on my lawyer, I won't even spend a cent

buti naman po, waste of time and energy na lang. hindi na money

mas mabuti pa, charge to experience na lang po.

**froshie1** · October 4th, 2007 04:23 AM

Originally Posted by Galactus

No offense bro, pero that policy was announced all over the media. Na-TV pa nga yan, and every forumer knows about it. Kahit saang automotive forum, may thread na ganyan, sometimes sticky pa nga eh.

Sa umaga, kita pa yan, pero paano sa gabi? I regularly go home after 8pm at madami akong nakikitang may ganyang tint. Ang hirap basahin. Paano kung naka-aksidente? Hindi makukuha yung plaka kasi may tint. Ang mahirap dyan, kung kakilala or kamag-anak mo ang na-aksidente. Maganda naman ang intensyon ng batas, so let's follow it na lang.

IMO, just learn from the experience. No use contesting the ordinance, I'm sure others before you have contested it, and looking at your posted pic, may greenish tint nga.

Tama si Galactus. Pards sa umaga kita pa yan, pero pag sa gabi men pag malayo ka at itetail kita ng ilang meters hindi ko makikita yan maski may ilaw pa ako. Iyong plate cover kasi din nakakapag bawas ng clarity sa plates pag gabi at tinapatan mo ng ilaw (pansin mo ilawan mo iyong plates na walang cover pag gabi mas malinaw sila kaysa sa doon sa meron)