Is this a new LTO - MMDA modus operandi?

**pransis** · February 23rd, 2010 09:33 AM

nangyari din to sa akin last October nung nagrenew ako ng license ko. Nahuli kasi ako nung 2007 for Yellow Lane Violation along EDSA sa may Cubao. Hindi ko kasi alam na may separate lanes for light vehicles kung pupunta ng Cubao Ibabaw, kaya yun nahuli ako. Ginawa nung MMDA officer e nag-issue na lang ng ticket, then bayaran ko na lang daw sa Metrobank. He was also kind enough to tell me to keep the a copy of the deposit slip kasi daw baka magka-aberya sa pagrerenew ng license. Binayaran ko agad yung ticket sa Metrobank 2 days after na mahuli ako.

At yun nga! Nung nagrenew ako last October, nagulat ako at nakaflag pa din yung license ko sa MMDA! Sabi ng LTO officer e pa-clear ko daw sa MMDA head office. Buti na lang sa Ayala MRT station ako nagrenew ng license ko nun at malapit dun sa head office ng MMDA. Buti na lang at tinago ko din yung deposit slip ko as proof na nasettle ko na yung violation ko, so nagtatak lang sila ng papel na cleared na ko. Nung bumalik ako sa LTO, sabi sa akin nung officer, buti tinago ko yung resibo ko, kasi kung wala yun sisingilin pa ulit ako. Doble kita pa ang mga mokong!

Point ko lang e bakit pa nila ginawa yung ticketing system na yun kung hindi rin nila iki-clear agad yung record mo? Aside from that, may mga nakausap ako dun na mga drivers din na nagpapa-clear ng violation na hindi nila nagawa (aside dun sa mga talagang violators. may nakita pa ako dun pinagmamalaki nya yung sangkatutak na ticket nya na napaclear na nya).

Tip para dun sa mga naticket-an: Have a photocopy of your violation tickets as well as your payment receipts. Although hassle pa din yung pababalikin ka ng LTO sa MMDA para ipaclear yung violation, at least may proof na kayo na naclear na yung violation nyo at di na nila kayo mahuhuthutan ng pera.

**CVT** · February 23rd, 2010 10:20 AM

Pakompyu-computer pa kasi,- hindi naman alam kung papaano tamang i-implement at gamitin ... Abala sa mga motorista.....

9404:vader:

**james00112233** · February 23rd, 2010 12:47 PM

Originally Posted by CVT

Pakompyu-computer pa kasi,- hindi naman alam kung papaano tamang i-implement at gamitin ... Abala sa mga motorista.....

para lang may masabi na computerize na sila kahit wala naman alam sa computer.

**khUPpz77** · June 21st, 2010 06:17 PM

Kanina when i went to LTO-Cauayan to get a duplicate professional driver's license (i lost recently). sinabi na hindi raw ako mabibigyan ng new license id because may pending apprehension raw ako ng MMDA dated DECEMBER 10, 2007 pa! How come eh nitong March 2010 lang nakapag-renew ako ng lisensya ko without any apprehension alarm. What the hell are they saying eh never naman ako pumunta ng manila and never rin ako nahuli ng MMDA for the record dahil dito ako naka-base sa isabela eversince and why does it takes 3yrs para harangin nila ang mga lisensya! Sino kaya ang mahihingan ng tulong regarding this matter...

**redeemed** · June 21st, 2010 07:19 PM

Originally Posted by khUPpz77

Kanina when i went to LTO-Cauayan to get a duplicate professional driver's license (i lost recently). sinabi na hindi raw ako mabibigyan ng new license id because may pending apprehension raw ako ng MMDA dated DECEMBER 10, 2007 pa! How come eh nitong March 2010 lang nakapag-renew ako ng lisensya ko without any apprehension alarm. What the hell are they saying eh never naman ako pumunta ng manila and never rin ako nahuli ng MMDA for the record dahil dito ako naka-base sa isabela eversince and why does it takes 3yrs para harangin nila ang mga lisensya! Sino kaya ang mahihingan ng tulong regarding this matter...

sir, try mo follow up sa Imbestigador. Na-email ko na sila about this concern kaso i didn't receive any reply. When i called them before, di daw nila ma-access ang site/thread na'to. I'm due this September, but plan ko as early as August pa-renew na ako, pede naman ata. Just in case na may problem, re-raise ko talaga 'to.

**khUPpz77** · June 22nd, 2010 04:09 PM

Thanks redeemed. e-mail ko na ang imbestigador, hopefully magawan nila ng action ang mga kabalbalang pinaggagawa nila. Pambihira talaga itong pangyayaring ito. Never akong nagpunta ng Manila that day dahil dito ako nagwowork sa Cauayan City, Isabela. Tsktsktsk! Laking abala nito...

**james00112233** · June 22nd, 2010 04:38 PM

Originally Posted by khUPpz77

Thanks redeemed. e-mail ko na ang imbestigador, hopefully magawan nila ng action ang mga kabalbalang pinaggagawa nila. Pambihira talaga itong pangyayaring ito. Never akong nagpunta ng Manila that day dahil dito ako nagwowork sa Cauayan City, Isabela. Tsktsktsk! Laking abala nito...

sana mapalabas sa imbestigador yung mga kalokohan ng LTO.

**redeemed** · June 23rd, 2010 10:45 AM

thanks james. at least nadadagdagan complaints at para umaksyon na rin ang Imbestigador.

i don't know kung dito ko nabasa or sa kabilang forum. ang style daw minsa ng mga enforcers, pag may nahuli at di nila kayang banggain yung driver. palalampasin at manghuhula na lang ng ibang plate no. or driver's license. kaya siguro natsambahan yung s'yo james. i'm not sure ha, pero possible.

**james00112233** · June 23rd, 2010 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by redeemed

thanks james. at least nadadagdagan complaints at para umaksyon na rin ang Imbestigador.

i don't know kung dito ko nabasa or sa kabilang forum. ang style daw minsa ng mga enforcers, pag may nahuli at di nila kayang banggain yung driver. palalampasin at manghuhula na lang ng ibang plate no. or driver's license. kaya siguro natsambahan yung s'yo james. i'm not sure ha, pero possible.

actually hindi ako yung nagkaroon ng problema. I'm just here to support yung mga tsikoters na nagkakaproblema sa bwisit na LTO na yan. Ako mismo, ayaw ko yung sistema nila, bulok na at halata pa.

**gadzooks** · June 24th, 2010 09:46 AM

April 25, 2010

Mr. Alberto H. Suansing
Chief
Land Transportation Office
LTO Main Compound
East Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City

Dear Sir:

This is a request for reinstatement of my driver’s license recently denied by the LTO Driver’s License Renewal Center (DLRC).

On April 16, 2010, I appeared at the LTO-DLRC at the Ayala MRT Station, Makati City for the timely renewal of my driver’s license. Nearly at the end of the renewal process, I was informed by one of the LTO staff present that my license could not be renewed because of unsettled cases for “UNCLASSIFIED” traffic violations listed in the MMDA database under the already-declared illegal Metropolitan Traffic Ticket (MTT) scheme. A printout provided to me by the same staff member detailing these alleged violations is hereto attached. I was then instructed by the staff member to settle these cases with the MMDA after which I could return to the DLRC to pay the renewal fee and pick up my license.

As enunciated by the Supreme Court in MMDA v. Garin (2005), “where there is a traffic law or regulation validly enacted by the legislature or those agencies to whom legislative powers have been delegated…, the petitioner [MMDA] is not precluded – and in fact is duty-bound – to confiscate and suspend or revoke drivers’ licenses in the exercise of its mandate of transport and traffic management, as well as the administration and implementation of all traffic enforcement operations, traffic engineering services and traffic education programs”. As I am currently in possession of my driver’s license, this establishes the fact that I have no unsettled traffic cases for violations of traffic laws or regulations “validly enacted by the legislature or those agencies to whom legislative powers have been delegated”. As such, any claims by the MMDA to the contrary are baseless and outside of the law.

In addition, on the dates during which the alleged violations took place (all in late 2007), it was already established legal fact that the MMDA possessed no police powers under the law (MMDA v. Bel-Air (2000) and MMDA v. Garin---“The MMDA is not vested with police power.”). How then could I be cited for any violation under the MTT scheme---already declared void by the Court of Appeals in 2008, affirming an earlier lower court’s ruling---when any traffic apprehension, an exercise of police power, by the MMDA was an illegal exercise then and is so to this day?

Moreover, under R.A. 4136, the procedure for renewal of a driver’s license does not contemplate a situation where any motorist would continue to possess his license should he have any unsettled cases for violations of traffic laws or regulations. R.A. 4136 demands the immediate confiscation of the motorist’s driver’s license for such violations and its return to the motorist upon settlement of his case. Again, as I am currently in possession of my driver’s license, its renewal should be granted without requiring adherence to illegal requirements.

Your reply to my request as mandated under R.A. 9485 and the Administrative Code of 1987 is anticipated. Should this request be granted, I also ask for the waiver of any late driver’s license renewal fee should such apply.

Thank you.

Very truly yours,

NAME AND ADDRESS WITHHELD