Smoke plate glass daw...

[orly_andico]

not so sure about that....

kung naka Expy ka or BMW kahit siguro mag tagalog ka all the way they will ignore you. pero kung naka AE92 ka even if you have a hugh grant accent di siguro nila yun palalampasin.

methinks if you speak in straight english mayayabangan lang yung mga kotong cops, thus sabotaging your chances to get away. unless nga lakas ng bling ng kotse mo.

on the other hand if your car is awe-inspiring, they won't stop you in the first place. couple weekends ago some guy with a Lamborghini Diablo parked it dun sa driveway ng market market. tapos umalis siya. halos magpalakpakan pa yung mga pulis at sikyu, tapos yung mga usisero pini-picture picture with their camera phones.

i found that vastly amusing kasi a couple cars in front of the lambo was a cayenne S which costs more. pero walang pumapansin.

anyway back to topic, basta nakakasindak kotse mo, safe ka. kung hindi, your pa-english-english will probably not get you anywhere.

just my theory..

[gregg_g]

Haaay, even when our law was made to be simple in order to dispel wrong interpretation, but is unfortunately, unintentionally (or intentionally) interpreted otherwise..... Only in the Philippines. You are right Otep, speak Straight Good English, best way to shoo away human crocodiles (buaya)...

[mbeige]

not so sure about that....

kung naka Expy ka or BMW kahit siguro mag tagalog ka all the way they will ignore you. pero kung naka AE92 ka even if you have a hugh grant accent di siguro nila yun palalampasin.

methinks if you speak in straight english mayayabangan lang yung mga kotong cops, thus sabotaging your chances to get away. unless nga lakas ng bling ng kotse mo.

on the other hand if your car is awe-inspiring, they won't stop you in the first place. couple weekends ago some guy with a Lamborghini Diablo parked it dun sa driveway ng market market. tapos umalis siya. halos magpalakpakan pa yung mga pulis at sikyu, tapos yung mga usisero pini-picture picture with their camera phones.

i found that vastly amusing kasi a couple cars in front of the lambo was a cayenne S which costs more. pero walang pumapansin.

anyway back to topic, basta nakakasindak kotse mo, safe ka. kung hindi, your pa-english-english will probably not get you anywhere.

just my theory..

Well, the Lambo is a supercar, and the Cayenne is just ugly anyway so it wouldn't matter

Actually in some states here in the US the covers are illegal. Why? Because they prevent speed cameras and red-light beater cameras from effectively taking photographs of the license plates (which are reflective). At least that's how it is in California. But that's been beaten by a product that what I've heard is you just spray onto the plate. So technically you're not breaking any rules...

The problem with the document that Mazdamazda posted is there is no specific mention of that and it is therefore open to (mis)interpretation.

[Syuryuken]

the roof rack should also be registered with the LTO for it to be legal. kasama dapat sya sa OR ng registration ng car. Top Load ang tawag ng LTO dyan, and P100.00 lang naman ang fee.

Sinagot na ni fafa boybi

[OTEP]

Haaay, even when our law was made to be simple in order to dispel wrong interpretation, but is unfortunately, unintentionally (or intentionally) interpreted otherwise..... Only in the Philippines. You are right Otep, speak Straight Good English, best way to shoo away human crocodiles (buaya)...

The built-in smokescreen of the 4d56 also works. Hindi pa maaksaya oras mo.

[mbeige]

the roof rack should also be registered with the LTO for it to be legal. kasama dapat sya sa OR ng registration ng car. Top Load ang tawag ng LTO dyan, and P100.00 lang naman ang fee.

Pati pa ba roofrack pinagkukunan pa ng pera? "Lang naman" is the key phrase most Pinoys use when they want to extort something and I can't blame Boybi if that's what they told him. I mean look at the MMDA conversations, very suggestive of that. What does the government get out of a freakin' roof rack?

[Horsepower]

Pulis po ba or MAPSA yung nangpara sa inyo? AFAIK kasi, di nalalagyan ang MAPSA dahil masyado malaki ang benefits nila sa Makati.

[laklak]

Pati pa ba roofrack pinagkukunan pa ng pera? "Lang naman" is the key phrase most Pinoys use when they want to extort something and I can't blame Boybi if that's what they told him. I mean look at the MMDA conversations, very suggestive of that. What does the government get out of a freakin' roof rack?

i think what he is trying to say is that registering your roof rack would just cost you 100 pesos. well just like with trailers, you need to register something which is not really a part of your vehicle

[mbeige]

i think what he is trying to say is that registering your roof rack would just cost you 100 pesos. well just like with trailers, you need to register something which is not really a part of your vehicle

Yes I know that, my point was that I don't see the point of having an additional fee to pay if you have a roof rack. It's like saying you have to add a certain fee if you have a tow hook, or an external spare tire. I mean, what's the point in that? Collectively that P100 will add up and they'll be happy again. Like I said it's "only" 100 Pesos pero it adds up given the number of AUV/SUV vehicles.

And what if it is part of your vehicle?

[the_wildthing]

Two lessons here: 1) never ever bribe a cop. 2) just get rid of those covers. Wala syang silbi kundi aesthetics (and personally I don't like them), pampa-bigat lang yan.

[icyngani]

i have a smoke glass plate cover on my new car. yon daw ang "in" ngayon e. aba'y bawal pala yon? buti na lang walang pumaparang pulis sakin. malilinaw siguro yong paningin nung mga pulis dito samin . maalis na nga..salamat sa info.

[BlueJazz]

Two lessons here: 1) never ever bribe a cop. 2) just get rid of those covers. Wala syang silbi kundi aesthetics (and personally I don't like them), pampa-bigat lang yan.

Agree.. bakit ba kailangan pa mag cover ng license plate? Having a cover is harder to maintain dahil naiipit lang ang dumi.. and kahit clear.. it still reflects light especially at night making your plate harder to see..

[ice101ph]

Guyz ito clarify ko lang po. 1st ung pumara sa amin is MAPSA(makati police) 2nd hindi po namin siya inalok ng pera, sya ang nag sabi na pay na lang namin sya ng 500 para d na kami punta pa ng city hall and soli nya na ung license ko. 3rd nung sinabi nya ung violation namin is city ordinance daw and note sinabi nya din na kung clear daw ung glass ng plate ko wala daw case. Thats why pumayag ako tangalin nila and compare duon sa mga smoke glass plate cover na meron sila. Im confident na clear yon kasi custom made un sa shop ng friend ko and ako pumili. 4th We are driving a big SUV and not a small car, Stickers are on the windshield showing where we live and yet it happened.

Feeling ko kanina pera lang talaga habol nung MAPSA na un. kasi sabi city ordinance daw so hands down ako wala ako alam sa city ordinance nila but when he tells me na pwede ang clear and smoked or tinted ang hindi we argue. Lalo na nung compare nya na sa mga samples nila. Wala talaga kakulay ung sakin. Kasi ung mga smoked glass pag patong mo sa white color ng car nila ung white will turn greenish ung sakin wala changes so pano nila sasabihin smoked un? And ung fine for the violation daw is 2500 according sa city ordinance nila(pero d nila masabi kung anong ordinance no.) den nung tumatagal na and dumatami na tao specially ung guards ng mga hotel lumalapit na. Bigla nya sinabi na "Sige sir dahil mabait kayo kausap babaan ko na lang ung fine nyo, gagawin ko na lang na 1500" exact words nya yan. Imagine hindi naman kami nakikipag burgain, nag change na sya ng price. Then I replied "D ba bawal na kuhanin ang license?" ang sagot sakin "kaya nga wala kayo nakikita MMDA dito kasi bawal sila dito, makati to." Den i replied again "D ba pwede sa bank na lang bayaran para d na kami pupunta pa ng city hall tomorow?" I only ask this kasi may ka meet kami tom na important person para sa business namin. Panget naman kung cancel ko para lang duon. Ang reply sami "MMDA lang ubra un sa amin hindi. Kasi ung sa kanila sa national gov. na pupunta ung sa amin para sa amin lang" after nuon d kami nag salita ng dad ko. Ramdam ko na tumataas na BP nya. then sumagot ulit ung police "Sige bigyan nyo na lang ako ng 500 para d na kayo maistorbo soli ko na ung license mo." We never bargain for a price or a price drop. Yet this MAPSA cop keep mentioning fines and discount. We insist on doing it the proper way yet he keeps on giving deals.

Hindi dahil malaki benifits nila they will not do wrong things. Ganito na ba talaga sa bansa natin ngayon?

Naalala ko last year when we are in mindanao we had a minor car accident. Ung police investigator dahil hindi kami nakakaintindi ng dialect nila ang pinaboran ung isang party kahit fault nya tapos tinakot takot pa kami. Tapos d next day pinakuha ng father ko sa driver namin ung police report. Nung nalaman nila kung sino ung father ko. Gumawa ba naman ng solicitation letter nang hihingi ng pang pagawa daw ng station nila...

[falken]

Agree.. bakit ba kailangan pa mag cover ng license plate? Having a cover is harder to maintain dahil naiipit lang ang dumi.. and kahit clear.. it still reflects light especially at night making your plate harder to see..

An idiot tore up my plate sticker about 2 yrs ago leaving only 1/2 of it on my license plate. In the 10 months after that, I got pulled over at least 5 times by traffic enforcers and mobile patrols (some were just trying to check, others were trying to make a quick buck), I thought of putting plate covers to avoid the hassles of having to explain everytime I got pulled over.

[boybi]

Yes I know that, my point was that I don't see the point of having an additional fee to pay if you have a roof rack. It's like saying you have to add a certain fee if you have a tow hook, or an external spare tire. I mean, what's the point in that? Collectively that P100 will add up and they'll be happy again. Like I said it's "only" 100 Pesos pero it adds up given the number of AUV/SUV vehicles.

And what if it is part of your vehicle?

the roof rack thing is already a law in the phils since before most of us were born. hindi lang nabibigyan masyado ng pansin kaya marami rin ang hindi nakakaalam.

[OTEP]

Pagpasensyahan niyo na kung medyo may katangahan ang mga nagpapatupad ng batas dito sa atin.

Ako nga nahuli for having a 'too long' tow rope eh mukhang hindi naman nila talaga alam kung may standards ba talaga para dun. Siguro dapat ipagbawal na lang din ang towing. :lol:

Ganun naman ang gobyerno, they just ban what they can't regulate.

[boybi]

Agree.. bakit ba kailangan pa mag cover ng license plate? Having a cover is harder to maintain dahil naiipit lang ang dumi.. and kahit clear.. it still reflects light especially at night making your plate harder to see..

mabilis magfade ang paint ng mga new rizal plates. a plate cover prevents this.

natutupi accidentally yung front plates kung matamaan ng mga pedestrians. a plate cover prevents this.

[ogpro]

Well, the Lambo is a supercar, and the Cayenne is just ugly anyway so it wouldn't matter

Actually in some states here in the US the covers are illegal. Why? Because they prevent speed cameras and red-light beater cameras from effectively taking photographs of the license plates (which are reflective). At least that's how it is in California. But that's been beaten by a product that what I've heard is you just spray onto the plate. So technically you're not breaking any rules...

The problem with the document that Mazdamazda posted is there is no specific mention of that and it is therefore open to (mis)interpretation.

Just saw the Mythbusters episode testing all of those. NONE worked. LOL.

[redorange]

Guyz ito clarify ko lang po. 1st ung pumara sa amin is MAPSA(makati police) 2nd hindi po namin siya inalok ng pera, sya ang nag sabi na pay na lang namin sya ng 500 para d na kami punta pa ng city hall and soli nya na ung license ko. 3rd nung sinabi nya ung violation namin is city ordinance daw and note sinabi nya din na kung clear daw ung glass ng plate ko wala daw case. Thats why pumayag ako tangalin nila and compare duon sa mga smoke glass plate cover na meron sila. Im confident na clear yon kasi custom made un sa shop ng friend ko and ako pumili. 4th We are driving a big SUV and not a small car, Stickers are on the windshield showing where we live and yet it happened.

Feeling ko kanina pera lang talaga habol nung MAPSA na un. kasi sabi city ordinance daw so hands down ako wala ako alam sa city ordinance nila but when he tells me na pwede ang clear and smoked or tinted ang hindi we argue. Lalo na nung compare nya na sa mga samples nila. Wala talaga kakulay ung sakin. Kasi ung mga smoked glass pag patong mo sa white color ng car nila ung white will turn greenish ung sakin wala changes so pano nila sasabihin smoked un? And ung fine for the violation daw is 2500 according sa city ordinance nila(pero d nila masabi kung anong ordinance no.) den nung tumatagal na and dumatami na tao specially ung guards ng mga hotel lumalapit na. Bigla nya sinabi na "Sige sir dahil mabait kayo kausap babaan ko na lang ung fine nyo, gagawin ko na lang na 1500" exact words nya yan. Imagine hindi naman kami nakikipag burgain, nag change na sya ng price. Then I replied "D ba bawal na kuhanin ang license?" ang sagot sakin "kaya nga wala kayo nakikita MMDA dito kasi bawal sila dito, makati to." Den i replied again "D ba pwede sa bank na lang bayaran para d na kami pupunta pa ng city hall tomorow?" I only ask this kasi may ka meet kami tom na important person para sa business namin. Panget naman kung cancel ko para lang duon. Ang reply sami "MMDA lang ubra un sa amin hindi. Kasi ung sa kanila sa national gov. na pupunta ung sa amin para sa amin lang" after nuon d kami nag salita ng dad ko. Ramdam ko na tumataas na BP nya. then sumagot ulit ung police "Sige bigyan nyo na lang ako ng 500 para d na kayo maistorbo soli ko na ung license mo." We never bargain for a price or a price drop. Yet this MAPSA cop keep mentioning fines and discount. We insist on doing it the proper way yet he keeps on giving deals.

Hindi dahil malaki benifits nila they will not do wrong things. Ganito na ba talaga sa bansa natin ngayon?

Naalala ko last year when we are in mindanao we had a minor car accident. Ung police investigator dahil hindi kami nakakaintindi ng dialect nila ang pinaboran ung isang party kahit fault nya tapos tinakot takot pa kami. Tapos d next day pinakuha ng father ko sa driver namin ung police report. Nung nalaman nila kung sino ung father ko. Gumawa ba naman ng solicitation letter nang hihingi ng pang pagawa daw ng station nila...

First as someone said don't pay the bribe, you should have told him to just give you the citation and ask for his name. Tell him you need his name for when you make your appointment with Mayor Binay to contest the citation. Because you'll bring a sample of a smoked cover and a clear one to show the Mayor. You're in a big SUV he can't tell if you know the Mayor or not. My sister-in-law would just tell the MAPSA that she would have friend Binay's daughter claim the license and the MAPSA would just apologize and let her go. I don't condone it but she only does it for obvious "kotong" stops in Makati.

[ice101ph]

Guys you might encounter this MAPSA someday. The name on his tag is Florence
I didnt get a clear sight on the plate of the mobile because he blocks it all the time while we are talking. There is a number on the mobile 118, im just not sure if its a car number or an emergency number like 117. May araw din yang mga yan sana matalo si Mayor Binay sa makati hehehehee... Mayor ung mga police mo masyado bwakaw ang lakilaki ng tax na binabayad namin sa City hall mo... Sobra tagal na nyan ganyan sa makati... Ilang beses na na tv... Sobra sobra na exposure... pero d pa din ma ayos... PEACE