LTO: Motorcycle plates available at select areas
Motorcycle riders who have yet to receive their license plates may soon get them at checkpoints set up by the Land Transportation Office’s (LTO) patrol vehicles in key areas.
LTO enforcers will flag down motorcycles without license plates and, if the plate is available in the patrol vehicle, give it to the rider on the spot, the agency said in a statement on Saturday.
If the license plates are not in the patrol vehicle, LTO enforcers will instead help the rider track the status of their plates.
According to the agency, the program will first be carried out in Metro Manila, Central Luzon and Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon) as these regions have the highest volume of unissued motorcycle license plates.
However, the LTO did not say when the program would begin.
“This time, they should no longer be afraid because there’s no penalty if they have no plates. Instead, their plates will be given to them on the spot,” LTO chief Assistant Secretary Vigor Mendoza said in the statement.
This comes weeks after the Department of Transportation announced that the remaining backlog of 5.4 million motorcycle license plates has already been cleared.
High-profile activities
Mendoza also tasked the agency’s regional and district offices to coordinate with local government units, motorcycle riders groups and tricycle operators and drivers associations to raise awareness over how they can claim their license plates.
Kiosks and assistance desks will also be set up at motorcycle parking areas and hubs for the campaign, the LTO added.
In addition, the LTO said desks are being set up for the “Palit-Plaka” (change plate) program.
“Those who could avail are motorcycle owners who were assigned with seven-character plates and those who have not yet received their actual plate for their motorcycles registered in 2017 and below,” the agency noted.
