MMDA: ‘Illegal turning’ tops 5 traffic violations for 2025

Illegal vehicle turning, called moving violations in the United States, emerged as the top traffic violation in 2025, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said on Saturday.

Citing records of the Traffic Ticket Management Division, the MMDA said the second top violation was unattended illegal parking, followed by disregarding traffic signs, violation of number coding scheme and attended illegal parking.

The MMDA urged discipline and mindfulness among motorists, adding that its Road Safety Action Plan aims to lessen road-related deaths, anchored on five pillars: road safety management, safer roads, safer vehicles, safer road users and postcrash response.

“This new year, be more disciplined and continue to follow traffic laws for smoother travel and safer roads for all road users,” the MMDA said in a Facebook post.

The No Contact Apprehension Policy (NCAP) is currently in effect in Metro Manila, where traffic violations are captured via closed-circuit television. The footage would then be manually validated by MMDA staff and the Land Transportation Office.

MMDA portal

NCAP violations may now be accessed through the MMDA portal with this feature: “Motorists will enter their plate and MV File number and view the evidence if their vehicle is tagged with a violation.”

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Meanwhile, upon assuming his new post, MMDA General Manager Nicolas Torre III recently vowed to shorten response time to road crashes to just five minutes, as he acknowledged that the top obstruction on Metro Manila roads was collision.

Torre said that the MMDA would “set benchmarks like five minutes for response [time and] 10 to 15 minutes for clearing.”