LTO suspends driver’s license of content creator
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has suspended for 90 days the license of a content creator caught using his cell phone while driving his Porsche on a highway.
In a statement on Saturday, LTO chief Assistant Secretary Vigor Mendoza II said the motorist was “apparently creating a content for social media using the expensive motor vehicle.”
The Porsche was also placed under alarm due to a traffic violation record.
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“No matter what type of vehicle is being driven, we must still learn to obey traffic laws. If the driver is indeed a content creator, then there is this responsibility for him to set a good example to his followers,” Mendoza said.
According to the show cause order signed by LTO-Intelligence and Investigation Division chief Renante Melitante, the driver is liable for at least three offenses—reckless driving, violation of the Anti-Distracted Driving Act (Sec. 4 of R.A. No. 10913) and being an Improper Person to Operate a Motor Vehicle (Sec. 27 (a) of R.A. No. 4136).
“The last violation has a maximum penalty of revocation of driver’s license,” the LTO said.
Mendoza said the driver’s action was “a clear violation of road safety rules.”
Both the registered owner and the driver were summoned before the LTO Central Office and asked to submit an explanation as to why they should not be held administratively liable.
