In the spirit of Christmas, Mendoza eases strict 'No Registration, No Travel' implementation
Delinquent motor vehicle owners, whose registration is expired for more than a year, need not worry too much of being apprehended as the Land Transportation Office (LTO) has ordered the agencies’ enforcers to go easy on them.
But LTO chief Vigor D. Mendoza II was quick to clarify that the eased “No Registration, No Travel” policy will only be for the remaining days of December, adding that its strict implementation will resume after the New Year celebration.
“The decision to ease the implementation of our ‘No Registration, No Travel’ policy is in the spirit of Christmas. This is a time for good vibes and we do not want the LTO to spoil that,” said Mendoza.
He said all enforcers of the agency were instructed to just warn the drivers of the delinquent motor vehicles instead of issuing violation tickets.
Mendoza said he already relayed his order to ease the strict implementation of the policy to all LTO Regional Directors and other heads of units that include the Law Enforcement Service which is mainly in charge of the operation against delinquent motor vehicles.
In order to avoid post Yuletide season stress, Mendoza advised delinquent motor vehicle owners to set aside a portion of their 13th month pay and bonus for the renewal of the registration of their delinquent motor vehicles.
Mendoza earlier tasked LTO Regional Directors and District Office heads to set up a priority lane for the registration of delinquent motor vehicles.
He said these priority lanes will continue to be open for this month for those who already decided to renew the registration of delinquent motor vehicles.
Around 24.7 million motor vehicles are classified as delinquent, or those whose owners failed to would not renew the registration of their motor vehicles.
The figure represents around 65 percent of all motor vehicles in the country, the reason why Mendoza issued the “No Registration, No Travel” policy.