Starting June 21, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) will be implementating the “No Plate, No Travel” policy for all tricycles being used in public transportation in Quezon City.
And this may serve as a pilot run of its nationwide implementation at least for four-wheel vehicles, especially that the agency has already resolved the backlog of license plates for four-wheel motor vehicles early this year.
LTO chief Assistant Secretary Vigor D. Mendoza II said they are now coordinating with the Department of Transportation for the rules and regulations of the nationwide implementation of “No Plate, No Travel” policy.
But in the meantime, he said the policy will be implemented in Quezon City where the backlog of public tricyles were already resolved last month with the distribution of almost 3,000 license plates.
“With all the license plates already distributed to all tricycles being used in public transport in Quezon City, your LTO will presume that tricycles with no license plates but are being used in transporting passengers in Quezon City are colorum, or operating illegally” said Mendoza.
On the part of the four-wheel vehicles, Mendoza said that while the backlog was already addressed, the challenge is the distribution process from the car dealers to their clients.
“We appeal to the car car dealerships to distribute the license plates in the soonest possible time.We also extend the same appeal to the four-wheel motor vehicle owners to get their license plates in the soonest possible time,” said Mendoza.
“Let us not wait for that time that the aggressive operations are already being conducted,” he added.