LTO Chief, Assistant Secretary Vigor D. Mendoza II
Over 1,700 enforcers were mobilized by the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to monitor major thoroughfares and enforce the law against reckless drivers as the number of vehicles on the roads are expected to increase for the Holy Week travel.
LTO Chief, Assistant Secretary Vigor D. Mendoza II said the main instruction is to assist motorists in ensuring safe land travels but they have a special instruction to monitor and document reckless drivers for the entire Holy Week break— or until the travelers return to their respective workplaces after the long weekend.
“All our enforcers are deployed in major thoroughfares to at least serve as a deterrent against reckless driving. This is part of the instruction of our DOTr Secretary Vince B. Dizon since the presence alone of uniformed LTO personnel will compel errant drivers to behave,” said Mendoza.
“But for those hard-headed motorists, we will surely run after you. You may be able to escape the enforcers but they know what to do in those kinds of situations to ensure that you would be accountable for misbehaving while driving,” he added.
Mendoza disclosed that they have coordinated with the Philippine National Police (PNP) and other law enforcement agencies to at least inform the agency of any reckless drivers they would encounter while deployed on major thoroughfares for immediate action.
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. earlier advised motorists to be calm and always take into consideration the welfare of the family amid the presence of errant drivers while Dizon tasked the LTO and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to initiate all measures to prevent dangerous reckless driving and run after those who would dare to do so.
Mendoza said they have now formulated mechanisms to strengthen accountability of errant drivers.
He also urged netizens to continue calling out errant motorists as he emphasized that the LTO has a special team of social media monitoring against abusive and errant motorists.
“This is the reason behind the fact that the LTO issues at least two show cause orders a week on erring motorists,” said Mendoza.
The LTO maintains social media accounts and “AksyON THE SPOT 09292920865”.