LTO orders viral motovlogger in Zambales road rage to surrender driver's license
At A Glance
- Yanna Motovlog did not attend the hearing at the LTO for security reasons
- Her driver's license was earlier suspended for 90 days
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) directed on Tuesday, May 6, a female motovlogger to surrender her driver’s license following the suspension order issued against her in connection with a road rage incident in Zambales that went viral on social media.
The vlogger, who is known as Yanna Motovlog, did not attend the hearing on Tuesday and instead sent her lawyer who read her letter of apology addressed to the LTO committee investigating the case and all the people involved in the incident.
LTO Chief, Assistant Secretary Vigor D. Mendoza II said the female vlogger was given until Thursday, May 8, not only to surrender her driver’s license but also bring the motorcycle she was riding during the incident to the LTO office for inspection.
“We imposed a 90-day preventive suspension on her driver’s license as part of the ongoing investigation into the incident. In the light of her absence during the hearing, we mandated her, through her legal counsel, to surrender her driver’s license. That is for her own good,” said Mendoza.
In the hearing, the vlogger’s lawyer said Yanna Motovlog chose not to attend for security reasons, saying she received numerous threats and insults since the incident went viral on social media.
The lawyer also read the letter from her which states how sorry his client is over the adverse effects of her video to the pick-up driver and his family.
The hearing was presided by LTO-Intelligence and Investigation Division (IID) chief Renante Melitante who scheduled another hearing on May 8.
For his part, the pick-up driver narrated during the hearing that he was supposed to let the incident go but was surprised and was forced to confront the motorcycle rider when the group of riders appeared to have waited for him.
It was when he confronted the motorcycle rider, according to the pick-up driver, that he found out that the rider was a female—the confrontation was part of the video that went viral on social media.