Drivers of jeepneys and other public utility vehicles (PUVs) must take part in instituting discipline among their passengers at least in loading and unloading them in proper areas, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) said on Tuesday, Feb. 27. LTO chief Assistant Secretary Vigor D. Mendoza II then...
An e-trike traveling along the South Luzon Expressway. (photo from the video provided by the MMDA) Viral videos of complaints against e-bikes and e-trikes , including an elementary pupil driving one of them on a national road and their presence on major thoroughfares that include the South Luzon...
A sustained crackdown against overloaded trucks and trailers, which threaten road safety and can result in fatal road accidents, was ordered early this week by the Land Transportation Office (LTO). In the national highways, an overloaded truck is an accident waiting to happen because its...
Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Vigor D. Mendoza II urged on Tuesday, Dec. 19, school authorities to include a visit at the agency’s newly-opened Road Safety Interactive Center (RSIC) in their educational tour in order to educate their students at a young age the importance of road...
Officials of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) across the country were ordered to intensify the conduct of inspection of all passenger buses to ensure their road worthiness amid the expected influx of passengers for the Christmas break. LTO chief Vigor Mendoza II said the inspection covers all...
Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Vigor D. Mendoza II has ordered all regional directors and district office heads of the agency to intensify a regular road worthiness inspection of public utility buses in terminals following a fatal road accident in Antique that left at least 12 people dead....
House Deputy Minority Leader Bernadette Herrera has called on the House leadership to fast track the approval of the bill that seeks to improve the country’s road safety measures and ease tollway congestion especially during the peak holiday seasons. The Bagong Henerasyon Party-list...
The Land Transportation Office-National Capital Region (LTO-NCR) warned on Thursday Oct, 19., all motorists to refrain from driving cars and motorcycles with defective accessories to avoid road accidents. LTO-NCR director Roque Verzosa III said a total of 587 motorists out of the 3,047 of those...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Wednesday, Sept. 27, launched the Philippines’ first Motorcycle Riding Academy, a project that is aimed at educating motorcycle riders on traffic rules and road safety and eventually preventing accidents. Located in a compound donated by the...
Safer roads is a concern that everyone shares. We all want to protect the vulnerable members of society – children, pedestrians, and cyclists – from death or injury on the roads. Today, as the observance of the 7th UN Global Road Safety Week comes to a close, we call attention to its focus on...
Coach Mel Aquino instructing the participants on the proper riding techniques. The motorcycles industry in the Philippines is the fifth largest in the world. Motorcycles account for 71% of our total registered vehicle population and is seen to continually grow in the coming years. With such a...
Road safety is a shared responsibility. Every person using the road should be aware of how to keep it a safe place. On the other hand, each government agency with a function related to the roads should be attentive to their tasks that will keep the roads safe. People need to be aware of that...
