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New protocol plates with QR codes eyed: MMDA
New protocol plates with QR codes eyed: MMDA
MANILA — The government plans to issue new protocol plates with QR codes, to help in the immediate determination of vehicle owners, according to the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority.
MANILA — The government plans to issue new protocol plates with QR codes, to help in the immediate determination of vehicle owners, according to the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority.
This comes amid incidents of traffic violations involving vehicles with protocol plates.
This comes amid incidents of traffic violations involving vehicles with protocol plates.
MMDA Acting Chairman Atty. Romando Artes also noted that some vehicles use fake protocol plates and some government officials who have retired or whose term of office has expired do not surrender the protocol plate issued to them.
MMDA Acting Chairman Atty. Romando Artes also noted that some vehicles use fake protocol plates and some government officials who have retired or whose term of office has expired do not surrender the protocol plate issued to them.
“Ang isa sa nakikitang remedy d’yan ay magre-issue ng bago na may QR code, para naka-indicate kung kanino at mas madali ma-determine kung kanino ‘yun. Para in case may violations, madali din ma-identify kung kanino naka-issue yung protocol plate na ‘yun,” Artes added.
“Ang isa sa nakikitang remedy d’yan ay magre-issue ng bago na may QR code, para naka-indicate kung kanino at mas madali ma-determine kung kanino ‘yun. Para in case may violations, madali din ma-identify kung kanino naka-issue yung protocol plate na ‘yun,” Artes added.
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(One remedy is to reissue new plates with QR codes that indicate the owner so they can easily be identified. So that in case of violations, it would be easy to identify to whom the protocol plate was issued to.)
(One remedy is to reissue new plates with QR codes that indicate the owner so they can easily be identified. So that in case of violations, it would be easy to identify to whom the protocol plate was issued to.)
Asked about the timeline for the issuance of new protocol plates, the MMDA said this will depend on the Land Transportation Office because it is the agency that issues protocol plates.
Asked about the timeline for the issuance of new protocol plates, the MMDA said this will depend on the Land Transportation Office because it is the agency that issues protocol plates.
In an executive order signed last month but was only made public Thursday, President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. outlined fresh regulations on the issuance of low numbered protocol license plates to government officials, cutting the number to 14 from the previous list of 16 officials entitled to use protocol license plates.
In an executive order signed last month but was only made public Thursday, President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. outlined fresh regulations on the issuance of low numbered protocol license plates to government officials, cutting the number to 14 from the previous list of 16 officials entitled to use protocol license plates.
The MMDA, meanwhile, clarified that it was not the MMDA that apprehended the SUV bearing the plate "7”, which Sen. Francis "Chiz" Escudero on Friday admitted was his, but "was being driven by the driver of a family member."
The MMDA, meanwhile, clarified that it was not the MMDA that apprehended the SUV bearing the plate "7”, which Sen. Francis "Chiz" Escudero on Friday admitted was his, but "was being driven by the driver of a family member."
Artes said it was the Special Action and Intelligence Committee for Transportation (SAICT), which is under the Department of Transportation.
Artes said it was the Special Action and Intelligence Committee for Transportation (SAICT), which is under the Department of Transportation.
Escudero in a statement admitted the vehicle was his but said it "was being driven by the driver of a family member."
Escudero in a statement admitted the vehicle was his but said it "was being driven by the driver of a family member."
"The use of the protocol plate was unauthorized, as the vehicle was being driven by the driver of a family member... Following the incident, I have directed the driver to appear before the MMDA to comply with the show-cause order issued to him and to answer the charges he faces for the violation," Escudero said.
"The use of the protocol plate was unauthorized, as the vehicle was being driven by the driver of a family member... Following the incident, I have directed the driver to appear before the MMDA to comply with the show-cause order issued to him and to answer the charges he faces for the violation," Escudero said.
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