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Motorcycle riders traverse EDSA -Cubao on August 1, 2023.  Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File 

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EDSA-MOTORCYCLE LAW

Pia Gutierrez

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/171567423410220230801-motorcycle-edsa-rain-JC2734.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Motorcycle riders traverse EDSA -Cubao on August 1, 2023.  Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File </span> </span></span></span></div><p>MANILA -- The Land Transportation Office on Tuesday said it would halve the backlog of around 11 million motorcycle license plates within the year.</p><p>LTO Chief Assistant Secretary Vigor Mendoza, in a Palace briefing said, that the agency was working hard to play catch-up on the massive backlog that was carried over from the previous administration.</p><p>“We are now catching up, tuloy ang catch–up on this. But we have a program of how to move this forward,” Mendoza said following a meeting with President Marcos Jr in Malacanang.</p><p>“By the end of 2024, we would have addressed more or less 50% of the backlog. By June 2025, we would have finished the backlog as far as motorcycles are concerned,” he added. </p><div><strong>MOTORCYCLE LICENSES</strong></div><p>The LTO official said that aside from addressing the backlog, the agency was also working to address the current demand for motorcycle licenses.</p><p>“Para sa ganoon, iyong mga bumibili po ng mga motorsiklo, ng sasakyan today, iyong 11-day period po natin, kailangan masunod po yon. There is no reason why they will not be able to get their plates on time,” he said.</p><p>Mendoza, added that the agency would addressed its backlog on license plates for motor vehicles by the end of the year.</p><p>He noted the problem includes dealers who take a long time to deliver license plates to the motorists and even some LTO personnel who are slow to act on these requests.</p><p>“We have to be very strict with our dealers, nakikita po natin na some of our plates naiimbak lang po sa mga dealer, hindi po naipamimigay sa mga motorista. So, we agreed, we met with dealers and we agreed that from the time magbayad po ang isang tao, bumili ng sasakyan, within 11 days, dapat iyong plaka, iyong ORCR at iyong RFID sticker ay mapasakanya na.  So there’s no reason why this will not happen,” he said.</p><p>Mendoza said that, as of Tuesday, the LTO has issued a hundred show cause orders to dealers who have failed to deliver the license plates within the required 11-day period.</p><p>“And we will continue to discipline our ranks, kasama rin iyong mga LTO na who will not comply with the five-day requirement. Ang amin namang commitment sa ating mga dealer, pag-submit ninyo sa amin ng mga dokumento ninyo, within five days, kailangan ilabas po namin iyong palaka, ORCR at RFID,” he said.</p><p>The official said the LTO would also complete the delivery of replacement plates by the end of the 2024.</p><p>“So, by end of this year, pati po iyong mga replacement plates, iyong mga dating kulay green na plaka na pinapalitan ng black and white plates, kailangan mapalitan na rin po namin iyan by the end of this year. That is around 1.5 million plates. Kayang-kaya po ng ating planta na i-cover iyan. So, by the end of 2024, wala na po tayong backlog as far as current usage is concerned and as far as replacement plates are concerned for motor vehicles,” he said.</p><div><strong>DRIVERS&#x27; LICENSES</strong></div><p>Meanwhile, the LTO said it was on track to completely address the backlog of drivers licenses by July 2024.</p><p>“Ipinakita natin  sa ating Pangulo na as far as the supply is concerned ng driver’s license cards ay dire-diretso po tayo hanggang end of the year. We have sufficient driver’s license cards to support the demand for until end of the year,” he said.</p><p>“Humigit-kumulang mga 9.7 million cards ang na-bid-out na po iyan ng ating DOTr at LTO. So there is no reason, why we will not have enough cards for the entire year.”</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/4/21/motorcycle-lane-in-edsa-dotr-mulls-dedicated-lane-1712">Motorcycle lane in EDSA? DOTr mulls dedicated lane</a><br/><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/5/9/new-pinoy-ride-hailing-app-eyes-tapping-unconsolidated-jeepney-drivers-833">New Pinoy-owned ride-hailing app promises cheaper fares, employment for unconsolidated jeepney drivers</a></div><div><br/></div>

<p>The Land Transportation Office on Tuesday said it would halve the backlog of around 11 million motorcycle license plates within the year. </p>

The Land Transportation Office on Tuesday said it would halve the backlog of around 11 million motorcycle license plates within the year.

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LTO to halve motorcycle license plate backlog in 2024

Pia Gutierrez,

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Published May 14, 2024 04:14 PM PHT

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