The implementation of Joint Memorandum Circular No. 2024-001, or the ‘Revised guidelines for all vehicles traveling on toll expressways,’ will now begin on October 1, 2024, instead of the end of August.
The Department of Transportation (DOTr), which issued the circular along with the Land Transportation Office (LTO) and the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB), announced the deferred implementation today, August 27. It was issued by Secretary Jaime Bautista of the DOTr.
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“We hope the concerned agencies and tollway operators would use the 30-day deferment to fine-tune expressway operations and further intensify the public information campaign to enable tollway users to comply with the new guidelines,” Bautista said.
“These revised guidelines should significantly improve traffic along expressways through cashless or contactless toll plazas.”
Tollways RFID violations and fines under JMC No. 2024-001
No valid ETC device (no RFID installed or dilapidated RFID sticker)
- First offense – P1,000
- Second offense – P2,000
- Subsequent offenses – P5,000 per offense
Insufficient load
- First offense – P500
- Second offense – P1,000
- Subsequent offenses – P2,500 per offense
Fraudulent or falsified ETC
- First offense – P1,000
- Second offense – P2,000
- Subsequent offenses – P5,000 per offense
A show-cause order (SCO) will be delivered to the Driver-Violator, or to the registered Owner/Operator if the driver at the time of the apprehension was not identified. If the Owner/Operator fails to provide the Driver-Violator’s name as required by the SCO, then the motor vehicle shall be put on alarm until a name is provided, and shall also be charged an additional fine of P2,000 per violation.
If the owner of a motor vehicle ignores notifications to have their defective, dilapidated, or phased-out RFID sticker replaced, the vehicle shall also be put on alarm until a replacement RFID sticker has been installed.
If a motor vehicle is involved in three violations under JMC No. 2024-001 within a 12-month period, the subsequent penalties are:
- the motor vehicle may be put on alarm, or
- the driver’s license of the Driver-Violator may be confiscated, or
- the motor vehicle’s Certificate of Registration may be suspended for a period not exceeding 90 days, requiring the immediate surrender of its license plate
