No plate, no travel, no exceptions. This is the message the Land Transportation Office (LTO) conveyed after impounding a whopping 101 tricycles following a week of ‘no plate, no travel’ operations in Quezon City.
According to the agency, the city’s Tricycle Operators and Drivers Associations (TODA) also endorsed its crackdown. The LTO says this is because local TODAs were losing income to the operation of illegal colorum tricycle units.
Only legitimate tricycle units were provided with license plates, the LTO says. Supposedly, tricycles that were operating legally have seen a 50% increase in their income since the agency’s license plate crackdown started on July 1.
“Hindi po tayo nanggigipit dito. Nilalagay lang po natin sa tama ang lahat dahil kawawa ang mga tricycle operators and drivers na namamasada ng patas at sumusunod sa regulasyon,” LTO head Vigor Mendoza II said in a statement.
“Hindi po natin papayagan na patuloy na perwisyuhin ng mga colorum operators na ito ang mga lehitimong tricycle drivers at operators,” the official added.
In similar news, the LTO apprehended more than 10,000 vehicles in June for driving while unregistered. You can read more about it here.
Colorum tricycles, you’ve been warned—the LTO isn’t joking around here. Has the LTO’s moves against plateless tricycles affected your daily commute?
