Recently, the Land Transportation Office took action against 15 individuals who were involved in illegal street racing. Multiple driver’s licenses were suspended, one was even revoked. Now, the agency has taken further action regarding the incident.
The LTO has now impounded a Toyota Innova that was identified as one of the vehicles featured on the controversial Facebook page Smoke Machine PH. If you’re familiar with it, the page promotes all sorts of illegal acts and unruly behavior on the road. Over the past week or so, it has also released statements
The name of the page itself, we presume, comes from drag-diesel racing. These tuned diesel vehicles are capable of high outputs and are used for drag racing, and they’re known to produce high volumes of dark smoke. These races, however, should be held on the track, not on public roads.
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LTO impounds Smoke Machine PH’s Toyota Innova:
The LTO didn’t specify the exact reason the Innova was impounded, but LTO chief Markus Lacanilao did release a statement on the matter. “We will continue to run after those who use public roads for illegal racing,” Lacanilao said. “This kind of behavior will not be tolerated.”
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. We might have already ended one too many articles with this line, but we can’t help it when it’s the perfect way to put things.
