An invoice searching for permitting bikes for use as a business car to transport passengers and goods has been filed inside the Senate. In submitting Senate Bill 1025, Senator Sonny Angara wanted to amend the Land Transportation and Traffic Code to permit motorcycles to be registered with the Land Transportation Office as “for hire.”
He said visitors in Metro Manila are getting worse by the day, with the mass transit systems continuously breaking down. However, many commuters left without a preference to use motorcycles-for-lease or “habal-habal” to get from point A to point B.
“However, technically, the increasingly more-famous mode of delivery remains taken into consideration unlawful beneath the Land Transportation and Traffic Code, which covers the registration and operation of all motor cars in us,” he stated. The Angara said Angkas, as an instance, become allowed to function for six months starting the remaining June eight as a part of a pilot-run of “motorcycle taxis.”
“Commuting in Metro Manila has grown to be very challenging. A common commuter has to allocate at least hours to get to paintings or school, and that is if their ordinary delivery modes are to be had. What if the MRT breaks down? Kulang pa and 2 oras mo sa byahe,” he stated.
“Tulad nitong nangyari sa LRT-2 na nasunog. Libo libong Pilipino ang naperwisyo nito at karamihan sa kanila ay habal na ang sinasakyan para mas mabilis makarating sa destinasyon nila at mas mura din ito kumpara sa Grab,” he introduced. Under Republic Act 4136 or the Land Transportation and Traffic Code, bikes are best allowed for either non-public or government use and prohibits its list as an automobile for rent.
“However, people and even unaccredited shipping agencies keep utilizing bikes for public delivery notwithstanding the explicit prohibition of such operation below the equal regulation,” Angara said. He stated that motorcycles-for-rent have long been around; for some provinces, that is even considered a number one mode of public transportation.
“The call for this carrier honestly cannot be unnoticed, which is why I have filed a bill to legalize the operation of bikes-for-rent,” the senator stated. Under Senate Bill 1025, for you to be registered for transporting passengers, a bike should have a minimum engine displacement of 125 cubic centimeters and a backbone-type built.
The LTO could be tasked to ensure the roadworthiness of motorcycles for rent earlier than they may be registered. To snsure their safety, no modifications atothe motorcycles could be allowed, except for the setup, based totally on secure engineering layout specs, motorcycle baggage companies, saddlebags, step boards or footpegs, and suitable speed limiters and tracking devices. —Amita Legaspi/KBK, GMA News
DILG urges LGUs to ‘go the extra mile’ in anti-crime efforts The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Thursday advised nearby government devices to “pass the more mile” of their anti-illegal activity efforts regardless of the non-stop decline on the criminal charges.
“We have finished brilliant strides in our anti-illegal activity efforts, especially in the past three years, but we cannot be complacent, particularly the LGUs. On the opposite, with this improvement, we need to go the more mile,” DILG chief Eduardo Año said. “The DILG can not try this by myself. Having the help of all authorities groups, most specifically the LGUs, can spell a notable difference in our efforts to counter crimes.”
Data from the Philippine National Police (PNP) indicated that as of June 2019, there had been 194,405 crimes recorded, which is lower compared to 520,641 in 2017 and 490 393 in 2018. The statistics additionally showed an increasing percentage of crime solution efficiency, with June 2019 marking the widest variety of 79.17%.
Early this month, it turned into stated with the aid of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) that the variety of crimes in Metro Manila in President Rodrigo Duterte’s first 39 months in electricity has long passed down with the aid of sixty-two percent compared to the number of crimes in the town all through the preceding management.
According to the NCRPO’s information, there were forty-nine,835 crimes in the first 39 months of the Duterte administration from July 2016 to September 26, 2019, compared to 131,839 in the closing 39 months of the Aquino administration from April 2013 to June 2016. —KBK, GMA News
