LTO’s No Travel, No Registration nets over 4,800 apprehensions

The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has reported that it has caught a total of 4,864 delinquent motor vehicles during its month-long operation to strictly implement the “No Registration, No Travel” policy. 

LTO enforcers are deployed all around the country to strictly enforce the policy

Of note, this policy isn’t exactly new as it is a part of Philippine law. Specifically, it falls under section 5 of the Republic Act 4136 or the Land Transportation and Traffic Act. This was further reinforced by LTO Memorandum Circular AVT-2015-1927 back in 2015. 

The law’s strict implementation was just brought back recently since the agency revealed that the number of delinquent vehicles that have an expired registration or were not registered in the first place has ballooned to up to 25.7 million. This is concerning because that’s equivalent to 65 percent out of the 38.3 million total vehicles tallied in the LTO’s database. 

Going back to the stricter implementation of this policy, the LTO says that it has caught a total of 251 delinquent motor vehicles in Metro Manila alone. 

The largest number that was apprehended, however, was from Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) with 657 motor vehicles. This is followed by Region VIII (Eastern Visayas) at 531 apprehensions, while Region IV-B (MIMAROPA) saw 514 apprehensions. 

Delinquent motorists caught violating the No Registration, No Travel policy will face hefty fines

For Mindanao meanwhile, Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula) saw a total of 386 delinquent vehicle apprehensions. This is followed by Region XI (Davao Region) with 357, and Region XII (SOCCKSARGEN) with 250. 

With that said, the LTO’s total number of arrests is pretty much still shadowed by the total number of delinquent vehicles mentioned above. As such, LTO Chief Assistant Secretary Atty. Vigor D. Mendoza II said that the implementation of the No Registration, No Travel policy will continue.

In connection to the stricter implementation of the said policy, LTO’s law enforcement director Francis Ray Almora said: “Motor vehicle owners should expect more aggressive operations as instructed by our LTO Chief, Assistant Secretary Mendoza, in the coming months, especially in the regions with high number of delinquent motor vehicles.” 

LTO Chief Assistant Secretary Atty. Vigor D. Mendoza II

The LTO has likewise appealed to owners of delinquent motor vehicles to renew their registrations as soon as possible. 

“Huwag na ninyong dagdagan ang inyong problema dahil kapag nahuli kayo, mas malaking halaga ng pera ang babayaran ninyo,” said Mendoza.

(Don’t add to your problems because if you get caught, you’ll have to pay a larger fee.)

For context, those caught violating the No Registration, No Travel policy will be fined Php 10,000 as assessed against the vehicle, and an additional Php 1,000 fine assessed against the driver. Those fines, of course, are a lot heftier compared to what you have to fork out for vehicle registration. 

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