Noisy mufflers seized
KALIBO, Aklan – One hundred seventy motorcycles were apprehended for having modified mufflers in the first three months of the y ear.
Most of them ( 91) were seized in February, data from the municipal police station showed.
Sixty-eight were apprehended in March and 11 in January.
Modified and noisy mufflers must be confiscated, Municipal Ordinance No. 2016-003 stated.
Erring drivers shall be fined P2,500 and required to reinstall the factory-manufactured and-installed muffler.
Defective mufflers must be destroyed under Section 9.
The ordinance also prohibits vehicle stores or any establishment from installing or using modified mufflers.
Violators will be fined P1,500 on first offense and P2,500 on second offense.
al A fine of P 2,500 and cancellation of business permit will be imposed on third and succeeding offenses. Meanwhile 136 colorum
ANTI- COLORUM (without franchise) passenger tricycles were impounded from January to March.
At least 2,998 tricycles legally operate in this capital town as of March.
Most of the impounded tricycles ( 93) were caught in February, police said.
Twenty-five were impounded in March and 18 in January.
Those apprehended violated Municipal Ordinance No. 2013- 11 and Municipal Ordinance No. 2005- 044, or the Traffic Code of the Municipality of Kalibo.
Chief Inspector Terence Sta. Ana, municipal police head, urged passengers to avoid colorum tricycles. (
Journal/ Aklan Forum