LTO, PCG set crackdown against colorum vehicles

Land Transportation Office (LTO) Chief Vigor D. Mendoza II met with officials of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and discussed the finalization of the strategic plans for the enforcement of the “No Registration, No Travel” policy.

The participation of the PCG in the campaign is in line with the directive of Department of Transportation Secretary Jaime J. Bautista.

During the meeting, Mendoza also brought up the complaints about drivers and operators of colorum vehicles that continue to ply their routes.

Mendoza has been meeting with various transport groups to get their support and cooperation in both the anti-colorum and “No Registration, No Travel” policy.

The recent was the courtesy visit of Malbalesamon JODA headed by Eduardo Resuello who sought assistance from the LTO over the concerns and challenges faced by legitimate jeepney operators, with particular emphasis on the issue of combating colorum vehicles.

“We understand these concerns and this is the reason why we have been strengthening our coordination and interoperability with the Coast Guard and other law enforcement agencies against these colorum vehicles,” said Mendoza.

Based on the complaints of the major transport groups, colorum drivers and operators steal around 30 percent of their daily income.

Mendoza said the anti-colorum drive will be implemented along with the “No Registration, No Travel” policy.

Mendoza said he is satisfied with the information drive and law enforcement operations related to “No Registration, No Travel” policy.

Mendoza lauded the agency's regional directors, district office heads and personnel for going out their way to improve the information drive and encourage owners of delinquent motor vehicles to renew their expired registration.

“I am personally monitoring both our law enforcement operations and the information drive and I commend our officials and personnel for this positive result. The figures are encouraging and I am confident that more delinquent motor vehicles will be registered in the coming days,” said Mendoza.

“Malaki pa ang hahabulin namin sa LTO but with the hard work, strategic planning and implementation and the dedication for road safety of all our personnel, I am confident that we will finally reach our target,” he added.

Based on the LTO data, there are more than 24 million motor vehicles with expired registration, most of them are motorcycles.