Asec. Mendoza says motorcycles will have license plates straight from the showroom
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has recently challenged the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to finally resolve the decade-long license plate backlog for motorcycles (MC), as well as to deliver these plates to their respective owners within 72 hours of purchasing the new MC or motor vehicle (MV).
The LTO answers: we’re already doing it in 5 days.
In a recent interview by the radio program Gising Pilipinas to LTO chief, Atty. Vigor Mendoza II, he says that the agency is already fast-tracking the delivery of the license plates of newly-purchased MCs and MVs, and is currently doing it within 5 days.
“Right now, LTO does it in 5 days. In 5 days, it's issued. In 5 days, the license plate and OR/CR are out,” said Mendoza.
Plate out of the showroom
But, in the near future, says Mendoza, motor vehicles as well as motorcycles will come out of the showroom floor complete with registration and its corresponding license plates.
“But what we're exploring now is that when the vehicle leaves the dealer, it already has a license plate,” added Mendoza.
He says that it is being explored to avoid finger-pointing on who’s to blame in the absence of a license plate on a brand-new vehicle or motorcycle.
“So that there is no need to point fingers like that [on who’s to blame] when the car [or motorcycle] leaves the dealer, it already has a license plate. Actually, the suggestion came from the dealers themselves.”
Mendoza also said that he will meet with the dealers next week to formulate this new policy and hopefully can do a pilot study with a few dealers soon afterward. Then, when everything is ironed out, it will be implemented nationwide.
