Motorcycle Philippines

Report by Dencio.
Over 5 dozen riders of mixed scooters and underbones joined the Freedom Ride 2(FR2) at NLEX Balintawak toll plaza earlier today.

As expected, the high-spirited, adrenaline pumped Freedom Riders were stopped at Toll Plaza in Balintawak by NLEX motorcycle patrol led by NMTC Patrol Officer Dong Gomez .

Jiggy, one of the advocate of FR2 who spearheaded the group was the first to arrive at the plaza armed with the certified true copy of the Supreme Court decision on the sub-400cc ban. Jiggy pointed to Gomez that the Supreme Court through its latest decision clearly decided in favor of the sub-400, more specifically on scrapping of the previous DPWH Depart Order #74 and #215 .The former reiterated to Gomez that since the ban is now non-existence all highways including NLE may now be safely used by motorcycle of all displacement. Also, Jiggy warned Gomez of a possible filing of case against NMTC patrol who dare issue violation tickets, Jiggy knew that Traffic Adjudication Service (TAS) in the past decided on a similar traffic protest in favor of the rider.

The negotiation/discussion to allow the riders to use the freeway failed and no toll fees were collected but not a single ticket violation were issued.

After nearly 2-hour stand off the riders were led out of NLE by NMTC patrol through a narrow exit towards Baesa.

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