(From Philstar.Com)
The Metro Manila Council (MMC), the policy-making body of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), has passed a resolution requiring all motorcycle owners and riders to put the license plate numbers of their motorcycle on both sides of their helmets to curb snatching and robberies perpetrated by motorcycle-riding men in Metro Manila.
MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando said the resolution was passed by the MMC during its meeting on Thursday last week and will take effect 15 days after it is published in two newspapers of general circulation.
Fernando said those who attended the council meeting include Quezon City Mayor Feliciano Belmonte Jr., outgoing Pasig City Mayor Vicente Eusebio Sr., Valenzuela City Mayor Sherwin Gatchalian, Las Piñas City Mayor Imelda Aguilar, Marikina City Vice Mayor Marion Andres representing Mayor Marides Fernando and representatives of the other Metro mayors and of the Philippine National Police (PNP).
He suggested that the Metro mayors enact a common resolution stipulating that the failure to put the license plate numbers on the helmets of motorcycle owners and riders should be treated as a criminal offense and not as a mere traffic violation to thwart criminals from using motorcycles in the commission of crimes.
“No plate on the helmet should carry with it stiffer penalties – like impounding the motorcycle and the appropriate fines and charges because there is a deliberate attempt by the felon to conceal his identity and avoid positive identification by the public,†Fernando said.
He said the resolution dubbed the “Dual Motorcycle and Helmet License Plate Numbers Policy†provides that the license plate numbers be put on both sides of each helmet using a water-proof sticker in print large enough to be seen by the public.
“It has to be readable from a distance of 25 meters and should be placed 40 millimeters high on the helmet,†Fernando said.
Fernando said the resolution also adopted MMDA’s resolution no. 07-07 that was passed in February implementing the “no face shield†policy for backriders of motorcycles plying main roads and secondary streets in Metro Manila.
He said this policy requires the use of a helmet with its face shield tilted upward to reveal the face of the backrider for easy identification.
Violators of the policy will be slapped with a P3,000 fine.
“The main punishment here is the delay one has to incur, since he will be investigated by our traffic enforcer and even the police for verification if he violates the policy,†Fernando said.
MCP will be posting it’s position on this soon.
another of those lame laws
MMDA can’t even implement the Helmet law because the mmda traffic enforcers are the first violators.
whew.. they should also ask the rider to put the plate number in the jacket, gloves, pants, shoes and briefs …
how about if you own two MCs and one fav helmet?
stupid idea.how can the government fight crimes? they should first check vehiches without plates and plates that are barely visible because of tinted covers on . they kept on implementing new laws yet not applying the basics. really stupid.
“He suggested that the Metro mayors enact a common resolution stipulating that the failure to put the license plate numbers on the helmets of motorcycle owners and riders should be treated as a criminal offense and not as a mere traffic violation to thwart criminals from using motorcycles in the commission of crimes.”
so when you have to borrow a motorcycle from other family members or friends, you should borrow their helmets as well? what if my brother/friend owns a small helmet and I require large ones???? I cannot use my own helmet coz it doesnt match the plate number of the MC that I’ll be borrowing??? someone would rather be a tagged as a traffic violator, not to wear a helmet so he can borrow someone elses MC and then be tagged as a criminal?
@k3.. or worse..
what if you only have one helmet and 2 MCs? so you have to buy 2 helmets then. what if your wife ride with you most of the time? then u have to own 4 helmets then.
stupid idea. Their enforcer are the number one violators. They should check first mc and vehicle without plate numbers. Major mc naman walang plate own by policeman. Paano naman kaming mga individual tax payer po kami!!! Isip naman sila ng Good Idea that will protect and benefit all… Kakainis na IDEA yan… Maraming criminals pero hindi rin sila na lalayo sa mga yun, criminals in uniform source na naman yan ng income nila…
very stupid …. very very very stupid.
criminal offense for the bikers ? why not apply it to the crooks in the government first ?
is this a joke? implementation, implementation and implementation of existing laws is the answer, not new crazy ordinances.
Kawawa na naman ang mahihirap sa ordinansang ito. Ang mga maykaya kasi pwede gumamit ng kotse para hindi mahuli. Kami kaya magbibisikleta na lang?
what’s the stand of mcpf on this stupid resolution? can we petition for it to be revoked?
sino na namang tanga ang nag-isip ng ganyang idea. baliktad ata ang utak ng nag-isip ng idea na yan.
ito guys share ko lang experience ko, i’ve once apprehended by a traffic enforcer dyan sa Pasay City na naka motor din, sabi ng traffic enforcer nasaan daw ang helmet ko, sabi ko wala. ngayon gusto nya akong hulihin, sabi ko sa kanya nasaan naman helmet mo? actually wala din syang helmet, sabi ko kanya huhulihin mo ako ng walang helmet tapos ikaw walang helmet. hehehe sabi ko sa kanya hulihin mo na lang ako ulit kung naka helmet ka na, sabay alis.
funny! coz as i can remember it well, this was an ordinance of marikina city, mayor is MMDA’s fernados wife.. very funny bayani! how about instead of putting it on helmets, LTO provide us four plates then we put them on our MCs front, rear and both sides. time will come that they will be apprehending you because you are using a helmet which lisense plate appeared to be helmetnapped! har! har! har! another things is they will charge you of criminal offense for the helmets number but will only charge you of traffic violation on MC numbers. which is which?
MAP and MCPF enlighten us pls.
ano gagawin nila (law enforcers)kung may mga kriminal pa rin na gumawa ng krimen gamit motorsiklo?!!!! kanino ang sisi?
“No plate on the helmet should carry with it stiffer penalties – like impounding the motorcycle and the appropriate fines and charges because there is a deliberate attempt by the felon to conceal his identity and avoid positive identification by the public,†Fernando said.
duh?!?!? if you are a lisensed driver with right restriction codes, the MC is on your name,and everything is legal, just not having the numbers on your top,they will impound the vehicle? why not the helmet?
Clearly a HUGE waste of taxpayers’ money just to look for scapegoats for problems they cannot solve. It’s starting to be a dictatorship.
Got that right!!! What is bayani fernando thinking?he’s making a mess already with the roads and now he’s making another stupid idea just to have a name? does he want to be glorified.very stupid indeed. WHERE’S YOUR BRAIN BAYANI SUCH A MORON!!!
Panibagong pagkakaperahan na naman ito ng mga traffic enforcers. this just goes to show how futile the law enforcement in the country is… they are making all these stupid resolutions at the expense of us innocent motorists.wla man lang basehan o magandang pag aaral ng mga batas bago nila gawin o ipatupad ang mga ito.
HAHAHAHA.
What a damn idiotic idea!!!! Next in line is to also place the plate number of cars and other vehicle on both 4 sides and in big and bold characters since cars were also used as criminal vehicles.
Implementation and not new ordinance.
Again and again, we don’t need new laws and/or ordinances, what we need is the stricter implementation of existing laws. To Stupid lawmakers, do you know how to “STRICTLY IMPLEMENT EXISTING LAWS??” I’m sure you don’t. WHy dont we photocopy our plates (about 5-6 copies) and tape it around our MCs?? or why don’t we have our MCs airbrushed with our plate numbers as designs?? Will they still apprehend us??
Parang Seat Belt Law din yan, sa umpisa lng mahigpit katagalan ung kursunada na lng nila huhulihin nila!
Laking hirap nanaman nito para sa aking motor lang ang ginagamit pag pasok sa trabaho…Huhuhuhu calling all Bikers noise barrage tayu sa EDSA or mag motercycle people power tayo…laban mga kapatid
How about giving us the stickers version of our plates so we could put it around our bikes?? I believe MMDA/LTO will not do this, simply because bawas sa budget nila, bawas pa makukurakot nila!!!
if i am a criminal, all i have to do is to stick something like a post-it to the “helmet plate” while commiting a crime.
another stupid regulation that needs immediate counter measures. we must do something about this.
napaka-istupidong ideya ‘yan…
bakit kailangang tayong mga pobreng motorcycle riders/users ang ginigipit ng mga hinayupak na mga lawmakers na ‘yan
and this would be at our expense, isn’t it? palibahasa sila, mga nakaupo lang, pagawa-gawa ng ordinansa and for every expense nila ay di-reimburse… they don’t know nothing about us na kaya motorbike ang kinuha is for it’s economical purpose
Dati Bilib ako sayo Mr. BF.. ngayon hindi na!!!
Bat ba ikaw pa ang na appoint…
Gumagamit ka ba ng motor? from the looks of it hindi sya ang prefered mode of transportation mo.. isa ka ata sa mga drivers who hate motorcycles.
hoy mr fernanado,
do not blame us for the rising criminality rate.you are barking at the wrong tree.
hindi kasalanan ni pedro ang kasalanan ni juan.kaya ang pagkukulang niyo bilang chairman sampu ng kapulisan ay di namin kasalanan.
bayani ka pa namang napangalanan ng iyong mga magulang.
mga sir, anong issue date ng philstar ito? salamat
[...] came to know about this through ABS-CBN’s website and the Motorcycle Philippines June 25, 2007 article entry. The news and article spoke about the new resolution passed by the policy-making body of the [...]
This is too much, pano na to..i have two scooters and one helmet….2 pairs of plate numbers on the back and at the front….is this a joke or what, till now cant believe that this is happening. The fault of one crook cannot be the fault of all….*#@*$#@**##
damn you fernando, i have two motor bikes,
you want me to put both of my license
plate nunmber on my expensive helmet???
all mc organization should do something about this stupid ordinance.
Mr.Bayani Fernando and co….. andami nyo pa namang nag isip ng sistemang yan, at yan lang ang naging concensus nyong lahat????? Mga Sirs, andami pong butas e, parang hindi pinag isipang mabuti,please do try again, yung mas logical sana at flawless, or this only shows how incapable and inutile our supposed to be public servants are? ang concensus po ng MCPF, “strict and proper implementation of already existing laws”, marami na po tayong batas, paiiralin na lang ng maayos. peace !
shit ka bayani fernando eto lang masasabi ko sayo letse ka,ano klaseng panukala meron kang letse ka,wala kang alam.sulution mo na lagyan ng plaka pati helmet oh gosh! letse ka baduy mo!san ka naman nakakita na helmet me plate number aber! nasisira na ata ang ulo pati helmet pinagisipan mo ng plaka lagyan,bayani ako sayo medyo patingin ka sa veterenaryo at baka me rabbis ka letse ka!
Bayani Asshole!!!!…Dapat ang isipin mo kung papano kaming naka motorsiklo eh papano maging safe sa daan, Dapat palagyan mo na lang lahat ng kalye dito sa metro manila ng motorcycle lane, Wag mo kaming pag initan, Maganda ba ynag na isip mo! Pano mo kami coconvince sa ordinace mo! Sige nga po ka gulang-gulang na BAYANI paki demo mo nga sa EDSA yang naisip mo this time mag paka BAYANI ka…ASSHOLEEEEE
kapatirang riders,
lumipat yata kay bayani fernando ang masamang kaluluwa ni sadam husein, pakiramdam nya lahat ng ipag utus nya dapat susundin ng pilipino at ang hindi sumunod dapat ipakulong.
likas tayong masunurin sa batas, subalit hindi lahat ng batas o kautusan ay wasto o perpekto, tulad ng bagong kautusan ni bayani fernando, ito ay hindi lang pambabastos sa atin mga pilipino ito ay pang babastos at pag yurak sa atin karapatan. . . magsamasama tayo,lumabas at ipakita ang pagtutol sa ka gaguhang ito ng mmda chairman.
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Hey Bayani, you think by implementing your stupid resolution will decrease the crime rate??? think again…….. criminals always find their way! heres what you can do……
Do your f#@*!@$ job, implement the existing law.
di nmin kelangan ang ganyang klase ng panukala, kung sabagay talagang matutuwa ang mga traffic enforcers kc may pagkakakitaan na naman sila (sensya na dun sa mga good traf enfor. kung meron pa?). what we need now ay “PROPER/STRICT IMPLEMENTATION” ng batas. share ko lang, last june 7, i was apprehended by a “yellow boys” nagdisobey daw ako ng traf sign kc di pa naggreen ang ilaw eh ang kaso dati na nman ako dumadaan dun at sk wla nman green light signaling to the right ky thats supposed to be an open lane, ang seste ok lang sana kc mistake ko, pero bkit yung ibang ksaby kong nag right turn eh hindi “hinuli”. dpat fair, hindi yung kung sino lang ang natipuhan. Then eto pa, nung tutubusin ko na yung liscense ko, yung guard dyan sa may KALAYAAN office, kinapa yung bulsa ng bagong dating na “yellow boys” ang sabi “ang dami na naman nyan ah?” di ba’t mag iisip ka na, ano ba itong mga traffic enforcers na ito, kailangan marami huli pr maka-quota. dyan pa lang bulok na talaga ang sistema. so to bayani & to all the mayors pls lang mag isip nman ng batas na “makabuluhan” hindi “makabulsahan” or else step down and go home & eat kamote, bk pa umutot kyo may magandang batas na lumabas.
Baka meron naman dyan lawyer na kasamahan nyo sa mga riders club na puwede makatulong sa problema natin. Ang alam ko meron pa tayong chance na ma counter ung foolish law ni BF through proper process, procedures and venue kasi hindi pa naman sya in effect. Im not sure kung sa supreme court kaagad or sa court of Appeals dapat dalhin ito or sa senate or congress, Pero one thing na maganda gawin natin is to have a signature campaign contradicting this foolish, and stupidity act of BF.
[…] I am a biker, a taxpayer, and a citizen of the Republic of the Philippines. I stand before you to petition the Court to declare MMDA Resolution No. 07-07 unconstitutional, and pray the court to prevent the infringement on my rights by the implementation of this resolution.
Article III, Section 1, of the Constitution says in unequivocal terms that “No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, nor shall any person be denied the equal protection of the laws.” […]
Galing naman ni kasamang Jester..Mabuhay ka kasamang jester..Sa likod mo kami..lets fight our right…
onli in d pilipins!!! har! har! har!
akala ko ako lang ang bobo mas bobo pa pala si Mr. Bayani Fernando.
ano ba yan discrimination … nde ba human rights violation na ito … they’re violating our freedom of choice .. and also parang same din ito sa kung muslim ka terrorista kna agad …. kapag nakamotor ka .. snatcher kna holdaper at kung ano pa!!! … we should make a campaign against discrimination it’s like racism in a different form!!!
let’s form a meeting or place kung mag sign dba?? so that anyone can just pass by and sign madami tayong MCP .. let’s fight Tyrrany
TAMA NA SOBRA >>> lahat nalang tayo sinisisi .. IBINA-BAN tayo ehh nagbabayad din naman tayo .. ngayon naman discrimination …
BF YOU’RE a RACIST
Fuck You Bayani…
mga tsong, ganito na lang, pag natuloy yan abangan natin si bayani then ambush sabay takbo, make sure lang na may plate number ang mga helmets natin para innocent tayo at hindi tayo sisitahin kung may dala ba tayong baril!!!
ano sa tingin nyo?
another good idea… lets terminate na din yung mga known kotong cops tsaka mga well known bad politicians… hindi naman tayo sisitahin kung may plate number helmet diba? so may maganda din pala itong maidudulot… lilinis ang pilipinas sa mga gagong tao!!!
very funny indeed. criminal offense kunu? eh how about the kotong congressmen na member of commission on appointment asking for projects di ba nila held criminally liable? those are the real criminals . nag papaka bondat na marami sa pinoy gutom at walang makain puros malnaurished.