Tuesday, April 29, 2008

LTO warns owners of configured cars

THE Land Transportation Office-Traffic Safety Division (LTO-TSD) discouraged motorists to configure their vehicles.

Daisy Jacobo, chief of LTO-TSD, said many enterprising Filipinos have illegally configured their units to avoid truck ban and the required specifications mandated by law.

Jacobo said the LTO-Law Enforcement Section indicated that many of the apprehended vehicles were illegally configured.

“Marami ’yung double tires ginagawang single tire. ’Yung iba naman nag- expand ng body lampas sa required na haba at lapad.

Ang madalas na gumagawa ng mga ganito ay ’yung mga truck ng gravel and sand at ibang mga delivery mini trucks” Jacobo said.

Jacobo said once a vehicle was illegally configured it would endanger the lives of the driver as well its rider or passenger, and the vehicle was considered unsafe and no longer roadworthy. By: Jun Icban-Legaspi - Journal online

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