Owners of public utility vehicles, closed vans for hire, and haul trucks can apply for registration at the Land Transportation Office in Bacolod even without speed limiters installed in their units.
Reuben Tampos, head of the Bacolod LTO Field Office, said a memorandum order was issued by LTO Assistant Secretary Edgar Galvante to the Regional Office 6 suspending the implementation of speed limiter installation in PUVs and haul trucks as a requirement in the renewal of registration.
He said this is due to the lack of supply of speed limiter gadgets from the dealer. The dealer should also be accredited by the Department of Trade and Industry.
LTO Bacolod started last month implementing provisions of Republic Act 10916, or an Act Requiring the Mandatory Installation of Speed Limiter in PUVs and Certain Types of Vehicle.
The Road Speedlimiter Act of 2016 aims to monitor the speed required for all PUVs, trucks for haul, closed vans, buses, mini buses, shuttle service and tanker trucks.
But after a month of implementation, the LTO discovered that the local supplier in Bacolod cannot meet the demand. There is also a need to train a qualified staff from the accredited supplier in the proper installation of the gadget.
There are 114,947 registered vehicles in Bacolod, based on the 2019 registration records of the LTO Bacolod field office, and almost 11,000 are covered by RA 10916. -MLipa
