While doing some research for my upcoming eBook about the Philippines, I ran across some fines and penalties imposed by the Philippines equivalent to the various departments of motor vehicles found in America, a national government entity called the Land Transportation Office, or LTO, and I just wanted to publish some of their fines and the subsequent penalities (shown in Philippines Pesos, of course. Currently, the US Dollar is running around 44-45 pesos to one dollar as a reference point.) There was a total of 97 different possible violations listed on their website, and while many are similar to what you would find in the United States, I found several to be quite interesting and somewhat amusing.
1. Driving without License 1,500.00
2. Driving without delinquent of expired license 400.00
3. Driving with suspended or revoked or improper license 1,000.00
4. Failure to carry Driver’s License 200.00
5. Failure to sign Driver’s License 200.00
6. Driving under the influence of liquor. 5,000.00
– and two (2) months suspension of driver’s license 5,000.00
– for the 2nd offense and three (3) months suspension 6,000.00
of driver’s license
– for subsequent violations after the 2nd offense 7,000.00
and six months suspension of driver’s license;
after 3rd offense automatic revocation of driver’s license
7. Driving under the influence of drugs 10,000.00
17. Tourist operating or allowing the use of non Philippine registered 5,000.00
Motor Vehicle beyond the 90 day period of his sojourn in the
country.
– the MV shall not be allowed to operate by the confiscation
Of its plates, OR & CR until properly registered.
– in addition, if the driver is a holder of local driver’s license,
the same shall be suspended for one (1) month.
32. Dirty or unsightly MV 300.00
53. Without permanent tail gate with inscription “Not for Hire” 500.00
sign in a private jeepney/jitney
– to be imposed upon the owner
64. Employing insolent, discourteous drivers and conductors 400.00
– to be imposed against the owner/operator/possessor of MV
65. Discourtesy of drivers and/or conductors towards the passengers 500.00
in addition to the suspension of conductor’s/driver’s license
for (2) two months
66. Unreasonable refusal to convey passengers 1,500.00
– to be imposed against the driver and/or the operator in addition
To the suspension of the license of the driver of the license of
the driver for two (2) months. If the operator has knowledge or
consent to the infraction committed, the place, OR & CR shall
likewise be suspended for two (2) months.
69. Undue preference or unjust/unreasonable discrimination 600.00
against the passenger
– to be imposed against the driver aside from the penalty,
The license of the driver shall be suspended for two (2) months
89. Unauthorized installation of aircon on buses 750.00
90. Non painting of the word aircon for buses 750.0095. Failure to wear/unbuckled seatbelt 250.00
(Almost at the bottom of the list, but it made it!)
One quick note. While watching the news last night, it seems Manila has reimplemented their anti-littering law which was suspended by former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s regime on 2003, and fined 90 violators yesterday in the Metro Manila area alone! The fine is from 500-1000 pesos,( pretty steep for a lot of Filipinos) and if the offender cannot pay the fine, then they will have to perform community service. Litter is a problem around here, and I doubt the revived law in Manila will impact our rural province, but we have our yard policed by our nieces and nephews that live with us, and they keep it very clean. I really hate garbage being strewn everywhere, and our local downtown area is usually full of plastic bags and food wrappers that people just carelessly toss on the streets. It’s really a shame because we live on such a beautiful island. However, I would not like to see any local laws passed here to try and regulate it, but I do think it would be great if some of the people would take more pride in their surroundings.
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