THE Automobile Association Philippines said Tuesday it supported the idea to make stenciling in vehicle registration a one-time thing.
Augusto Lagman, AAP president, said in a statement one-time vehicle stenciling had several advantages to vehicle owners which lawmakers and the Land Transportation Office must consider.
“One-time stenciling is sufficient. It is not easy to get to that number especially with new model cars. It has become a source of corruption in the sense that one has to pay somebody to do it for him,” Lagman said.
He added: “People say there are times when these people just carve numbers on soap which numbers are chosen arbitrarily.”
Lagman said the one-time stenciling should be done on the very first instance a vehicle is registered.
He is also open to the proposal of Senator Jose Victor Ejercito to make vehicle registration online.
He said the LTO should start making a research on how online vehicle registration could be done.
“Online vehicle registration is more convenient for car owners. It will also eliminate fixers in the process,” Lagman added.
Ejercito earlier filed a resolution urging the Land Transportation Office to study online vehicle registration.
He said vehicle registration should only take an hour at the most. At present, the registration process takes as much as four days which is a hassle to vehicle owners.
“In reality, the public spends an average of two to four days to register a motor vehicle due to inefficiency and inadequacy of LTO employees and facilities,” he said.
Ejercito said the establishment and implementation of an online facility for the registration of motor vehicles would promote transparency in LTO with regard to its manner of transacting with the public.
He added it would also simplify the registration procedure, thereby reducing red tape and expedite transactions with the agency.