The Land Transportation Office (LTO) on Thursday ordered the strict implementation of the no registration-no travel policy in light of P37-billion revenue losses due to non-registration of vehicles.
LTO chief Vigor Mendoza II cited a review of the agency’s data showing that 65 percent of the motor vehicles in the country were classified as delinquent, or those whose owners either failed or deliberately refused to have them registered.
Records also indicated that 24.7 million of the 38.3 million vehicles in the country have been classified as delinquent motor vehicles, and that only 13.3 million, or 35 percent of the motor vehicles were registered.
Translated into revenue losses in terms of registration payment and penalties, P37.10 billion are to be collected from these delinquent motor vehicle owners, Mendoza said.
“Included in the report are delinquent motor vehicles without registration renewal for more than one year. Not included are those that have not been renewed in less than a year,” he noted.
The cut-off date of the LTO report is April 2022, or before the use of the Land Transportation Management System for motor vehicle registration became operational.
The figures on delinquency were tallied based on the outstanding delinquent registrations as of April 2022.
The LTO chief raised concern over the alarming data since based on their assessments, delinquent motor vehicles either have problems passing roadworthiness inspections that include emission testing, and do not have insurance coverage.
“In other words, these motor vehicles are threats to road safety. We have to be very strict in implementing the laws on land transportation not only to make it fair to the law-abiding motor vehicle owners but also for the welfare of the road users,” he said.
The LTO data showed that the National Capital Region has the most number of delinquent motor vehicle owners with 4.1 million, followed by Region III with 3.3 million, and Region IV-A with 2.7 million.
In the Visayas, 1.8 million delinquent motor vehicles were recorded in both Region VI and Region VII while Region VIII has 758,000.
In Mindanao, Region XI has the greatest number of delinquent motor vehicles with 1.2 million followed closely by Region XII with 1.1 million. Both Region IX and Region X have almost one million each.
Most of the delinquent motor vehicles are motorcycles with 20.15 million, followed by four-wheel vehicles with 4.01 million, and trucks and buses with 490,000.
The LTO estimated P15.5 billion in revenue losses for motorcycles, P18.4 billion for four-wheel vehicles, and P3.25 billion from trucks and buses.