POLICE DIRECTOR GENERAL Oscar Albayalde has ordered the Highway Patrol Group or HPG to intensify the operation nationwide against vehicles and motorcycles with illegal sirens and other banned accessories.
Just this week, HPG led by Brigadier General Roberto Fajardo, destroyed thousands of sirens, LED and fog lights, including horns confiscated in operations across the country.
Fajardo said Albayaldehas directed them to strictly enforce Presidential Decree (PD) 96, which prohibits the use of siren, bell, horn, whistle, or other similar gadgets that produce exceptionally loud or startling sound, including dome lights, blinkers, and other similar signalling or flashing devices.
“The illegal attachments, such as LED lights, blinkers, can distract other motorists and can cause accidents. The moment they put those attachments on their vehicle, they become illegal,” he explained, adding, violators of PD 96 will be fined P5,000 for first offense and risk cancellation of the owner’s vehicle’s certificate of registration.
Under the law, the use of attached gadgets is allowed only for motor vehicles designated for official use by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, National Bureau of Investigation, Land Transportation Office, police departments, fire departments, and hospital ambulances. Fajardo called on the public to report to the authorities any vehicle found to be using prohibited car and motorbike accessories. (Christopher Lloyd Caliwan)
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