MMDA website for traffic violations has new features, now accepts GCash

New features have been introduced to enhance the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority's (MMDA) May Huli Ka website, a digital platform consolidating an individual’s traffic violations and cases in one portal.

“Pwede mag-rehistro at makikita na po ang violation sa account na yan nitong multiple vehicles na inirehisto… Kung magkakaroon po ng huli, isang account nalang po ang pagpapadalhan ng notification,” MMDA chairman Don Artes said.

(You can now register and view your violations for your multiple registered vehicles through this account… If you have violations, there will be just one account that will receive the notification.)

To register, vehicle owners need to create an account through the Vehicle Portal and submit their vehicles’ information.

Aside from tracking cases and tickets, Artes said that the site also had features to contest or object to any issued violations.

“Pag nag-receive niyo yung huli, pwede niyo na pong i-contest or mag-raise ng objection for the violation… Makikita niyo na ang mismo recording ng pagkakahuli. So what it is, masasabi niyo naman po for yourself kung tama o mali yung pagkakahuli dito,” he said.

(Once you receive your violation, you can contest or object to the violation… You can directly check the recording of the violation. So what it is, you can see for yourself if the apprehension was correct or not.)

Contest or objection procedures include a thorough review of the case with an officer, and possible video conferencing if needed, and final notices on the decisions.

MMDA also said that its new partnership with e-wallet service GCash will allow violators to pay for their tickets easily through the platform.

“So hindi nyo na po kailangan lumabas ng bahay at sa convenience ng inyong tahanan, opisina, pwede nyo na po bayaran yung penalties nyo through GCash... Ang convenience fee na P7 po ay mas mura po siguro kaysa sa [biyahe mula] bahay at pabalik, at hindi na rin pila dahil pwede na po bayaran [mula] sa inyong mga cellphones,” Artes said.

(You no longer need to leave the convenience of your home or office; you can now pay for the penalties through GCash… The convenience fee of P7 is cheaper than the [trip from] your home and back, and you no longer need to line up since you can now pay [from] your cellphones.)

The May Huli Ka website is now accessible through https://mayhulika.mmda.gov.ph/.  —Jiselle Anne Casucian/LDF, GMA Integrated News