LTO to issue new license plates starting April

New motor vehicle license plates sporting new designs and special features will be issued starting April to replace plates now in use, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) said on Monday.

 

License plates for cars and other private vehicles will now have three control letters and four digits such as LTO-1234, while motorcycle plates will have two control letters and five digits such as AA-12345.

 

Plates for public utility vehicles will have three control letters and four digits plus their routes.

 

Also, the new plates will have safety features such as a laser-engraved logo at the back of the plate, and a bar code to check if the plates match vehicles they are assigned to.

 

Government plates will be identified not just by the red color by a mark saying “government” while other designs will indicate where in the country the motor vehicle is registered.


 

 

The redesign of the license plates was first revealed in February 2013 by then LTO head Virginia Torres, who said one major security feature of the new design is a plate lock that renders the license plate unusable if one tries to forcibly remove it.

 

"Wala na rin makakanakaw ng plaka kasi meron itong plate lock. 'Pag ninakaw ito, hindi ito pakikinabangan kasi sira na ang plaka," she said.  — ELR, GMA News