LTFRB launches drivers’ academy for PUVs

According to the LTFRB, around 100 PUV drivers participated in the initial training seminar at the bureau's main office in Quezon City. Photo: Department of Transportation

Public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers starting Thursday will be re-familiarizing themselves with basic road safety, driving courtesy, and traffic rules and regulations at the PUV Drivers’ Academy of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB).

According to the LTFRB, around 100 PUV drivers participated in the initial training seminar at the LTFRB main office in Quezon City.

The seminar training is set to be replicated in LTFRB regional offices nationwide.

To have their licenses and franchises renewed, PUV drivers must present and submit certificates indicating their completion of the one-day training seminar conducted by LTFRB personnel.

Participants will be lectured on basic road safety, driving courtesy, traffic rules and regulations, and traffic and directional signs.

In a statement, Transportation Undersecretary for Road Transport Thomas Orbos said that Secretary Arthur Tugade directed the establishment of the Drivers' Academy.

“Secretary Tugade aims for this Drivers' Academy to become a very good venue for PUV drivers to be reminded of the basic traffic rules and regulations. But, this time they should learn it by heart as thousands of public transport commuters depend on them,” Orbos said.

Orbos added the training was meant to assure that all PUV drivers would bring their passengers to their respective destinations safely.

“We have to make sure that all PUV drivers on the road know these traffic regulations in order to avoid accidents, and to also ease the traffic situation on our thoroughfares,” Orbos said. — Margaret Claire Layug/BM, GMA News