LTO to study proposed same ending plate to motorists registering new cars

The Land Transportation Office (LTO) on Tuesday said it will study the proposal of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to issue plate licenses with the same last digits to motorists registering their new vehicles.

“Natanggap namin 'yung sulat pero pag-aaralan namin ang mechanics. And in fact, sila rin nag-propose na mag-meeting kami,” LTO chief Edgar Galvante told GMA News Online.

(We received the letter but we will study the mechanics first. And in fact, the MMDA sought a meeting with us.)

On Monday, MMDA said it has sent a formal letter to the LTO regarding the proposal

MMDA said the proposal aims to discourage Filipinos from buying more cars which they use as alternate vehicles for the number coding scheme.

For Galvante, the suggestion of the MMDA is “doable”. But he pointed out that some adjustments should be made for the proposal like the process of verifying the true ownership of the new vehicles.

“Meron po d'yang kailangang adjustments na gawin. For example, belonging to same household, iibahin lang 'yung pangalan nung may-ari, anong pagbabatayan mo?” he said.

(Adjustments should be made there. For example, if the new vehicle belongs to the same household but named after a different person, what will be your basis?)—AOL, GMA News