LTO: Plates for motorcycles seen depleted in June, vehicles in

The license plates for motorcycles are expected to run out by June, while those for fourwheeled vehicles by July, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) said on Wednesday.

LTO chief Jay Art Tugade said that the Department of Transportation (DOTr) has been informed of the looming problem as the agency is in charge of the procurement of the license plates amount- ing to P4.5 billion.

“Insofar as the license plates are concerned, based on the forecast of the LTO, license plates will run out for motorcycles by June, and by July, the license plates for motor vehicles will be depleted as well,” he said.

As a solution to this, Tugade said the LTO is working on a contingency where they would allow motorcycle and vehicle owners

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to temporarily issue their own license plates.

“For example, motorcycle owners, in the absence of a plate number, they can create a plate number and on the plate number, it will say the motor vehicle file number of the motorcycle,” he said. Asked if this would not make the Philippines more prone to crimes as anybody could just put a

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