At
least
forty
members
of
the
Land
Transportation
Office
–
National
Capital
Region
and
Central
Office
traffic
law
enforcers
will
be
graduating
today
in a
ceremony
to
be
attended
by
Department
of
Transportation
and
Communication
Secretary
Leandro
Mendoza.
In a
ceremony
to
be
held
at
the
Bulwagang
Edu
of
the
Central
Office
of
LTO,
the
graduates
of
the
first
Motorcycle
Riding
Course
will
be
receiving
their
graduation
certificates
and
merits
after
complying
nineteen
days
of
rigorous
training.
LTO
Chief
Assistant
Secretary
Reynaldo
Berroya
initiated
the
motor
riding
course
with
the
vision
of
strengthening
and
enhancing
the
Law
Enforcement
units
of
the
Land
Transportation
Office,
to
implement
traffic
road
safety
measures,
traffic
laws
and
to
ensure
that
the
public
is
safe
from
road
accidents.
With
rigid
and
hazardous
training,
the
graduates
learned
the
basics
of
motor
riding
techniques,
obstacle
riding,
flat
log
crossing,
bridge
crossing,
night
riding
and
other
difficult
stunts
that
would
increase
their
knowledge
on
motorcycle
riding
as
well
as
confidence
building
on
the
road.
The
motorcycle
riding
course
will
enable
the
enforcers
to
enhance
their
capability
on
law
enforcement
and
increase
their
movement
in
enforcing
traffic
laws,
and
running
after
traffic
violators.
According
to
LTO
Chief
Assistant
Secretary
Reynaldo
Berroya,
the
LTO
had
recently
purchased
100
motorcycles
to
be
used
by
traffic
law
enforcer.
“The
motorcycles
will
be
distributed
nationwide
to
support
the
agency’s
law
enforcement
activities.
So
we
are
re-organizing
to
come
out
with
a
very
effective
law
enforcement
organization,”
Berroya
added.
As a
cost
cutting
measure
the
next
training
will
be
held
in
Visayas
and
Mindanao
instead
of
the
LTO
enforcers
coming
to
Manila
for
training.
A
team
of
trainors
from
the
Luzon
Motorcyclist
Federation
of
the
Philippines
and
Lawin
Motorcycle
Club
will
conduct
the
training.
The
training
of
traffic
enforcers
all
over
the
country
will
help
implement
and
remind
the
vehicle
owners
to
renew
registration
of
their
unregistered
motor
vehicles.
To
date,
there
is
an
estimated
1.3
million
motor
vehicles
with
unrenewed
registration
and
68%
are
motorcycles
and
tricycles. |
