An official of the Land Transportation Office enjoined the public for the eradication of colorum vehicles plying the streets.
During the second episode of Kapihan sa Bagong Pilipinas in Davao City, LTO XI Regional Director Eleanor Calderon urged the public not to patronize colorum vehicles to avoid any road safety risk and to also complement their enforcement operations against these violators.
“If we stop patronizing these (colorum vehicles), they will just die a natural death; mawala ra na sila sa kalsada (they will just vanish in our roads),” Calderon said.
Calderon also provided tips to identify colorum vehicles. She said that UV express vehicles should have yellow plates; other than that, the public should not board not yellow-plated vehicles whose drivers or operators are offering rides for a fee.
She added that tourists, who rent vehicles, should have a booking contract with the car rental shops.
On Transport Network Vehicle Service (TVNS) like Grab, Calderon suggested that the public should look for the device that is connected to the application.
Aside from colorum vehicles, LTO XI also apprehended a total of 1,596 unregistered motor vehicles from January to April 2024. (MLU/PIA Davao de Oro)
