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BY BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
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Monday, July 3, 2017
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KALIBO, Aklan – The local government of Kalibo is tracking all tricycle drivers by requiring them to use the issued accreditation cards.
At present, Kalibo town is not only the “tricycle capital” of Aklan but also has the most number of accredited tricycle drivers.
As of June this year, there were 2,988 registered tricycle units with franchise that were operating and some 4,000 tricycle drivers with accreditation identification cards (IDs), according to Administrative Officer II Artemio Arrieta Jr. of the Office of the Sangguniang Bayan. Arrieta designed the Motorized Tricycle Operators Permits (MTOP)/Tricycle Franchise Database and the Legislative Information Database that helped improve the efficiency of the legislative council office.
The accreditation and issuance of IDs for tricycle drivers are required by Municipal Ordinance No. 2013-11 which also strengthens the grant of MTOP and certificate of public conveyance.
Only drivers with Professional Driver’s License with a Restriction Code 1 issued by Land Transportation Office are allowed to drive motorized tricycles for hire or private tricycles.
Arrieta said tricycle drivers without the laminated accreditation IDs issued by the local government unit will be penalized this July.
“The IDS should be placed inside the tricycle in clear view of the passengers to make it easier for them to identify and to report any abuses of tricycle drivers,” he said.
The local law carries a fine of P500 for a tricycle driver without authorized tricycle driver’s ID. Meanwhile, a fine of P1,000 will be slapped on the tricycle operator or the registered owner of the vehicle for allowing drivers to drive without the necessary accreditation or with an expired accreditation.
Kalibo, a first-class municipality and the capital town of the province of Aklan, has tricycles as its main mode of transportation. (With Aklan Forum Journal/PN)
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