NEWS: Solons want you to pay more for registration of second, subsequent vehicles

[ghosthunter]

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15 Aug 2011


How many cars do you own? If you have more than one, you might want to start praying a new bill filed at the House of Representatives does not get a green light from lawmakers.

Rep. Rufus Rodriguez from the 2nd district of Cagayan de Oro City and Rep. Maximo Rodriguez from the Abante Mindanao party-list have filed a bill that seeks to impose additional rates on the annual registration of second and subsequent vehicles registered under the same owner.

Under the proposed bill, additional rates for the annual registration of a second vehicle shall be charged P3,000, P5,000 for a third vehicle, and P7,000 for a fourth and each subsequent vehicle.

The lawmakers said imposing higher registration fees on motorists with more than one vehicle will help ease heavy traffic that is "causing numerous negative effects to all aspects of the lives of the Filipino people." Citing records from the Land Transportation Office (LTO), the lawmakers said vehicle registration has been growing at an average of 6.2 percent annually since 2008. In 2010, there were a total of 6,634,855 vehicles registered at the LTO.

"All these vehicles cause too much air pollution, which harms the health of the people," the lawmakers said in a statement. "The World Health Organization (WHO) said that as much as 65 percent of the pollutants in the Philippines are from mobile sources."

They added that based on WHO data, carbon monoxide has the biggest pollution load contribution of 50 percent as the number of gasoline-fed vehicles like cars, motorcycles and tricycles. This has led to many cases of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases among Filipinos.

"With technology for alternative or renewable sources of energy still very inefficient and expensive, there is a need to devise new ways that could help lower the number of vehicles roaming the streets of the country," the lawmakers said.

Do you think hiking registration rates is the answer to the Philippines' traffic and pollution problems? Or will this bill, if passed into law, just encourage motorists to skip the registration process?

[jansky]

Why target private when there are so much problem in public vehicles

[uls]

how will they know kung 2nd or 3rd or 4th car mo yun?

ipangalan mo sa misis, sa anak, sa company

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btw, CAMPI won't be happy with that

hehe

[vinj]

That bill wont fly.... next case please. :D Hopefully something more worthwhile for us all.

[shadow]

OK lang, basta mas lumang kotse mas mahal din registration. para patas sa mga PUVs.

gawa kaya tayo ng tsikot party list? representing private motorist. hinde properly represented ang private motorist ah.

[niwde11]

kung san san na nga ginagastos yung road user tax tapos dadagdagan pa.

mas maganda siguro is to have additional requirements sa mga owner ng sasakyan katulad sa HK.
i.e, you'll have to provide parking for your car, a certain year of the car(like ex after 8 years) you have to go to a cetified mechanic to certify your road worthiness, etc

that way, maalis mo yung mga sasakyan di na road worthy at yung mga taong sa kalye lang nagpapark.
for starters lang yan.

[niky]

how will they know kung 2nd or 3rd or 4th car mo yun?

ipangalan mo sa misis, sa anak, sa company

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btw, CAMPI won't be happy with that

hehe

And those who don't have family to name it under won't balk at a mere 3k, 5k or 7k extra a year...

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What a dumb*** idea. Porke't yung mga congressmen kayang kaya mag-register ng sangkatutak ng mga kotse at security escorts, akala nila okay na solution ito.

What the Philippines should do is congestion charging and toll. Simply charge extra for cars entering EDSA or other thoroughfares with just one passenger... then crack down on colorum public utility vehicles. Kikita pa sila in proportion to the amount of traffic the offender causes... instead of making it harder for people who have legitimate reasons to have multiple units under their name (extra car for wife and kids, or as service vehicle for home business, etcetera).

[ghosthunter]

What the Philippines should do is congestion charging and toll. Simply charge extra for cars entering EDSA or other thoroughfares with just one passenger...

Congestion charging doesn't help until you have to pay a very hefty charge. That is the comments of drivers in Singapore and London.

In Singapore, the congestion charge is not enough to deter enough drivers to choose alternative routes.