I-ACT identifies 11 illegally leased vehicles as colorum in Laguna; majority of the vans found crammed with passengers
The Inter-Agency Council for Traffic (I-ACT) picks up their anti-colorum operation and continuous motor vehicle inspection for COVID-19 health protocols in the area of Cabuyao, Laguna this morning, 23 April 2021, resulting in the apprehension of eleven (11) private vans in isolation of colorum.
It was found that the vehicles were all illegally leased to be utilized as company service shuttles, but without a franchise OR failed to conform to the conditions outlined in the extended Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) MC 2020-039 which exempts leased vehicles from securing a Certificate of Public Convenience (CPC) for the duration of the community quarantine as follows:
1. Vehicles must be secured by a Contract of Lease for a period of at least three (3) months;
2. Vehicles must be used and driven by the lessee or his/her authorized representatives;
3. Vehicles must be currently registered and covered by a comprehensive passenger insurance policy; and
4. Vehicles subject of the lease contract shall bear the proper marking of the company that it is servicing for identification.
On top of these vehicles’ colorum violation, majority of the passengers aboard the units failed to observe the appropriate physical distancing and were without the mandatory face shield, which heightens the risk for COVID-19 transmission.
“If the vehicle used is owned by the company, driven by the company’s authorized driver, and where the passengers are not required to pay for the transportation service—it is not a colorum violation. However, if it is a vehicle leased to the company to serve as a service shuttle, the task force needs to see a contract of lease and a passenger insurance policy to ascertain that the operation is in fact legal,” discusses I-ACT special operations unit team leader Col. Manuel Bonnevie (ret).
“These are very simple requirements that benefit and provide safety nets to all parties involved.”, he explains further.
The drivers of the colorum vehicles were issued an Inspection Report Summons (IRS), followed by the impoundment of their respective vehicle destined for the dedicated LTFRB impounding center in Magalang, Pampanga.
This initiative conducted by the I-ACT special operations unit, as composed of I-ACT Team Ananconda, Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), Philippine National Police-Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG) RHPU-NCR, and LTFRB Central Office, is in tune with the intensified crackdown of the transport sector against unregulated and illegal transport activities that threaten the safety and security of the riding public, now made even more pronounced amid the pandemic.
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