Round 530 sirens, blinkers, strobe lights, and horns had been confiscated by the Freeway Patrol Group in Central Visayas (HPG-7) from unauthorized autos each non-public and utilized by native authorities items throughout Central Visayas. | CDN Picture/ Emmariel Ares
CEBU CITY, Philippines – A complete of 530 sirens, blinkers, horns, and lights had been confiscated by the Freeway Patrol Group in Central Visayas (HPG-7) from unauthorized autos throughout Central Visayas in a span of 4 months.
These units had been reportedly recovered from a mixture of non-public and government-issued autos throughout region-wide operations from January to April 2024.
Police Lieutenant Colonel Wilbert Parilla, chief of HPG-7, informed reporters that they confiscated 31 blinkers, 493 light-emitting diode (LED) lights, 1 strobe mild, and 5 horns throughout this era.
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The seizure is in accordance with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s Administrative Order no. 18 “prohibiting authorities officers and personnel from utilizing sirens, blinkers, and different comparable signaling or flashing units.”
The order emphasizes that using “any siren, bell, horn, whistle or comparable devices that produce exceptionally loud or startling sound, together with dome lights, blinkers, and different comparable signaling or flashing units to any motorcar” is prohibited.
The rule doesn’t apply to marked autos utilized by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine Nationwide Police (PNP), Nationwide Bureau of Investigation (NBI), fireplace vans, and hospital ambulances.
Parilla clarified that autos of the Bureau of Jail Administration and Penology (BJMP) usually are not included within the exemption.
Nevertheless, they’re allowed to make use of sirens and blinkers so long as they’ve coordinated with the HPG-7 beforehand when transporting detainees to courtroom hearings.
Whereas some civilians admitted to utilizing the units as extra design to their autos, the government-issued autos that had been caught had been discovered to be utilizing the units throughout essential events.
Parilla emphasised that they’re strictly implementing the executive order and the violators’ units had been promptly confiscated.
So as to disseminate this data, HPG-7 has coordinated with the Division of the Inside and Native Authorities (DILG).
“Ato man ning gi-coordinate sa atoang mga totally different DILG officers sa Cebu Metropolis, Metro Cebu, Mandaue, Lapu-Lapu and the province of Cebu. Para ilaha sang ma coordinate sa atoang mga LGU nga di na mogamit og blinkers,” stated Parilla.
In response to Parilla, first offenders may have their gadgets confiscated. However for the second offense, they are going to be issued a Momentary Operators Allow (TOP).
He added that the Land Transportation Workplace (LTO) has issued a directive stating that the issuance of TOP is preferable in consideration with their demerit system.
Drivers who exceed the utmost variety of demerits is not going to be given a 10-year validity for his or her driver’s license, he defined.
Parilla additional defined that autos, particularly vans, should not have purple lights within the entrance as it could actually appear like the again of the car and presumably trigger accidents.
He acknowledged that solely white and yellowish coloured lights are allowed to be put in within the entrance of autos.
“Ang pwede lang nga coloration sa atubangan sa sakyanan is white and yellowish coloration nga mga suga. After which duna ra say restrict. Like for instance sa motor, pwede siya og auxiliary lights so long as nga duha ra kabuok ang most,” acknowledged Parilla.
“However dili na siya motupong sa headlight, it must be decrease than the headlight after which the utmost distance sa iyahang suga nga macover is most of 10 meters,” he added.
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