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(Posted June 6, 2011)

LTO generates revenue at an average of Php11,492 daily from fines and penalties in safety traffic rules violations

The Land Transportation Office (LTO) Regional Office 6 had been persistent in implementing traffic laws round-the-clock, popping-out in unexpected places to apprehend drivers violating traffic safety rules. Republic Act (RA) 8750 or the Seat Belt Act of 1999 and RA 8749 or the Clean Air Act of 1999 are two of the laws being strictly implemented by the agency.

As gleaned from the 2010 Annual Statistical Report, LTO Regional Office 6 generated a total revenue of Php4.2 M out of fines and penalties for violations of RA 8750 and RA 8749. This is 47.9 percent higher than its generated revenue a year ago on these two safety rules alone. Deductively, in 2010, LTO collected an average of Php349,534 monthly or Php11,492 daily out of fines and penalties alone. In terms of absolute number, there were more apprehensions of seat belt violators (11,550 cases) than of “smoke belching” violators (937 cases) in 2010 (Table 1).

Table 1. Reported Cases, Fines and Penalties on RA 8749 & RA 8750
Western Visayas: 2009-2010

Year	2010 Reported Cases		Fines and Penalties Collected		% Change
	Received
	Received	Resolved	2009	2010	2010
RA 8749	937	839	251,000.00	878,000.00	249.80%
RA 8750	11,550	10,671	2,584,410.00	3,316,410.00	28.32%
Total	12,487	11,510	2,835,410.00	4,194,410.00	47.93%
Source: Land Transportation Office

The top 5 LTO District Offices/Divisions with highest revenue on fines and penalties on RA 8750 alone in 2010 were: Iloilo City-Operations contributing Php964,750 (29.1%) to regional revenue; Bacolod City-Operations, Php717,000 (21.6%); Roxas City District, Php392,750 (11.8%); Cadiz District, Php345,250 (10.4%); and Pontevedra Extension Office, Php222,250 (6.7%), in that order.

Top 5 District Offices/Unit/Division of LTO with highest collections on fines and penalties on RA 8750,
Western Visayas: 2010

Source: Land Transportation Office


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(Posted June 6, 2011) LTO generates revenue at an average of Php11,492 daily from fines and penalties in safety traffic rules violations

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LTO generates revenue at an average of Php11,492 daily from fines and penalties in safety traffic rules violations