The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Thursday said it has impounded more than 16,000 vehicles in its renewed anti-carjacking campaign and violations of law governing land transportation over a four-month period since July 2022.
In a news statement, PNP Chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. lauded the PNP Highway Patrol Group (HPG) for impounding a total of 16,861 cars and motorcycles comprising of 3,419 motor vehicles and 13,442 motorcycles for violation of RA 4136 also known as Land Transportation and Traffic Code, and other various violations.
Azurin said that among those accosted by HPG personnel were 425 drivers of motor vehicles with unauthorized HPG logo/stickers; 311 drivers with illegal horns; 4,501 for using blinkers/illegal lights and 743 motorbike drivers with illegally modified mufflers.
Based on the report submitted by Brig. Gen. Clifford Gairanod, HPG Director, Azurin said that regional highway patrol units (RHPU) issued 350,487 traffic ticket/citations and cited 5,980 traffic violations in relation to Republic Act No. 4136 for various violations of RA 4136 and local ordinances.
In the campaign against carjacking, the PNP-HPG arrested 222 persons while 209 vehicles were recovered.
“Let us step-up and intensify more the enforcement of RA 4136, especially in busy highways in the country, to include areas which have been a regular scene of accidents to ensure road safety and security of general public. Ang aming patuloy na panawagan sa ating mga motorista na maging masunurin sa batas trapiko upang maiwasan ang abala at aksidente sa daan lalo na ngayong darating na Kapaskuhan. [We continue to appeal to our motorists to be obedient to traffic laws to avoid inconvenience and accidents on the road, especially this upcoming Holiday Season],” Azurin said.