Question & AnswerQ&A (PPKM MMDA REGULATION NO. 03-006 SERIES OF 2003)
The main purpose is to prohibit the use of tinted, colored, or painted windshields or window glass, curtains, blinds, and other similar devices on public motor vehicles within Metro Manila to ensure public safety and prevent robbery or hold-ups inside these vehicles.
It adopts the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) Department Order No. 93-693 series of 1992.
Public utility buses, jeepneys, FXs, taxis, and school buses operating within Metro Manila are covered under this regulation.
The use of dark tinted, colored, or painted windshield or window glass, curtains, blinds, and other similar devices that obstruct the view from the outside are prohibited.
The owner/operator of the motor vehicle shall be fined Five Hundred Pesos (P500.00) for having prohibited curtains, blinds, or tinted glass/window paint on their vehicle.
There will be an outright removal of curtains, blinds, and other similar devices on the vehicle. For darkly tinted or painted windshields or window glass, the MMDA Traffic Operations Center is authorized to remove the tint or paint at the expense of the owner/operator.
It is enacted pursuant to Section 5 (f) of Republic Act 7924.
It took effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in two newspapers of general circulation in Metro Manila.
The MMDA Traffic Operations Center.
Because despite the existing DOTC order prohibiting these devices, their use remained rampant, which encouraged robbers and criminals to commit illegal activities inside public utility vehicles, thereby compromising public safety.