QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 310)
RA 4136 (Land Transportation and Traffic Code), which states that no horn or signaling device emitting exceptionally loud, startling or disagreeable sound shall be installed on any motor vehicle.
RA 7924, which empowers the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to fix, impose and collect fines and penalties for violations of traffic rules and regulations and to confiscate and suspend or revoke driver’s licenses for enforcement, notwithstanding RA 4136 and PD 1605.
It is unlawful to install loud/power horns, horns of varying sounds, sirens (wangwang) and other similar devices on all types of vehicles traversing along the thoroughfares of Metro Manila.
Yes, it applies to all motor vehicles traversing along Metro Manila thoroughfares. An exception is stated: provincial buses may be allowed with power horns for provincial highway use, but such power horns must not be used within Metro Manila.
A “Power/Loud Horn” is a horn that emits exceptionally loud, disturbing and disagreeable sound. “Horns of Varying Sounds” are horns that produce impulsive sound with different tones that varies in sound pressure level.
Noise is any sound level in excess of the sound level produced by ordinary horns, startling and disagreeable sound—i.e., unwanted sound.
Any horn that does not produce loud, disturbing and disagreeable sound/noise and is allowed by the Land Transportation Office under LTO Department Order No. 1, Series of 1973.
It defines a siren (wangwang) as a kind of whistle that produces loud piercing sound usually installed on firetrucks, ambulances, and law enforcement vehicles.
Sirens are allowed in motor vehicles with appropriate markings designated for official use by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police, Bureau of Fire Protection, National Bureau of Investigation, LTO, and hospital ambulances.
Motorbikes/tricycles/scooters: 80 dBA; cars/jeeps/vans/FX/taxis/light vehicles: 85 dBA; buses/cargo trucks/delivery trucks/trailer trucks/heavy vehicles: 91 dBA.
The Regulation prohibits the installation of loud/power horns and similar devices, but it also regulates horn-blowing by setting allowable sound levels and requiring minimization near sensitive areas.
Blowing of horns must be minimized in areas near hospitals, educational institutions, and courts.
Outright destruction of the prohibited device at the place of apprehension.
Because of difficulty in removing such devices if done in roadways, which may cause traffic build-up and poses danger to commuters/public.
No. Section 8 states it will not in any manner repeal, amend, nor modify any existing similar local ordinance in Metro Manila.
Fifteen (15) days after publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation in Metro Manila.
It covers all types of vehicles traversing along Metro Manila thoroughfares.