Question & AnswerQ&A (MMA Resolution NO. 14, S. 1994)
The resolution imposes a total ban on the operation of right-hand-driven motor vehicles within Metro Manila.
It was adopted on August 4, 1994.
Right-hand-driven vehicles are designed for countries where right-hand driving is the norm, but in the Philippines, left-hand driving is practiced. Using right-hand-driven vehicles in congested Metro Manila poses dangers to safety and traffic orderliness.
The ban became effective three months after the approval of the resolution.
The MMLTCC issued Resolution No. 94-006 enjoining the ban on right-hand-driven vehicles from operating within Metro Manila, which influenced the MMA resolution.
The ban covers the entire Metro Manila area.
The resolution grants them a substantial period of three months to convert or replace their right-hand-driven trucks before the ban is enforced.
A right-hand-driven vehicle is one where the steering wheel is on the right side of the vehicle, designed for countries where vehicles drive on the left side of the road.
Because Metro Manila experiences high traffic congestion, and operating vehicles designed for right-hand driving in a left-hand driving jurisdiction compromises safety and traffic orderliness.