QuestionsQuestions (MMA Resolution NO. 14, S. 1994)
To impose a total ban on the operation of right-hand-driven (RHD) motor vehicles anywhere within Metro Manila, citing safety and traffic order concerns and providing time for conversion or replacement.
It claimed the continued registration of RHD vehicles has led to an alarming increase of such vehicles throughout Metro Manila streets and alleys, with a majority of trucks allegedly being RHD, creating danger to safety and traffic order due to design mismatch with left-hand driving.
Because RHD vehicles are designed for countries where right-hand driving is accepted, while the Philippines practices left-hand driving; thus, their operation in Metro Manila would pose risks especially in congested traffic.
It references the Metropolitan Manila Land Transportation Coordinating Council (MMLTCC) Resolution No. 94-006, which purportedly enjoined the ban on right-hand-driven vehicles from operating within Metro Manila.
The ban was to be effective three months after the approval of the resolution.
It afforded “substantial time” within which to convert or replace their right-hand-driven trucks before the ban became effective.
It means the operation of RHD motor vehicles is prohibited anywhere in Metro Manila, subject to the three-month implementation period.
The document lists various mayors as members of the MMA, such as Benjamin S. Abalos (Mandaluyong City), Macario A. Asistio, Jr. (Kalookan City), Ignacio R. Bunye (Muntinlupa), and others, each noted with their respective city mayorship.
It emphasized that congested traffic and the conflicting driving design would “obviously” endanger safety and undermine traffic orderliness.
No specific technical criteria or exemptions are stated. The resolution broadly bans the operation of all right-hand-driven motor vehicles anywhere in Metro Manila (subject to the three-month transition).
It shows the resolution’s factual premise for policy justification: vehicle design and driving side must align with the country’s driving system for safety and orderly traffic flow.
It argued that because RHD vehicles are designed for right-hand driving countries, their use in a left-hand driving environment (especially in congested Metro Manila) increases risk of unsafe maneuvering and traffic disruption.
They must convert or replace their RHD trucks within the three-month period so they can continue operating lawfully after the ban takes effect.
It is said to have issued Resolution No. 94-006 that enjoined the ban on RHD vehicles from operating within Metro Manila, which MMA Resolution No. 14 allegedly builds on or implements.
It creates a clear temporal window for compliance—operations may be allowed during the grace period, but prohibited once the three months expire, unless other laws or implementing rules provide different treatment.
For example, the claim that “a large majority of trucks in the metropolis are right hand driven” or that the safety risk is “obvious” and directly linked to RHD operation in congested traffic.