Question & AnswerQ&A (LTO MEMORANDUM)
No RHD vehicle shall be renewed its registration effective April 1, 1995.
No, owners of RHD vehicles are not allowed to pay under deposit but may place the vehicle under storage and reactivate it only after proper conversion to left hand drive (LHD).
They shall be apprehended, license plates confiscated, and registration suspended until converted (repositioned) to LHD.
The driver and/or owner shall be penalized in accordance with Department Order No. 93-693 and MC No. 89-105.
Proof of conversion is through ocular inspection and presentation of the Certificate of Warranty under the PNS regulations.
They shall be summarily penalized, including possible relief and suspension and other administrative actions under existing Civil Service rules.
The prohibition is based on the directive under Department Orders related to R.A. 4136 and the DOTC memorandum dated March 27, 1995.
Yes, owners may place RHD vehicles under storage and only reactivate after proper conversion to LHD.
Brigadier General Manuel F. Bruan, AFP (Ret), Assistant Secretary.