Davao City 1st District Rep. Paolo Duterte asked colleagues to pass a bill that would regulate motorcycle-for-hire operations and lift the cap on allowed riders for companies to ensure the safety of commuters. | GabrielLaluINQ
But without a law institutionalizing motorcycles-for-hire — and with the cap on how many riders a ride-hailing application can avail of — a lot of commuters are placed in danger because they can opt for unregistered motorcycles, colloquially known as ‘habal-habal.’
“As a result, the number of ‘habal-habal’ rides, or those motorcycles-for-hire operating outside the purview of the pilot study conducted by the LTFRB , has continued to increase,” Duterte said in a statement. “Passengers who cannot book through motorcycle-hailing apps authorized by the LTFRB because of the lack of available riders are left with no option but to patronize these illegal habal-habal and compromise their safety,” he added.
According to Duterte, the pilot study conducted by the LTFRB on the viability of motorcycle-for-hire operations has taken too long already, claiming that it enters the fourth year without any certainty as to whether it would be finished. The lawmaker was referring to the technical working group formed in 2019 by LTFRB upon the Department of Transportation instructions to study the use of ride-hailing applications.
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