Saying it is time to take a bite out of crimes, especially those brazenly committed by motorcycle-riding criminals, Senator Dick Gordon hailed the enactment into law of Republic Act 11235 or the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act.
“I thank the President for signing my proposed measure into law. This law aims to stop criminals from perpetrating crimes with impunity on board motorcycles or using motorcycles as get-away vehicles,” Gordon said.
“Criminals on board motorcycles have really become so bold and fearless. They kill with impunity in broad daylight and even along very busy thoroughfares such as EDSA! Hence, it is high time that we take a bite out of these crimes by imposing bigger plate numbers on motorcycles so that riding-in-tandems will no longer get away easily after committing a crime,” the chairman of the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights added.
“It is high time that we take a bite out of these crimes.”
The seasoned legislator is the principal author and sponsor of Senate Bill No. 1397 that President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law last March 8.
The law aims to deter, if not totally stop, crimes perpetrated by motorcycle-riding criminals by enabling witnesses to easily identify the plate numbers when a crime had been committed.
The proposed measure orders the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to issue bigger, readable and color-coded license plates to every motorcycle and scooter in the country which must be placed on the front and rear parts of the motorcycle. Motorcycles travelling without number plates will be flagged down.
It also proposes to sanction owners of motorcycles used in the perpetration of crimes with fines and jail terms. Should a motorcycle, used in committing a crime, turn out to be stolen or owned by another person other than the perpetrator of the crime and the owner had failed to report the loss immediately, he or she will also be meted out similar sanctions.
Based on records from the Philippine National Police, an average of four people is killed each day by motorcycle-riding gunmen. Of the total of 28,409 crimes or incidents reported from 2010 to 2017, about 13,062 that involved criminals ridinf motorcycles or 46 percent were related to shootings.
An average of four people is killed each day by motorcycle-riding gunmen.
The same records showed that out of over 4,000 crimes or incidents in 2016 that involved criminals riding motorcycles, only eight cases or 0.18 percent had been solved.
