Press Release
March 22, 2019

GORDON SAYS PEDESTRIANS ARE SAFER WITH MOTORCYCLE CRIME PREVENTION LAW

Senator Richard J. Gordon has assured that pedestrians will be safer now that the government has taken action against crimes perpetrated by riding-in-tandem criminals with the enactment of the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act.

"For the first time, the government is taking action to stop riding-in-tandems from committing crimes. The law will lessen by half, if not totally stop, the riding-in-tandem killings, which stands at an average of four people per day. They could no longer kill and get away with it easily. This goes for other crimes committed by riding-in-tandems too. Ngayon di na basta mahahablot yung cellphones o bag niyo tapos tatakas sila on board their motorcycles," the principal author and sponsor of the law said.

"Dito sa batas na ito, madali nang makita ang plate number kaya magkakaroon ngayon ng lead ang mga pulis. Kapag bumyahe naman ng walang plate number ang motorsiko, papahintuin ito at huhulihin ang sakay, kakasuhan, pati ang may-ari ng motor kung ang motor ay ninakaw at hindi ito inireport within three days huhulihin agad ito," he added.

Records from the Philippine National Police showed that an average of four people is killed each day by riding-in-tandem shooters. The same PNP records showed that of the total of 28,409 motorcycle riding crimes or incidents reported from 2010 to 2017, 13,062 or 46% of which were shooting incidents. And out of over 4,000 motorcycle riding crimes or incidents in 2016, only eight cases (0.18%) were solved.

Gordon also assured that the new number plates would not pose a danger to motorcycle riders since the plate in front of the motorcycle could be a sticker or decal and not a big metal plate as various rider groups fear.

""Simula pa lang naman nung ginawa ko yung bill, napagusapan na naman na pwedeng sticker, decal or vinyl ang ilalagay sa harapan ng motorsiklo para hindi makasagabal sa pagliko o pagmaniobra ng motor. Pati yung sa likod, hindi naman ito sobrang laki na maaring ikatumba ng motor. Ang lalakahihan ang font size ng alphanumeric code na mas kakaunti din ang characters para mas madaling matandaan ng

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