Just won from Honda FB Contest

Today, HPI (Honda Philippines Inc.) posted a question in FB and Honda fans were asked on what year HPI attained 1M, 2M and 3M motorcycle production.

I joined the contest but a little dismay as there were already a lot of participants. But guess what, I won...:D

Thanks to Bro Erick for informing me.

Thank you HPI!
Below is the post of Honda regarding the contest.

Congratulations sa mga scooteristas na nakakuha ng right answer sa tanong na . . .

"Anong YEARS nagcelebrate ang Honda Phils. ng 1M/ 2M/ 3M production? Clue: 1998 to 2012 "

Sagot:
1M : 2005
2M : 2008
3M : 2011

Congratulations to:
Mr. Christopher De Leon, who FIRST post the 3 right answers. He will receive Honda Racing Spyder shades, Latest Inside Racing Magazine and Honda Keychain.

For those who got also the 3 correct answers, Honda Reflectorized bag awaits you:
Jonjon Viray De Jesus
Nazareno Licup
Corix Dela Cruz
Marco Reyes
Noah Tabora
Samshiarashanika Tiu

For those who got 1 to 2 correct answers, you will receive Honda Cap and Keychain:
Malyne Llego Barcarse
Jayson Tan
Denmj Jacobe
Willcox Bronx
Cuesix Paul Jeric
Glentoy Mindayao

*To all winners above, kindly PM your complete name, address and contact number for mailing purposes. Thank you!

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Motorcycle safety video: 'Right Attitude'--well done!

Hindi karerahan ang kalsada natin....
Drive safely.

2012 Yamaha India Motorcycle Safety 'Importance of Helmet' safety video

Nice Video....

Now you know the importance of helmet..

LTO suspends issuance of driver’s licenses

By Lenie Lectura, BusinessMirror
Posted at 06/14/2012 7:32 AM | Updated as of 06/14/2012 9:31 AM

MANILA, Philippines - The Land Transportation Office (LTO) stopped issuing driver’s licenses since Monday, citing a “system problem” on the part of Amalgamated Motors Philippines Inc. (Ampi), that supplies the license card.

“We encountered problems in the system and the problem was resolved already as per latest report,” said LTO Executive Director Alfonso Tan in a text message on Wednesday afternoon.

The cause of the “system problem’ was not revealed. Tan only said that the LTO resumed processing applications for driver’s license on Wednesday afternoon.

Reports said that the “system problem” could be pinpointed to the new license design adopted by Ampi. Tan, however, refused to comment.

“Right now, [the problem] was caused by a system problem. We disallowed the new design, pending evaluation and approval by the LTO and the DOTC [Department of Transportation and Communications],” added Tan.

Earlier, Ampi and Realtime Data Management Services Inc. successfully sought an injunction before the Regional Trial Court in Quezon City against the bidding for the supply and delivery of driver’s license cards to the LTO.

The injunction was issued on June 1.

The DOTC said it will appeal the decision before the Court of Appeals (CA). It recently said that it was in discussions with government lawyers to have the injunction lifted.

“The DOTC, through the Office of the Solicitor General [OSG], will elevate before the CA the issuance of a writ of preliminary injunction by a Quezon City court in relation to the bidding of the new LTO IT system,” the agency said in an earlier statement.

The OSG said the trial court’s decision was a violation of the Constitution. “The ruling made by Judge Afable E. Cajigal of RTC-Branch 96 was an outrageous and flagrant violation of Republic Act 8975, which prohibits the issuance by lower courts of orders of injunction, among others, against national government infrastructure projects,” the OSG was quoted as saying in the statement.

The DOTC already started the bidding process for the P8.2-billion LTO-IT project in anticipation of the expiration of the contract with Stradcom Corp. in February next year. The new IT system will provide a viable and long-term solution to address the previous system’s issues.

Under the present automation set-up of the LTO, key data such as vehicle registration are handled by a third-party provider and not by the government. The 13-year-old LTO IT system is no longer responsive to current land transportation regulation requirements, said the DOTC.

“For more than a decade, the weaknesses, loopholes and oversights of the original contract have become evident. More important, the government does not own the system, does not hold the data, and had to pass through a third party-solutions provider to access the data,” the DOTC said.

The new LTO-IT system, once in place, will make it easier for authorities to access relevant vehicle information specially in tracing stolen vehicles. The system will interface seamlessly with another Road Transportation IT Infrastructure Project phase, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) component.

Once the automation systems of LTO and LTFRB are up and running, the government will be able to eliminate cases of public utility vehicles (PUVs) securing an LTFRB franchise without LTO registration, as well as PUVs that are registered with the LTO but has no LTFRB franchise.

DTI: MOTORCYCLE DRIVERS CAN SECURE ICC/PS HELMET STICKERS

Good news! The Department of Trade and Industry announces that motorcycle drivers who owned an old or previously purchased motorcycle protective helmet can secure the required ICC or PS stickers to avoid apprehension starting August 1, 2012.


Bad news! For now, motorcycle owners/drivers have to wait for the announcement from DTI when the stickers shall be available for distribution, says DTI Regional Director Asteria Caberte during theDyAB Traffic Summit early today.


The stickers are available at P1.25 only but the motorcycle drivers have to pay the processing fee of P100 upon securing the sticker at the DTI. Caberte warned motorists of the scam selling fake ICC and PS stickers as their agency is filing charges against an individual who was caught selling it.


The ICC (Import Compliance Certificate) sticker is issued to all imported helmet while the PS (Product Standard) sticker is issued to all locally-manufactured helmet.


Most of the available motorcycle protective helmet in the market is imported. Though, according to Director Caberte there are already local manufacturers that passed the standard requirements.

The DTI has listed 49 brands of approved motorcycle helmet. The most popular brand is “Index“. Here’s the partial list of the brands of helmet issued with the ICC  mark:

1. 2                14. GPX                           27. MRC                        39. STUDSS
2. AGV        15. H                                 28. NEXX                      40. SUN
3. AINON   16. HF                              29. NOLAN                   41. TANKED
4. AM           17. HJC                           30.PENGUIN                42. TRANSCYLCE
5. ARAI       18. HNJ                           31. POSH                        43. VCAN
6. AVEX      19. HONGYING BIO   32. POWERCYCLE       44. VOLTZ
7. AXA         20. HPH                          33. SA-070                    45.  WEILING
8. BEN-2      21. INDEX                      34. SHOEI                       46. XPOT
9. BIO            22. KH                             35. SOL                            46. YAMAHA
10. CABERG   23. KOR                          36. SPACE CROWN     47. YEMA
11. CARTING 24. LEV3                       37. SPYDER                   48. ZEBRA
12. EXSOL       25. LEV3                        38. ST                               49. ZEUS
13. GDR            26.LS2

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Tricycle drivers defy overloading ban

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Despite warnings from the authorities, tricycle drivers defy LTO regulations prohibiting the overloading of public utility vehicles as seen in this photo taken in Tondo, Manila on the opening of classes. Danny Pata