LTO Releases Rules on E-Bike
The Land Transportation Office or LTO is discovering that electronic bikes
or e-bikes are often used by unlicensed drives. To avoid having
unregistered e-bikes plying on the roads, the agency has announced its
policies on the said vehicles.
The LTO has announced its policy on e-bikes and is now impounding
unregistered Light Electric Vehicles or LEVs. According to the agency, the
local sales of such vehicles are increasing with attractive lower prices.
The LTO announced that owners of LEVs can register their e-bikes at the
following LTO branches:
Moreover, in accordance to Administrative Order AO-2006-01, here are the
steps to register, as announced by the LTO.
After completing the requirements, owners must proceed to the transaction
counters and submit all the required documents to the Evaluator for
evaluation and computation of fees.
For the last step, owners must undergo actual inspection of motor vehicles
with duly accomplished MVIR. The form can be downloaded from the LTO
website, and accomplished prior the visit to the LTO.
LEVs such as e-bikes are said to lessen the use of gasoline as these
vehicles use batteries to operate, which is likewise a big help for the
environment. With these released policies by the LTO, the agency says that
it is to ensure that the drivers are registered as well as the vehicles.