Do You Need To Register A Tuk Tuk

Tuk Tuk Registration in the Philippines

We have believed for a long time that registering a Tuk Tuk, TVS King, Bajaj RE or Piaggio Ape as a Motorbike with sidecar can non be right as it is clearly registering it as something it is not.

Nosotros and so came beyond this article in Carmudi Insider, in which Albert Suansing sometime principal of LTO is stated as saying "Fraud charges look those who have erroneously put the wrong data on their vehicle's certification of registration issued by the LTO."

Information technology goes on to say "In an interview, Suansing said that both the motorcycle possessor and LTO personnel who issued the wrong data on the certification of registration can exist charged with fraud, proverb that the dominion must be enforced properly."

The article is talking about motorcycles that are slightly below 400cc being incorrectly registered as 400cc, so y'all might recall it has zilch to do with Tuk Tuks beingness registered every bit a motorcycle with sidecar. However, the fact it says "motorcycle possessor and LTO personnel who issued the incorrect information on the certification of registration can be charged with fraud" does make information technology of interest to Tuk Tuk owners.

Later in the article it says "Writing the wrong data on that (the document of registration) is a fraudulent act," he explained. "Pag nahuling mali ang nakalagay sa rehistro, pwede kasuhan ang owner ng motor at yung taga LTO, kasi panloloko yun, (If the mistake is spotted in the registration, charges can exist filed against the vehicle owner and the LTO personnel because what they're doing is fraudulent.")

That role is very worrying because it seems that if the information on the document of registration is wrong the possessor allegedly could have charges filed confronting them.

Even so, it seems it is not just the possessor that allegedly could have charges filed confronting them but also LTO personnel. So this could be a worry to LTO personnel that for whatever reason are registering Tuk Tuks as Motorbike with sidecar.

Is information technology correct or wrong to register Tuk Tuks with Sidecar

We had a meeting with Albert Suansing the old main of LTO in 2018 and in that meeting he said it was incorrect to annals a Bajaj RE every bit a Motorcycle and sidecar.

Some people have told usa that motorcycle with sidecar is the correct classification. If true it seems very strange to us because fifty-fifty a blind homo could tell the Tuk Tuk has no sidecar.

The fact that the Tuk Tuk has no sidecar we would presume that a registration document for a Tuk Tuk that has with sidecar on it would the wrong information on the certificate of registration. Which if Albert Suansing is correct it is allegedly a fraudulent act.

What should you do?

In view of this article, we would advise you as soon as yous get your registration certificate cheque all the details are correct, if annihilation is wrong for example it has the incorrect type of vehicle, the engine size is incorrect or information technology says you have something fitted which yous don't have fitted have it back to LTO and ask them to correct information technology.

Or better all the same buy a TVS King considering a TVS King from Tuk Tuk 3-Wheelers as your Tuk Tuk Registration will be Non-Conventional LV and you will go your OR/CR in vii days or less.

Update on Tuk Tuk Registration

On the 21^st October 2020, an MMDA appeal past the driver of a Tuk Tuk in Quezon Urban center against a ticket for the tricycle ban, iii Attorneys of the Traffic Arbitrament Division said that registering Tuk Tuks every bit Motorcycles with sidecars was incorrect.

Since writing this article LTO have admitted it is incorrect for Tuk Tuk Registration to exist Motorbike with Sidecar and they said it should exist registered as a Three-Wheeled Vehicle. Run across our article LTO Classification of Iii-Wheelers.