LTFRB pressed on ‘reckless’ UV Express driver

November 19,2016

LTFRBA commuters’ welfare group on Friday asked the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to suspend the franchise of a UV Express van that was caught on video speeding and hitting a car in Quezon City over the weekend. The Lawyers for Commuters’ Safety and Protection also called on van operator Christine Mae Gonzal to name the “reckless” driver in the video so they can immediately ask the Land Transportation Office to revoke his license.

Ariel Inton, the group’s founder and a former LTFRB board member, said Gonzal should name the driver before the Dec. 6 hearing set by the LTFRB since he may still be on the road, posing danger to commuters and other motorists. On Sunday, Noel de la Peña uploaded on Facebook a video of the speeding van (UVR 238) that hit his car’s bumper on Commonwealth Avenue near the corner of Tandang Sora in Barangay Old Balara.

Inton said Gonzal may be held liable for the incident since she hired “a reckless driver.” Ryan Salvador, the public assistance and complaints desk head of the LTFRB, said that Gonzal appeared at the agency on Thursday and denied that the van was still hers. She said she had already sold it but didn’t produce any deed of sale. According to Salvador, LTFRB records showed that the van’s franchise was dropped in September 2014, which means that Gonzal had already acquired a new van to be used for public transport and that the van in the video may already be a private vehicle. —JOVIC YEE

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