More than two hundred motorcyclists joined the ’Ride For A Cause’ around the city last Saturday, September 27, 2008, at 4:00 PM, to protest the implementation of Land Transportation Office Administrative Order AHS-2008-015. The activity was planned in coordination with different motorcycle clubs throughout the Philippines and was staged in conjuction with similar rides in other parts of the country (The other protest rides where done in the morning.)
The Davao ‘Ride’ was spearheaded by the Davao Agila Riders and participated in by the On Any Sunday Riders, the Durian Riders, Tachometrics, Team Underground, Motografix, Roadrunners, the Suzuki Raiders Team, AB Daltans, Kamikaze, the Kabayan Riders Club, the XRM Club, DC Motor Club, the Independent Riders Team and H-XRM Club. These different motorcycle clubs have chosen to call themselves the ‘Coalition of Motorcycle Clubs of Davao City.’
Ride participants expressed their stand against the “oppressive” Administrative Order and demanded its immediate scrapping. The Coalition of Motorcycle Clubs vowed to launch more mass actions to dramatize the AO’s negative effects and gain public support for its cause. Legal action is also being considered by the group in the form of asking the courts to issue a temporary restraining order on the AO’s implementation. Lawyer-riders have volunteered their services for free.
Among the provisions in the AO that the riders are questioning are: the requirement that prescribed helmets should be those with UNECE 22 markings only (which is prejudicial to riders who had purchased helmets that conform with other internationally accepted standards), and the securing of permits from LTO for modified motorcycles (which would inevitably lead to a lot of red tape and open even more avenues for corruption.)
The Davao ‘Ride’ was spearheaded by the Davao Agila Riders and participated in by the On Any Sunday Riders, the Durian Riders, Tachometrics, Team Underground, Motografix, Roadrunners, the Suzuki Raiders Team, AB Daltans, Kamikaze, the Kabayan Riders Club, the XRM Club, DC Motor Club, the Independent Riders Team and H-XRM Club. These different motorcycle clubs have chosen to call themselves the ‘Coalition of Motorcycle Clubs of Davao City.’
Ride participants expressed their stand against the “oppressive” Administrative Order and demanded its immediate scrapping. The Coalition of Motorcycle Clubs vowed to launch more mass actions to dramatize the AO’s negative effects and gain public support for its cause. Legal action is also being considered by the group in the form of asking the courts to issue a temporary restraining order on the AO’s implementation. Lawyer-riders have volunteered their services for free.
Among the provisions in the AO that the riders are questioning are: the requirement that prescribed helmets should be those with UNECE 22 markings only (which is prejudicial to riders who had purchased helmets that conform with other internationally accepted standards), and the securing of permits from LTO for modified motorcycles (which would inevitably lead to a lot of red tape and open even more avenues for corruption.)
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