HOW those LTO (Land Transportation Office) guys love to project authority on the road. Surely they have it, and the number of vehicles they flag down to the roadside for non-fastened seatbelt to non-wearing of the standard blue shirt (for PUJ drivers) and similar violations every now and then proves that. How great the feeling of being able to stop vehicles in motion and order them to the side must be to these agents of the law!

But how many, just how many, of these State Cop-acting LTO teams ever, and I mean, ever, even just randomly check whether any of these vehicles are still using the now banned R12 aircon freon on their vehicles? And there are fairly easy spot checks for this which LTO agents must know. Read more