The Manila North Tollways Corporation (MNTC), concessionaire and operator of the NorthLuzon Expressway and Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway, recently organized the first NLEX-SCTEX Fun Drive and Safety Forum aimed at upholding safe driving practices on the integratedexpressways.
Through the years of operating the expressways, MNTC has received dozens of requests toallow and assist fun drives of various car and motorcycle clubs to traverse the expressway to goto different destinations in north Luzon.“In coming up with the NLEX-SCTEX Fun Drive and Safety Forum, we do not onlyaccommodate these high speed sports vehicles in the expressways but we also make them ourambassadors in promoting road safety,” said Glenn Campos, AVP for Technical OperationsManagement of MNTC.
Held at the NLEX Shell of Asia, the event featured more than 30 super cars and over 20 superbikes in collaboration with Cars & Coffee president, Darf Mercado and Any Time All the Time(ATAT) motorcycle club president, Marc de Joya.
Other than Ferraris, Lamborghinis and Porches, a McLaren, aLotus and a Maserati wowed the crowd. For the super bikes line up, there were Ducati’s, BMW’s and HarleyDavidson’s.
Also headlining the event was a seminar on basic road safety in a high speed expressway asprovided by the Automobile Association of the Philippines’ Cynthia Reyes, Manager for Advocacies and Government Liaison.The NLEX-SCTEX Fun Drive and Safety Forum was also made possible with the support ofPilipinas Shell, Easytrip, Grantrail Cycles, Maynilad and Bridgestone tires.
