With the enactment of the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act, Senator Richard Gordon has assured that pedestrians will be safer now that the government has taken action against crimes perpetrated by riding-in-tandem criminals.
For the first time, he said the government was taking action to stop riding-in-tandem from committing crimes.
He said the law would lessen by half, if not totally stop, the riding-in-tandem killings, which stands at an average of four people per day.
“They could no longer kill and get away with it easily. This goes for other crimes committed by riding-in-tandem too,” said Gordon, principal author and sponsor of the law.
Records from the Philippine National Police showed that an average of four people is killed each day by riding-in-tandem shooters.
The same PNP records showed that of the total 28,409 motorcycle riding crimes or incidents reported from 2010 to 2017, 13,062 or 46 percent of which were shooting incidents.
Out of over 4,000 motorcycle riding crimes or incidents in 2016, only eight cases (0.18 percent) were solved.
Gordon also assured that the new number plates would not pose a danger to motorcycle riders since the plate in front of the motorcycle could be a sticker or decal and not a big metal plate as various rider groups fear.
