posted by Jennie on Sep 27
Recently, I had to double check when my driver’s license will expire. Thankfully, I won’t have to renew it until next year. Having to renew my driver’s license concerns me. Especially because I have witnessed for myself during the last time I renewed that it is possible to find out that you have a violation during your time of renewal even if you are actually not in the country during the alleged time of violation. This was the case of a senior citizen who I renewed license with last September 2010. The lady was not in the country the whole time and only arrived some weeks before and she has not driven in so many years. The theory of fellow drivers who were in line back then – her license was faked.
I had no idea back then that this thing actually happens to random LTO-license carrying citizens. That is, until I witnessed first hand. But because we know too well how good our underground artists are in Recto in selling fake IDs and all these YouTube videos on making them in under 6 minutes, what should we expect?
My thoughts include the hope that our government will actually do something this. Just like how BSP worked on incorporating additional security features to our money tender, hopefully the Land Transportation Office will do the same. And because I’m all for eradicating anything fraudulent, here’s our chance to participate to let the government know our thoughts. And because your opinion counts, you have a chance to win these prizes just by answering the survey.
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September 27th, 2012 at 10:43 pm
Yes, I think some of the features of the Philippines’ driver’s license should be changed because they are easily copied/faked
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September 28th, 2012 at 10:23 am
identity thefts are everywhere, from driver’s license, to passports, to even SSN, somehow, we really need to be safeguarding what is important to us.
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September 28th, 2012 at 2:59 pm
i miss driving! never had a proper driving license though. hanggang student’s license lang.
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September 28th, 2012 at 6:34 pm
Yes!!! its long overdue na. I guess a total make-over is needed para yung mga scholars sa Recto University will have a hard time cloning it.
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September 28th, 2012 at 7:05 pm
That’s why they say, It’s more fun in the Philippines! This country is an all in one venue. But seriously, i hope our administration will find a better way to solve problems like this.
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September 28th, 2012 at 7:21 pm
Knowing that your driver’s license can be faked is a scary thought. Security measures must be enhanced to prevent this from happening.
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September 28th, 2012 at 8:23 pm
Just like what Betchai said, identity thefts are everywhere.
I think the features of the Philippine Driver’s License must be changed to be able to safeguard the identity of the license owners.
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September 29th, 2012 at 2:22 am
I have to agree with Rovie. I’m sure there’s a better way to safeguard the license identity thing…totally different from what I experience here.
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September 29th, 2012 at 8:34 am
I already took part in this survey already;)
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September 29th, 2012 at 6:58 pm
That incident actually happened to my husband as well, when he was going to renew his license sometime in 2006, he was informed that he had an existing violation and that he had to pay a fine, what was odd was that the violation was in a different city, I think it was Laoag, and the funny thing was we have never been to Laoag yet during that time.. So weird. It took forever to clear the charges and to prove to the people in LTO that he wasn’t anywhere near Laoag at that time.. Scary how people can fake your license and you won’t even know until it’s too late..
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September 29th, 2012 at 10:49 pm
I wish I can join. I still have to find another computer with a different IP to join this. hehe
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October 1st, 2012 at 12:49 pm
I don’t have a driver’s license yet.. but I think a more secured license can make a big difference.
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October 2nd, 2012 at 9:15 pm
As of now, I don’t have a driver’s license and I don’t think I’ll be getting in the near future. But, I think it’s important that driver’s license should have more security features. With the technology that we have now, it can be easily copied and reproduced like a real one.
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October 2nd, 2012 at 11:59 pm
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October 3rd, 2012 at 10:27 pm
unfortunately i don’t have a license yet.
i just hope they’d do better apart from what i have heard after gathering survey results from different people.
cheers for sharing!
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October 5th, 2012 at 8:57 am
It’s really long over due for the Philippines to change the features of it’s driver’s license, let’s face it any tom-dick-larry can get a license “re-produced” from the streets of manila for Php500.00. Can you just imagine the hazards of an incompetent driver on the road ? Lives are endangered !
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October 15th, 2012 at 8:24 pm
I dont have a license yet but planning to apply so soon. And I think it’ll be better if they change it to a more secure one so fakers around will have a hard time copying.
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