LTFRB classified the E-Jeepney as a slow moving vehicle (SMV), therefore being allowed only to operate in villages and subdivisions. They are also prevented from traveling in highways and expressways.
According to Myrna C. Cabrera, LTO registration section officer-in-charge, an SMV is the same as a regular vehicle but can travel only at a speed between 35-100kph. Their registration stickers will be orange colored and are similar to that being given to electric-powered motorcycles and bicycles.
In this blog I have expressed my worry on the use of the electric jeepney in public roads because they could prove to be an obstruction to regular cars who need to go faster in order to reach their proper operating efficiencies. Which in turn could result in much greater fuel wastage.
Good too that they are limited only to areas with low traffic, because if they are placed in the same class as bicycles then they would have merited their own lane if allowed to operate in main thoroughfares.
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Category: Automotive, Electric Car
