According to LTO, the new size of its certificate of registration (CR) for vehicles provides space for more information, increased font size for readability, and security to avoid loss and misplacement.
BACK in February, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) gave us a peek at the new design and particulars of the new vehicle’s Certificate of Registration (CR) but left out the size.
Now, it seems that the agency has started the rollout of the new CR, and vehicle owners are surprised to see that its size resembles the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) birth certificate.
The old CR is palm-sized and easy to laminate.
However, LTO did warn us when their February memo wrote, “a prominent feature of the new CR is its larger size.”
According to LTO, the size provides space for more information, increased font size for readability, and security to avoid loss and misplacement.
The overhaul is also brought by the introduction of electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles and the introduction of the new Land Transportation Management System (LTMS).
In the new system, motorists can register on the online LTMS portal to submit their applications and pay for driver’s license transactions.
The new CR has added standard details that were previously indicated only on the LTO official receipt:
•vehicle classification (private, for hire, exempt),
•Vehicle Identification Number or chassis numbers,
•vehicle type (car, UV, SUV, Bus, etc.),
•vehicle category according to the Philippine National Standards,
•passenger capacity,
•max power (KW) for electric vehicles,
•color,
•year rebuilt,
•year model (if brand new or used imported),
•and remarks.
Meanwhile, other details such as denomination, body number, shipping weight, number of cylinders have been removed from the CR.
Overall, the change is a positive sign that LTO is finally adapting to modern vehicles.
Still, the certificate-size CR might be a bit too much, what do you think?
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