MMDA launches database for no-contact apprehension violators

MANILA, Philippines - The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) yesterday launched “mayhuliba.com,” a database for motorists who think they may have been caught by the agency’s no-contact apprehension policy.

MMDA Chairman Emerson Carlos said the database is in line with the government’s bid to promote transparency.

By logging on the database, motorists will be able to check whether they have committed a traffic violation through a Google spreadsheet that can be viewed but not edited. The spreadsheet will contain an updated list of vehicles tagged by the MMDA’s closed-circuit television cameras (CCTVs).

According to the MMDA, the spreadsheet data will indicate the plate number of the vehicle tagged, its location, date and time when the traffic violation was committed; and the action taken by the MMDA.

Carlos said the agency has taken the initiative to publish the database online in response to the popular netizens’ demand to provide motorists with an easy and efficient way to verify if they have been cited for a traffic violation.

Carlos said the policy seeks to prevent corruption among traffic enforcers and help ease traffic buildup as physical contact between traffic enforces and erring drivers would be lessened.

More than 5,000 violations have so far been recorded since the no-contact apprehension scheme was re-launched.  

The MMDA started sending notices to motorists tagged for traffic violations on April 17.