For me the process at the Main office of the Davao LTO was:
- The copies were certified and my originals returned.
- My picture was taken.
- I paid PHP 302.63.
- I was given a Philippine permanent laminated drivers license and a
receipt. No B'rngy "clearance" or police report was requested.
I was told the process can take one to eight hours or so maybe and
get there early and be sure to wear long pants (trousers). I saw LTO
medicals advertised for PHP 50.00 to PHP 100.00 and LTO drug tests
for PHP 130.00 to PHP 250.00.
My personal experience was:
3 hours total (includuing getting the medical and drug test next
door).
552.63 pesos (drug test 150, medical 100, LTO fee 302.63)
no written or road test.
Phil R
--- In LivingInThePhilippi
<revdr72741@
>
> Ahah!!! The truth has been spoken, the rules are: There are NO
> RULES!! After inquiring about getting a license, I was told by a
> clerk in the city hall,(a friend of my wife) "If you have the
Pesos
> to pay, you can get a license." So, off I went to the LTO, and
> without any other requests, I paid a clerk 7,000 Pesos, and got a
> temp license, with the regular one due as quickly as I get a
> B'rngy "clearance," drug test, and police report, to the tune of
500
> Pesos each.
> My primary reason for doing this was mentioned in a couple of
> earlier posts here; the safety of NOT having to produce my
passport
> when asked for ID, and no more worry about having to replace it if
> lost or stolen. You know the "LOOK" when you produce it for ID.
> But
> on another note, it gives them a sense of one desiring to be a
part
> of the country,(you'
> afterwards, I no longer need my wife to "bargain" for me when
making
> certain purchases, and all of you know what I mean by that phrase.
>
> The most important FUN REASON of all is; when I feel like a good
game
> of "Chicken,Dodge-
> Derby atmosphere," I just roll out the "tank," and let it rip!!
> For a guy that learned how to drive in the mountains of the
> Carolinas, back before the movie "Thunder Road" was made, and
ripping
> and running from the cops by racing to the state borders,etc,
driving
> here is like a throwback to my teen-age days, and the locals have
> MUCH RESPECT, when they see this "Crazy Kano" roll out on the
roads
> here. Not that I'm advising this as a means of "Family
> Entertainment.
> especially when the local police keep asking me for tips on
driving
> and handling my vehicle. Can't tell them everything tho, they just
> might try to use them on me, Ha Ha.
> In all honesty, it DOES take a LOT of nerve to get out and drive
> among the locals, most don't know ANY of the proper rules of the
> road, so one must drive with their "head on a swivel" and be alert
> for ANYTHING,and I DO MEAN ANYTHING!! I've seen some amazing
messes
> made with these little motorbikes, cars, trucks, and SUVs!! Thank
God
> they don't have the big bikes I'm used to seeing in the States,
nor
> the cars!! Now THAT'S when I'll be sitting on the sidelines
> watching!! That's a scary thought to even have, guess I better go
and
> relax my imagination with a calming libation.
>
> Happy Trails!! Ha Ha
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In LivingInThePhilippi
> wrote:
> >
> > If after being in the Phils for a while and you are still
willing
> to
> > "drive" I take my hat off to you. Not to offend, but in
> my "opinion"
> > you are very brave or very foolish. :=)
> >
> > One look at how they drove in the city and I tossed in my
keys. I
> > let my GF's brothers drive us around. I thought I could handle
> > driving out in the country, but even then I discovered, to my
> dismay,
> > that I was way over my head. They have a different set of rules
> > there. THEY HAVE NO RULES!!!. :=)
> >
> > DJ
> > Hawaii
> >
> >
> > --- In
> LivingInThePhilippi
> > <DAVE.PEAK@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I rented a multicab for 3 days in November....
> > >
> > > If you thought you drove defensively before driving in the
Phils,
> you
> > > might stand a chance
> > >
> > > If you're a member of the "I own the road" club.....it'
> > > disaster waiting to happen
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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