Smoke belchers and clean air act

I used to saw thise kind of vehicles everyday, releasing black smoke that pollutes our air. Maybe during renewal and testing of their vehicles, the passed the test cause their smoke was okay but afterwards, they dont even have the effort to maintain it that lead to black smoke. Authorities in charge of this should be thorough enough to impliment the law and charge those who are violating it.

Sad to say, but the fact is if this law will be truly implemented we might as well ban the importation of second hand motor vehicles and LTO stop registering all vehicles that at least no more than 5 years old but our economy can not afford this. Smoke belching vehicles are the only one we see polluting our air but actually almost all the vehicles plying around are all polluters except for brand new ones. Smoke test is a sham during registration, every vehicle owner knows this. Cheers and have a nice day to all!

With this, I can really confirm that there is something going on in the registration process...I mean, it's true. It's not only you that can see buses and other public utility vehicles who are smoke belchers themselves! And yet, those vehicles keep on roaming our busy streets every year because they keep on renewing their plates without being reprimanded by the proper authorities!

Have you seen a squid that got startled and emitted his blank ink? It's like those buses and jeepneys too that I see everyday. They are the vehicles that our company hired for our transportation. And oh my goodness, when the road is going up, the jeepneys are having a hard time and the smoke are soooo black and smells like burning plastic. I wonder what was the 'clean air act' for. How lovely it is to travel with clean air. Have a nice day!

Maybe we should report violators if we happened to see one. We can take picture as a proof. I also wonder how they can pass the emission test during renewal of registration.

There is no proper implementation of the law, I believe. The authorities may forget to follow up on the things that need to be checked. I still see, also, those buses and jeepneys that emits those deadly gases. I hope the government should deal with this. The cooperation of the people is also vital in this. Election is fast approaching, expect that this is an issue to be used for political and personal interest. Thanks

The reason still too smoke in every roads despite of the smoke test undergone on every vehicle it because during the testing the engine will thoroughly . Of course the result would be clean. After few days, the said vehicle will come back to the natural one blowing a very almost black smoke from their mufflers.

Yeah, there is now a clean air act law here in our country. During LTO registration for vehicles, there is a smoke emission tests too. But tell you, tests results can be paid or bought too. So sad. :( Maybe the government should have an arm of government service for vehicles! So that if the vehicle is smoked belcher, they could refer it to be fixed in that government mechanic. Many people -- the vehicle owner, people behind smoke emission centers -- haven't realize that this is a big deal in our environment. Bad smoke from vehicles should be fixed even if it cost much. It is part of the vehicle maintenance, right? We should all do it for the sake of the environment and people. It is hazardous not only in our environment/planet but also to us humans. If I may add, let us all be responsible too for the goodness of the planet that we live in. Let us do our own thing to contribute

Well smoke test are not that accurate and reliable in the Philippines. Because usually, the smoke testers are not doing their jobs. And I guess some of them are accepting bribes from the owners of the cars being tested so that many smoke belchers are still present on the roads. :)

There is an existing law for this, but sadly, I noticed that there is a failure on the part of the authorities to properly implement this. Let's not also discount the fact that come registration time, some people just let the money talk. I also noticed that there were only certain days that the traffic officials actually set up their equipments in major thoroughfares to apprehend smoke belchers; I don't know why they cannot do it everyday.

MMDA or authorities should conduct random emission test everyday on all types of vehicles in major thoroughfares .It is actually easy to spot vehicles that emit harmful exhaust without the use of opacimeter.Thus, this machine is necessary to measure the or analyze vehicle's exhaust.Vehicles that violate the law should be ban from running on the road.