I recently came across a comment on social media saying, “Driving in the Philippines is full of surprises” or something in those lines. It wasn’t meant as a compliment. It was a sarcastic jab at just how unpredictable and, at many times, dangerous our roads have become.

In fact, a video that just went viral shows a motorcycle rider counterflowing on the northbound lane of Skyway Stage 3 near the A. Bonifacio exit, and it wasn’t even the first time it happened on that elevated tollway.

If it’s not a kamote rider doing something reckless, it’s a video of some entitled motorist losing their temper in a road rage incident.

These are exactly the kinds of motorists the Land Transportation Office (LTO) has been targeting in its ongoing enforcement campaign. Since Assistant Secretary Markus Lacanilao took over in October 2025, the agency has suspended or revoked the driving privileges of 830 motorists found violating traffic laws and driving regulations.
“Part of our mandate is the strict enforcement of existing traffic laws, and this is just one of the LTO's concrete accomplishments. We will continue to strengthen road discipline and ensure the safety of the public,” said Lacanilao.

Data from the LTO’s Intelligence and Investigation Division (IID) showed that 434 driver’s licenses were revoked, while another 396 were suspended between October 2025 and June 10, 2026.

Of the revoked licenses, 325 motorists received two-year revocations, 15 were barred from driving for four years, and 94 permanently lost their driving privileges.

Meanwhile, 396 motorists were handed suspensions ranging from one month to one year. The majority of these cases involved three-month suspensions, which accounted for 290 drivers.

Of course, many motorists will look at these figures and dismiss them as just another round of enforcement, and fuel the usual pera-pera lang narrative. But that kind of mindset misses the bigger picture. Every suspended or revoked license represents one less potentially dangerous driver or rider sharing the road with the rest of us.

Every reckless motorist removed from the road is potentially a crash prevented. Enforcement alone won’t solve the country’s road safety problem, but keeping habitual violators from getting behind the wheel is one way to reduce the risks faced by law-abiding road users every day.