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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS
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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 112
TO
: The Secretary of National Defense
In order to prevent the unnecessary destruction of roads by careless
users arising from non-observance of the load capacities of public
roads and bridges, you are hereby ordered to stop the movement of all
freight trucks and other vehicles carrying logs and other cargoes on
public highways, roads and bridges exceeding the permissible weights as
authorized in the Land Transportation and Traffic Code, to wit:
Type
of Vehicle Maximum Load Allowed
1.
Truck with two axles 15 tons,
gross weight
2. Truck with
tandem rear axles 15
tons, gross weight
3. Truck with
semi-trailer 27 tons,
gross weight
For extraordinary types of vehicles not included in the above-listed categories, prior permit as to the maximum load capacity allowable for it to carry over the national roads shall first be obtained by the owners or operators thereof from the Bureau of Public Highways before making any trip.
In imposing penalties to violators of these Instructions, you shall be guided by the following:
1.
For First Violations: — You will stop all freight
trucks and other vehicles caught violating the load capacity
limitation set in these Instructions and compel them to comply,
suspending their movement until they have complied therewith:
2. For Second
Violations: — You will detain the
vehicle and the cargo of freight trucks or other vehicles caught for
the second time violating these Instructions:
3. For Third
Violations: — You shall detain or order
the detention of two persons, the President or the General Manager of
the corporation that owns or operates the freight trucks or other
vehicles.
These persons shall be detained until otherwise ordered by the Secretary of National Defense.
This supersedes Letter of Instruction No. 93 and shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 8th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.
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