Mandaue City bans face masks hiding motorcycle drivers’ identity

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu-The Mandaue City Government has started to implement today the ordinance which prohibits the wearing of bonnets, face masks, ski-masks or any clothing that would conceal the identity of a motorcycle driver or its back rider.

This was confirmed by Traffic Enforcement Agency of Mandaue (Team) chief of operations Glenn Antigua.

The ban on bonnets and other concealment materials includes tricycles and its passengers.

Traffic enforcers will also apprehend persons not wearing the prescribed helmets such as the Shanyang, bike and nutshell helmets.

Violators will be fined P5,000 and or suffer imprisonment of not less than six months but not more than one year.

The city ordinance was signed by Mayor Luigi Quisumbing last November 29.

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