Bicol motorcycle riders join PNP’s ‘Clean Rider Program’

PNP Chief Director General Oscar Albayalde places a sticker on a motorcycle to certify that it belongs to a “Clean Rider”, the police force’s campaign against motorcycle-riding suspects. INQUIRER.net / Gabriel Pabico Lalu

LEGAZPI CITY – Motorcycle riders from the six provinces in the Bicol region came to Camp General Simeon Ola in this city to join and support the launching of “Clean Rider Program” of the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Tuesday.

Chief Superintendent Arnel Escobal, Bicol police chief, led in the attachment of “clean rider” stickers on their motorcycles and on the licenses of the riders in a ceremony at around 7:30 a.m.

Each sticker serves as an identification that also states where in the province was the motorcycle
registered.

According to the PNP, the “Clean Rider Program” is one way of curbing the proliferation of
crimes perpetrated mostly by riding-in-tandem criminals.

Aside from the sticker tagging activities, Escobal invited the riders to join the road safety marshal program to be sponsored by PNP’s Highway Patrol Group (HPG).

“This was my project when I was still the director of HPG. I came with this program because I noticed that there were lots of motorcycle incidents nationwide. With this program, it will teach the rider to ensure their safety while driving,” he said.

A motorcade of motorcycles followed the ceremony in Camp Ola which traversed the major streets in Daraga town and Legazpi City.  /muf