Driving In Philly...

[keithAngel]

he have a Philippine drivers license now,with the help of my Muslim friend that's working in LTO (land transportation office) we only pay 2500 and he got it without taking exams and everything...I got mine too,even I dont know how to drive.... (walang ganyan sa States lol ......

Thats a bit more than the 274 it should cost http://www.lto.gov.ph/dls_faq.html

as to you getting one to thats scary!!

[telford]

Thats a bit more than the 274 it should cost http://www.lto.gov.ph/dls_faq.html

as to you getting one to thats scary!!

274 is when you do due process, which you spend days processing your documents and attending seminar and taking exam. I rather pay 2500 under the table than wasting my time. Atleast we just go there at LTO for picture taking and thats it,we can get out temporary drivers license then after 6 months we can already have our plastic license, without any hassles.

[PeterB]

274 is when you do due process, which you spend days processing your documents and attending seminar and taking exam.

I completed everything in less than one day ... turned up at LTO at 11am. Came away at 5pm with my plastic license. I didn't bother with the seminar ... it was conducted in Visaya anyway. Just gave a urine specimen, paid the money, sat the test, took the practical, collected my license.

[andypaul]

Thats a bit more than the 274 it should cost http://www.lto.gov.ph/dls_faq.html

as to you getting one to thats scary!!

Keith nearly everyone my wife knows even if they have a few lessons pays a little extra to get the licence via the back door.

In fact i think you would be look at a bit funny if you did do it the normal way it appears

I think yves sums up my views.

Ensure you have a fat bank balance to pay any white man fines or fees etc you find coming your way

I remeber reading of a yank (on a us forum a few years back) who thought it would be a good idea to bike around his area untill he had some form of accident where a phill was injured and then all hell broke loose and his bank balance was far thiner.

[A_flyer]

I remeber reading of a yank (on a us forum a few years back) who thought it would be a good idea to bike around his area untill he had some form of accident where a phill was injured and then all hell broke loose and his bank balance was far thiner.

Yep! exactly the kind of thing I was thinking of... cars, bikes, motorbikes with a Westerner driver may be at risk! Filipinos always think of a Kano with rolls of 100$ notes in the pockets.

My last advice: do not look like (and act) as an American tourist...