A NUMBER coding scheme, patterned after the one in Metro Manila, will be strictly implemented starting today, Feb. 5, in four major thoroughfares in Cavite, the provincial government has announced. The roads covered are:

• Aguinaldo Highway (Bacoor to Dasmariñas-Silang boundary)

• Governor’s Drive (Carmona to Trece Martires City – Tanza boundary)

• Molino Boulevard (Aguinaldo Highway to the Molino – Salawag – Paliparan Road)

• Molino-Salawag-Paliparan Road (Zapote, Bacoor to Paliparan, Dasmariñas City)

The vehicular reduction system, contained in Provincial Ordinance No. 164 as amended by Provincial Ordinance No. 173, exempts government vehicles, public utility vehicles, ambulances and other vehicles carrying person/s in need of emergency medical attention, firetrucks, police and military vehicles, registered school buses, and vehicles carrying relief goods for calamity areas. Licenses for exemption are also open for application, covering perishable goods delivery vehicles, company shuttle service, vehicles outfitted for persons with disabilities, and vehicles used by business locators and tourism agents, among others. Violators will be penalized with confiscation of driver’s license and a P300 fine.