Doctors are not exempted from the "no window hours" policy for the number coding scheme that will roll out on November 2, the Metro Manila Development Authority said Wednesday.

MMDA general manager Tim Orbos said traffic privileges given to doctors have been abused in the past by motorists who attach the caduceus insignia of medicine to their vehicles even if they are not doctors.

"Even the Philippine Medical Association knows that it was abused because most of those who use it are not even doctors, but their children or medical representatives," he said in Filipino.

Orbos said doctors attending to medical emergencies may instead seek assistance from traffic enforcers or apply for a 24-hour exemption to the "no window hours" policy.

The policy, he added, only exempts ambulances, firetrucks, police vehicles and military vehicles, government cars with red plates and diplomatic vehicles.

DZMM TeleRadyo, 26 October 2016