Politics · Mexico · 2 hrs ago
Yellow-sticker cars with plates ending 5 or 6 restricted Monday
Mexico’s Hoy No Circula program restricts some cars to help reduce vehicle pollution.
On Monday, Oct.
12, the restriction applies in Mexico City and parts of the State of Mexico.
Cars with yellow stickers, plates ending in 5 or 6, and verification holograms 1 or 2 must stay off the road from 5 a.m.
to 10 p.m.
Cars with holograms 0 or 00 and vehicles with an Exento certificate can circulate under the regular rules.
The restriction also applies to eligible vehicles in 22 municipalities in the Valle de Toluca and Santiago Tianguistenco metropolitan areas.
Drivers who break the rule may face fines.
Affected cars can circulate again after 10 p.m., unless authorities introduce extra restrictions because of an environmental emergency.
Cars with yellow stickers, plates ending in 5 or 6, and verification holograms 1 or 2 must stay off the road on Monday, October 12, 2026.
The restriction runs from 5:00 to 22:00 in Mexico City and areas of the State of Mexico covered by the Hoy No Circula program.
The measure is part of ordinary restrictions intended to reduce vehicle emissions in the Valley of Mexico metropolitan area.
Cars with holograms 0 or 00 and vehicles with an Exempt certificate may circulate under the program’s ordinary rules.
- Who
- Drivers of cars with yellow stickers, plates ending in 5 or 6, and holograms 1 or 2.
- What
- Their cars must not circulate during the restriction hours.
- When
- Monday, October 12, 2026, from 5:00 to 22:00.
- Where
- Mexico City and covered municipalities in the State of Mexico.
- Why
- The ordinary restrictions are intended to reduce emissions from motor vehicles in the Valley of Mexico metropolitan area.
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- Date
- Monday, October 12, 2026
- Restriction hours
- 5:00 to 22:00
- Sticker color
- Yellow
- Plate endings
- 5 and 6
- Affected holograms
- 1 and 2
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