Global Forum for Road Safety Legislators

1. COMMITTEE
ON
TRANSPORTATION
GLOBAL FORUM FOR ROAD SAFETY LEGISLATORS
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DECEMBER 12, 2016

2. CESAR V. SARMIENTO
Representative-
Lone District of Catanduanes
Chairman-
Committee on Transportation
17th Congress

3. Land Transportation
in the Philippines

4. Railway: LRT (covers less than 9 miles)

5. Railway: MRT (covers 10.5 miles of railway)

6. Railway: PNR (oldest railway, covers 684 miles)

7. “When the Train is away, the trolleys will play”

8. City and Provincial Buses

9. The Jeepney

11. Asian Utility Vehicles

12. Taxis with competitors, Uber and Grab

13. Tricycles

14. Pedicabs

15. Habal - Habal

16. Trucks for Hire

17. Kalesa

18. 8,706,6907Registered Private and Public vehicles as of 2015
5,626,046Licensed drivers as of 2015

21. 24,656
Road Accidents as of 2015
1,040
Reported Deaths, 2015

22. Human error
Is the primary
Cause of road
Accidents.

23. Where are we and what have
we done to address the Philippine
Road Safety issues?

36. Careful and Safe Riding Summits

39. There are
still more
to be done.

40. BILL NUMBER
TOPIC TITLE/PURPOSE
House Bill No. 5 AMENDMENT TO ANTI-DRUGGED
AND DRUNK DRIVING ACT
PENALTIES FOR PERSONS DRIVING
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
ALCOHOL, DANGEROUS DRUGS AND
SIMILAR SUBSTANCE
House Bill No.
129
ONE-STOP SHOP FOR THE
ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF
ROADWORTHINESS
ESTABLISHMENT OF A ONE-STOP
SHOP THEREBY INSTITUTIONALIZING
THE COORDINATION OF TRANSPORT
INDUSTRY AGENCIES RESULTING IN
THE STRICT AND ORDERLY ISSUANCE
OF CERTIFICATE OF
ROADWORTHINESS OF PUBLIC
CONVEYANCES
House Bill No.
168
PWD-FRIENDLY TRAFFIC LIGHTS AN ACT REQUIRING ALL TRAFFIC
LIGHTS TO BE EQUIPPED WITH
AUDIBLE TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND
PUSH BUTTONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF
PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, THE
ELDERLY AND PREGNANT WOMEN

41. BILL NUMBER
TOPIC TITLE/PURPOSE
House Bill No.
717
SCHOOL BUS SAFETY AN ACT PRESCRIBING SCHOOL BUS
SAFETY STANDARDS AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES
House Bill No.
755
MANDATORY INSTALLATION OF
CCTV ON PUBS
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE
MANDATORY INSTALLATION OF
CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION OR
SURVEILLANCE (SECURITY) CAMERA
IN EVERY BUS BEING OPERATED FOR
PUBLIC UTILITY IN THE COUNTRY
House Bill No.
758
REGULATION OF TAXI DRIVERS
AND OPERATORS
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE
REGULATION OF ACTIVITIES OF TAXI
DRIVERS AND OPERATORS, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES

42. BILL NUMBER
TOPIC TITLE/PURPOSE
House Bill No.
859
MANDATORY DRIVERS
EDUCATION FOR TRUCK DRIVERS
AN ACT REQUIRING DRIVER'S
EDUCATION FOR ALL PROFESSIONAL
TRUCK DRIVERS AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
House Bill No.
1319
MANDATORY USE OF CAR SEATS
FOR CHILDREN
AN ACT REQUIRING THE USE OF
CHILD RESTRAINT (SAFETY CAR SEAT)
DEVICE OR SYSTEM FOR CHILDREN
RIDING IN RUNNING MOTOR
VEHICLES
House Bill No.
1320
MANDATORY DRIVERS
EDUCATION FOR ALL PUV
DRIVERS
AN ACT REQUIRING MANDATORY
SEMINAR ON TRAFFIC RULES AND
REGULATIONS FOR ALL PUBLIC
UTILITY VEHICLE DRIVERS

43. BILL NUMBER
TOPIC TITLE/PURPOSE
House Bill No.
1577
TRICYCLE DRIVERS TRAINING AN ACT ESTABLISHING TRICYCLE
DRIVER TRAINING AND MOTORIST
AWARENESS PROGRAMS
House Bill No.
1725
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION
SAFETY BOARD
AN ACT CREATING A NATIONAL
TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD,
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
House Bill No.
1824
PENALIZING PERSONS WHO
KNOWINGLY ALLOWS ANOTHER
PERSON W/O LICENSE TO DRIVE A
MOTOR VEHICLE
AN ACT PROHIBITING A PERSON
FROM KNOWINGLY PERMITTING A
MOTOR VEHICLE OWNED OR
CONTROLLED BY HIM TO BE DRIVEN
BY A PERSON WHO IS NOT
AUTHORIZED TO DRIVE UNDER THE
LAW

44. BILL NUMBER
TOPIC TITLE/PURPOSE
House Bill No.
1938
NATL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY
ADMIN
AN ACT CREATING A NATIONAL
MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY
ADMINISTRATION
House Bill No.
2101
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AN ACT DEFINING PEDESTRIAN
SAFETY GUIDELINES AND
PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR
VIOLATIONS THEREOF
House Bill No.
2936
AMENDMENT TO THE TRAFFIC
CODE TO REQUIRE PSYCHO-
TECHNICAL TESTS FOR DRIVERS
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR
COMPULSORY PSYCHO-TECHNICAL
DRIVER ASSESSMENT TESTS
AMENDING SECTION 22 OF
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4136 OTHERWISE
KNOWN AS THE LAND
TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC
CODE

45. BILL NUMBER
TOPIC TITLE/PURPOSE
House Bill No.
2944
MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY
STANDARDS
AN ACT PRESCRIBING MOTOR
VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD
REQUIRING REAR UNDER RIDE
PREVENTION GUARD FOR TRUCKS,
TRAILERS, AND SIMILAR LARGE
VEHICLES AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
House Bill No.
2999
MANDATORY PREVENTIVE
MAINTENACE OF VEHICLES
AN ACT MANDATING OWNERS
AND/OR OPERATORS OF FREIGHT
AND PASSENGER SERVICE TO
CONDUCT PREVENTIVE
MAINTENANCE OF THEIR MOTOR
VEHICLES IN ACCORDANCE WITH
PRESCRIBED SCHEDULE AND
INSTRUCTIONS FROM VEHICLE
MANUFACTURER'S MANUAL
House Bill No.
3477
REGULATING OVERLOADING AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 6 OF
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8794

46. House Bill No. 5
AMENDMENT TO
ANTI-DRUGGED AND
DRUNK DRIVING ACT

47. Creation of a National Transport Safety Board

48. The Philippines is losing
2.4 billion PESOS
(48 million US dollars
or 38 million pounds)

49. THE TRAFFIC
Maki-isa. Makisama. Magkaisa.
CRISIS ACT OF 2016

50. The Traffic Crisis

56. 1. Conduct mandatory
retesting of all professional
drivers to ensure that they
have the right skills and
attitude;
THE TRAFFIC CRISIS ACT:

57. 2. Conduct roadworthiness
testing of all public utility
vehicles to rule out the
unsafe ones
THE TRAFFIC CRISIS ACT:

58. 3. Harmonize and enact a
comprehensive traffic rule
handbook with identified
traffic violations and
corresponding penalties.
THE TRAFFIC CRISIS ACT:

60. The Ideal
Transport
System:
SUSTAINABLE.
ORGANIZED.
PREDICTABLE.
SAFE.

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