Eighteenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. __3136

Introduced by Representative Lorenz R. Defensor

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Incidents of accidents involving drivers of both private and public utility
vehicles considerably rise at an alarming rate. Available data from the World
Health Organization global status report on road safety, reveal that road traffic
deaths continue to rise in the Philippines. With an estimated 10,012 deaths in
2015, a 25.75% increase in the number of deaths or 12,690 was recorded in
2016.

Traffic violations, on the other hand, likewise rise at an alarming rate. In
Metro Manila alone, the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA)
recorded 250,219 apprehensions in 2016, a 19.95% increase from the total of
208,602 apprehensions in 2015. The Land Transportation Office recorded
710,759 traffic violations nationwide in 2016, representing an increase of
22.98% from the total of 577,958 recorded in 2015.

According to Mr. Richard S. Domingo, MMDA’s former road safety unit
officer, now assigned at the Traffic Discipline Office, human error has been the
top cause of road crashes in Metro Manila. Human error is associated with bad
habits that include drivers suffering from medical conditions such as dizziness
and asthma, drivers who are tired or fall asleep at the wheels, and drivers under
the influence of alcohol.

Mr. Domingo suggested ways in curbing road crashes, such as, improving
public awareness through education and having road discipline, among others.

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In order to educate our drivers and instill road discipline amongst them, it is
essential that we institutionalize a mandatory driver re-education program.

The program aims to re-educate drivers on basic LTO policies, road
safety, road rage, anger management, attitudinal driving, traffic signs, road
pavements, driver alertness, speed awareness, defensive driving, change course
and other subject areas. The re-education of drivers will effectively reduce
traffic violations and eventually lessen road traffic deaths.

In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

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Eighteenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. _3196

Introduced by Representative Lorenz R. Defensor

AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR MANDATORY RE-EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR
ALL MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVERS ONCE EVERY FIVE (5) YEARS

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. All holders of a driver’s license issued by the Land
Transportation Office (LTO) shall undergo a one (1) day Mandatory Driver Re-
education Program, hereinafter referred to as “Program,” once every five (5)
years. The Program shall not be less than four (4) hours but not to exceed eight
(8) hours. A certificate of attendance or participation shall be issued and the
name of the driver shall be entered in the data base of the LTO for monitoring
purposes. Renewal of a driver’s license shall not be processed unless the driver
has successfully completed the prescribed number of hours of the Program.

SEC. 2. The Strategic Planning and Policy Group of the LTO, in
coordination with the Traffic Safety Division, shall formulate the modules of
the Program under the following subjects:

(a) Basic LTO policies;


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(b) Road safety;

(c) Road rage, anger management and attitudinal driving;

(d) Traffic signs and road pavements; and

(ec) Other subject areas as the LTO may deem appropriate in instilling
road discipline like driver alertness, defensive driving, speed awareness, change
course, and the like.

SEC. 3. The LTO may charge a minimal fee for the conduct of the
Program to compensate administrative expenses for training materials, snacks,
per diems of lecturers and facilitators, rental of venue and sound systems, and
other miscellaneous or incidental expenses.

SEC. 4. The program fee for government officials and employees
shall be shouldered by their respective agencies. Fees for drivers of private
companies and family drivers shall be shouldered by their respective employers.
All other drivers shall pay personally their own fees for the Program.

SEC.5. Government officials and employees who are holders of the
license issued by the LTO shall be the first to undergo the Program within one
(1) year after the effectivity of this Act. Drivers holding professional license
shall fulfil the Program within two (2) years, and for drivers holding non-
professional license, within three (3) years.

SEC. 6. For the first five (5) years after the effectivity of this Act,
drivers of public utility vehicles (PUV) who have already attended the

prescribed training or seminar administered by the Land Transportation


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Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) pursuant to LTFRB Memorandum
Circular No. 2017-013 dated June 16, 2017, are excluded from the Program
administered by the LTO under this Act. After the period of five (5) years, the
LTERB shall provide a continuing program for the re-education of PUV drivers
every five (5) years.

SEC: 7. Within sixty (60) days from the effectivity of this Act, the
Administrator of the LTO, in coordination with the Secretary of Transportation
and the Chairperson of the LTFRB, shall promulgate rules and regulations to
implement the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 8. All laws, rules and regulations which are inconsistent with
this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

SEC39. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,