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THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC ) 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
1 
5 
First Regular Session 
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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Saniiago 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The government of Turkey requires certain driver groups to be tested in "psycho- 
technical" laboratories. The psycho-technical driver test involves assessment of both a driver's 
cognitive and motor skills as well as psychiatric fitness to drive. Similar psycho-technical 
assessment systems are used mainly in countries with many traffic accidents such as Italy and 
Spain. 
Turkey seems to see psycho-technical and psychiatric driver assessment as a way to 
improve traffic safety. Certain special driver groups benefited from such assessment. 
Professional drivers in general, and drivers of dangerous vehicles in particular, have been 
assessed to ensure that they are fit for their demanding profession. In addition to professional 
drivers, psychological tests helped the Turkish government to assess the driving ability of certain 
patient groups like patients with early forms of the Alzheimer's disease, trauma and stroke 
patients, patients with visual impairment, and elderly drivers in general. 
In the Philippines, the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has identified 
temper and speed as the topmost reasons of road accidents. Temper is said to contribute in 
causing the statistics of road accidents to mount since most drivers are without patience and 
easily flare up leading to cases of road rages. Such was the latest case of Chak Man Ching, 42 
years old Chinese businessman, who, in 18 November 2004, was shot and wounded in the body 
by two unidentified motorcycle-riding men following a traffic spat in Binondo, Manila. Another 
one was in January 2003 in the case of Jose Luis Ramon Llamas, an Ateneo law graduate who 
died after being shot three times by an unknown motorcycle-riding man, again because of a 
minor traffic dispute. 


The problem on the road is not traffic snarls alone but lack of discipline, civility, and 
mutual respect. Motoring mayhem has killed in the past and will continue to snuff out lives in the 
future. This carnage must stop. 
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SORSA TIAG 


THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC ) 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
1 
First Regular Session 
1 
S.B. No. 
TfCJ 0 CJ 
Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
AN ACT 
TESTS AMENDING SECTION 22 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4136 OTHERWISE KNOWN 
AS THE LAND TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC CODE 
PROVIDING FOR COMPULSORY PSYCHO-TECHNICAL DRIVER ASSESSMENT 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Section 22 ofRepublic Act No. 4136 shall be amended to read as follows: 
“SECTION 22. Driver’s license, fees, examination. - 
Every person who desires 
to operate any motor vehicle shall file an application to the Director or his deputies 
for a license to drive motor vehicles; provided however, that no person shall be issued 
a professional driver’s license who is suffering from contagious diseases such as 
tuberculosis, sexually transmitted disease and epilepsy or who is an alcohol or drug 
addict or dependent, AND WHO HAS NOT PASSED THE PSYCHO-TECHNICAL 
DRIVER 
ASSESSMENT 
TESTS 
ADMINISTERED 
BY 
OFFICIAL 
PSYCHOLOGISTS 
AND/OR 
PSYCHOMETRICIANS 
OF 
THE 
LAND 
TRANSPORTATION OFFICE.” 
SECTION 2. Psycho-technical Driver Assessment Tests - 
The psycho-technical driver 
assessment tests shall comprise of three (3) series of psychological exams that will measure a 
driver’s - 
(a) cognitive and motor skills, (b) psychiatric fitness to drive, and (c) temperamental 
quotient 
SECTION 3. Guidelines. - 
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) shall promulgate and issue such guidelines as are 
necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act 


. 
SECTION 4. Appropriations. - 
To carry out the provisions of this Act, such amount as 
may be necessary is hereby authorized to be appropriated from the National Treasury. 
SECTION 5. Sepambzlity Clause. - 
If any provision, or part hereof is held invalid or 
unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected shall remain 
valid and subsisting. 
SECTION 6. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive 
order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to, or inconsistent 
with, the provisions o f  this Act is hereby repealed, modified or amended accordingly. 
SECTION 7. Efectiviw Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved,