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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES RECEIVED @
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES pate: 31 JAN 2019
Quezon City TiMe:
SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS

Second Regular Session
House Bill No. 7079

Introduced by MAGDALO Party-List Representative
HON. GARY C. ALEJANO

EXPLANATORY NOTE

We see and hear in the media everyday damages to lives and properties caused by vehicular
accidents and mishaps, accidents that may have been prevented if the person behind the wheel
had enough discipline and courtesy while driving. Sadly however, most of the drivers who have
the privilege to drive display a lack of discipline to handle the wheel as evidenced by traffic
altercation and everyday traffic jams.

Proper driving courtesy and discipline may be acquired if one enrolls in formal driving schools.

However, enrolling in a driving school to most drivers is not an option because it proves to be
costly, thus they lean how to drive from friends and relatives who themselves were not properly

educated in formal driving schools.
This bill seeks to introduce a Driver Education Program in the curriculum of senior high schools
in both public and private to instill into the minds of the students as early, and as young as

possible, the proper knowledge and values in driving.

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

GARY C/ALEJANO.
Representative
Magdalo Para sa Pilipino Party-List


REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

House Bill No, 2079

Introduced by MAGDALO Party-List Representative
HON. GARY C. ALEJANO

AN ACT
INSTITUTING A DRIVER EDUCATIO! PROGRAM PROVIDING THE
IMPLEMENTING MECHANISMS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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

SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Driver Education Act of
2018."

SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. - The State is mandated to promote a just and dynamic
social order, which is anchored mainly on the vision of ensuring the prosperity of the nation that
could provide the people a rising standard of living, and an improved quality of life for all. No
better place to see a just and dynamic social order than on the roads that are safe and secure.

SEC. 3. Scope and Application. - The provisions of this Act shall apply to all high
schools, public or private, nationwide.

SEC. 4, Instituting a Driver Education Program - Ail high schools, public or private,
nationwide are required to integrate lectures on driver education in existing subjects where the
same may be applicable.

SEC. 5. Task Force on the Program. - The Department of Education (DepEd) and Land
Transportation Office (LTO) shall create a task force that shall establish the minimum
requirements for driver education student curricula, which shall be certified by
the Assistant Secretary of LTO.

All curricula shall be reviewed by the task force every five (5) years to assure that they
are relevant.

SEC 6. Curricula of the Program. - The cunicula of the program shall include, but not
limited, to the following:

A. Rules of the Road:
1. Traffic signals;

2. Traffic signs, which include waming signs, work area signs, regulatory
signs, speed limit signs, lane use control signs, and the like;

3. Road markings, which include lane markings, crossing and stop lines, yellow lane
markings;

4, Passing and turning;


5. Right-of-Way;

6. Speed limits; and

7. Parking.
B. Safe Driving Tips:

1. Basic Driving:

2. Seeing Well;

3. Communicating:

4. Adjusting Speed;

5. Adjusting to Traffic;

6. Sharing Space;

7. Sharing the Road;

8. Drinking and Driving; and

9. Other Drugs and Driving.
C. Emergencies

1. Vehicle Emergencies;

2. Avoiding Collisions; and

3. Accidents and Financial Responsibilities.

EC. 7. Administration of the Program. - No driver education student curriculum shall

be certified unless:

1) Curriculum is available and in use during program;

2) Lesson plans are clearly written with student centered activities;

3) Curriculum is administered during a maximum of thirty (30) hours of
classroom instruction;

4) The program cannot be completed in less than six (6) weeks;

5) All modules are introduced during classroom session; and

6) All modules consist of concepts that are structured and presented in simple to complex
building blocks.

SEC. 8. Implementing Agency. - Once approved, the Department of Education will be

the main implementing agency of this Act.

SEC. 9. Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). - Immediately upon the approval

of this Act, the Department of Education and the Land Transportation Office shall promulgate
the implementing rules and regulations of this Act.


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SEC. 10. Separability Clause. - If any provisions, or part hereof, is held invalid or
unconstitutional, the remainder of the law of the provision not otherwise affected shall remain

valid and subsisting.

SEC. 11. Repeating Clause. - All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations
inconsistent with this Act, are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

SEC. 12. Effectivity Clanse. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following its

complete publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) national newspapers of general
circulation.

Approved,