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Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE LEONARDO L. BABASA, JR.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Road traffic accidents have been one of the leading causes of death in
the world. An estimated 1.25 million people are killed on the world’s roads
every year, and between 20 and 50 million people are seriously injured.

In the Philippines, road traffic accident is accounted for over 10,000
deaths in the year 20172, This is despite concrete efforts by the different
agencies of the government in crafting and enforcing laws relative to road
safety.

This bill seeks to require the teaching of road safety education as part
of the curriculum of the K+12 program of the Department of Education. This
humble Representation believes that it is through educating our leaders of
tomorrow and start training them young that road safety consciousness will
be instilled in their active and discovering minds.

Countless lives will also be spared when road safety consciousness is
embedded in every DNA of our citizens.

It is therefore recommended that the foregoing bill be approved.

LEONARDO L. BABASA, JR
2n4 District, Zamboanga del Sur

+ Global Road Safety Facility and Bloomberg Philanthropies; The High Toll of Traffic Injuries (2018 World Bank
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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No.3587

Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE LEONARDO L. BABASA, JR.

AN ACT INTEGRATING THE TEACHING OF ROAD SAFETY EDUCATION
AS PART OF THE CURRICULUM OF THE K+12 PROGRAM, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES

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

Section 1. Declared Policy. It is the duty of the State to promulgate policies
that will ensure a safe, viable and dependable road safety system in the
country in order to protect the welfare of the general public. Towards this end,
the State shall put in place a mechanism to instill road safety awareness to
our students as early as possible.

Section 2. Road safety education. Road safety education which includes but
is not limited to pedestrian safety, car passenger safety, driving safety near
roads, traffic signages, is hereby required to be part of the curriculum for the
K+12 Program.

Section 3. Promulgation of Rules. The Department of Education (DepEd), in
coordination with the Land Transportation Office (LTO) shall adopt the
necessary rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Act.

Section 4. Funding source. The funds needed for the purpose of
implementing this Act shall be sourced from the Road Safety Fund which is
7.5% of the Motor Vehicle’s User’s Charge.

Section 5. Repealing Clause. All laws, orders, rules and regulations or parts
thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

Section 7. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,