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FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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SENATE 
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Introduced by SENATOR FERDINAND R. MARCOS, JR. 
Explanatory Note 
Our roads should be shared by all. Having been constructed using the 
public's tax money, they are intended to belong to and used by the public in 
general. In fact, no less than our Civil Code confirms that these roads are 
intended for public use (Article 420 and 424, Civil Code). 
Being common public property, our roads should not be a source of 
conflict among its communal users, who are all equally entitled to share in their 
use. 
However, we cannot turn a blind eye to the fact that these roads have for 
several times been the cause, and equally so, the very arena, of hostilities that 
more often than not have turned violent. The situation has been internationally 
known in popular parlance as "road rage". 
On 26 November 2009, Top Gear Magazine, right after the Jason Ivler 
road rage incident in 2009, listed the "5 Most Alarming Road-Rage Cases in the 
Philippines". The article is hereby quoted in full as follows: 
The road rage episode at the corner of Ortigas A venue and Santolan Road 
that resulted in the death of a Malacanang official's son is just one of the 
many alarming incidents involving hot-headed drivers. Let us refresh your 
memory about the five traffic altercations that ended up with the senseless loss 
of lives. 
1. 
Raul Bautista and Sowaib Salie. On June 21, a traffic altercation in 
Imus, Cavite turned into a deadly family feud as it left six people dead. 
According to an ABS-CBN report, the trouble started at a traffic jam on 
the Nueno highway in Imus as Sowaib Salie repeatedly honked his 
vehicle's horns at the car in front--driven by Raul Bautista. A 
confrontation erupted when both motorists arrived at the public market. 
Bautista then left the scene only to come back later with reinforcement in 
tow. A brief firefight erupted leaving six people dead, including Bautista, 
his two sons and the family driver, and Salie and his fellow trader 
Mahmod Sultan. 
2. 
Eldon Maguan and Rolito Go. This is incident put road rage on the front 
page of every newspaper in the country. On July 2, 1991, 25-year-old 
Eldon Maguan, a De La Salle University engineering student, was driving 
his car down a one-way street in San Juan and nearly collided with Rolito 
Go's vehicle, which was traveling the wrong way. The businessman got 
off his car and shot Maguan, who died a few days later. Go was 
convicted of murder "in absentia" in 1993 by the Pasig Regional Trial 
Court as he was in hiding after he escaped from the Rizal Provincial Jail 
a few days before the sentencing. Go was finally caught in 1996 in 
Pampanga and then served his life imprisonment sentence at the New 
Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa. Go was transferred from the prison's 
maximum security facility to the minimum security area early this year, 
allowing him to walk around the facility without security escorts. 


3. 
Feliber Andres and Inocencio Gonzales. The Andres family's 1998 All 
Saints' Day eve pilgrimage to the Loyola Memorial Park in Marikina took 
a ghastly turn when their vehicle nearly collided with the one driven by 
Inocencio Gonzalez. Noel Andres tailed Gonzalez' vehicle first before he 
cut his path which resulted in a confrontation between the two motorists. 
In the heat of the argument, Gonzalez pulled out a gun and shot at the 
Andres' vehicle, hitting Andres' pregnant wife, Feliber, their two-year old 
son, and their nephew. Feliber did not survive the attack but the doctors 
were able to save her baby. The son and the nephew were discharged 
from the hospital a few days later. Gonzalez was found guilty of murder 
and two counts of frustrated murder in 1999. The Supreme Court then 
modified the trial court's decision in 2001, finding him guilty of homicide. 
4. 
Jay Llamas. Jay Llamas was traversing the busy northbound lane of 
Taft Avenue on January 10, 2003 when his Toyota Corolla was bumped 
by a motorcycle as they neared the Buendia intersection. Llamas and the 
unnamed motorcycle driver got into a heated argument which ended 
when the suspect drew a gun and shot Llamas at close range three 
times--twice in the head and once in the body. The suspect then hailed a 
parked tricycle and fled the scene. The case remains unsolved to this 
date. 
5. 
Edgardo Canizares and Manuel Hernandez Jr. On October 2, 2007, 
Edgardo Canizares was traveling with apassenger along Gen. Roxas 
Street near the corner of Shaw Boulevard when his Nissan Cefiro almost 
hit the car of Manuel Hernandez Jr., a Pasig City Hall legal officer and 
nephew of a Sandiganbayan Justice. Hernandez was reportedly driving 
against the flow of traffic, prompting an angry Canizares to get out of his 
car and insult Hernandez. Hernandez pulled out a gun and shot 
Canizares four times and his passenger, twice. Homicide charges were 
filed against Hernandez but he was freed after posting an P80,OOO bail. 
This bill hopes to once and for all stamp road rage as an unnecessary and 
reprehensible evil, and define such as a circumstance that could aggravate, or 
even qualify, an offense occasioned by it. Senseless violence need not erupt 
from the road. Road users always begin their respective journeys incogrito and 
as strangers. It is unfortunate if these strangers on the road end up hurting, or 
even killing, each other over a dispute that arise out of spontaneity on a 
communal road. 
More especially so in our roads in the Philippines. We all know that our 
roads and traffic conditions here leave so much to be desired and are already a 
cause of great stress to the users. This stress caused behind the steering wheel 
should not be allowed to be channeled to the point of infliction of unnecessary 
injuries upon another. 
Hence, we need higher penalties and sanctions and stricter laws and rules 
on this matter. Driving and anger management education should also be deemed 
essential in curbing this evil that occurs on the highway. 
In view of thereof, the passage of this bill is earnestly requested. 
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FEROINfO R. ,;)ARCOS, JR 


FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Second Regular Session 
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SENATE 
SENATE BILL NO. 2923 
'11 
JUL28 /\9:42 
Introduced by Senator FERDINAND R. MARCOS, JR. 
AN ACT DEFINING ROAD RAGE, PRESCRIBING PENALTIES THEREFOR, 
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the 
Philippines in Congress Assembled: 
SECTION 1. Title. - This Act shall be known as "The Road Rage Law." 
SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is the policy of the State to curb 
the occurrences of senseless violence on Philippine roads that are primarily 
caused by incidents and conditions on the road, and to instill discipline, control 
and restraint in the road users, whether drivers and passengers of vehicles, or 
mere pedestrians and onlookers. 
SECTION 3. Definitions. -
For purposes of this Act, the following are 
hereby defined: 
1) Road rage - An assault or attack on the person or property of the driver or 
passenger of another vehicle, or upon the person or property of a 
pedestrian or onlooker, by reason of or on the occasion of an incident that 
occurred on the road. 
2) Road - An open way intended for the passage of vehicles. It includes 
public and private roads, highways, bridges, shoulders, parking lots and 
facilities, railways, pedestrian lanes, and other areas passable to vehicular 
traffic. 
3) Vehicle - A device or structure used for the transportation of persons or 
things. It includes both motorized and non-motorized vehicles, and also 
carts, carriages, implements, trailers, and other appurtenances. 
SECTION 
4. 
Road 
Rage 
Offenses; 
Special 
Aggravating 
Circumstance. -
Road rage shall be considered as a special aggravating 
circumstance when, on the occasion of road rage, the following offenses shall 
have been committed: 
1) Damage to property or malicious mischief; 
2) Physical injuries; 
3) Threats; 
4) Defamation. 


SECTION 5. Special Qualifying Circumstances. - If physical injuries, 
damage to property or malicious mischief, or threats on the occasion of road rage 
is committed with the use of a deadly weapon, the crime committed shall be 
punished with the penalty next higher in degree. The penalty next higher in 
degree shall also be imposed if the crime is committed by two or more persons. 
If on the occasion of road rage the offender shall have caused death to the 
victim, the penalty therefor shall be reclusion perpetua. 
SECTION 6. Liability for Other Offenses. - Liability of the offender or 
offenders under this Act shall be without prejudice to liability under other 
provisions of law. 
SECTION 7. Prima Facie Evidence. -
Any of the following shall 
constitute prima facie evidence of road rage: 
1) 
If the offense committed is immediately preceded by an incident or mishap 
that happened on the road. whether or not such offense is actually 
committed on the road; 
2) 
If the offense committed is immediately preceded by a chase that is 
initiated by an incident or mishap that happened on the road, whether or 
not such offense is actually committed on the road; 
3) 
If the offense committed is immediately preceded by argument or shouting 
match between the parties involved in an incident or mishap that 
happened on the road, whether or not such offense is actually committed 
on the road. 
SECTION 8. Mandatory Education for Offenders. -
The Land 
Transportation Office (L TO) is hereby mandated to conduct seminar on proper, 
safe and careful driving and anger management to road rage offenders. 
The Land Transportation Office is also mandated to conduct trainings and 
seminars on the same topics to the public on a voluntary basis. 
SECTION 9. Cancellation of License and Lifetime Ban. - Road rage 
offenders shall be subject to administrative proceedings by the Land 
Transportation Office for the cancellation of their driver's licenses and lifetime 
prohibition and disqualification from future issuance of driver's licenses. 
SECTION 10. Informer's Reward. - Any person who voluntarily gives 
information leading to the arrest, prosecution and for the conviction of the 
persons charged with road rage offenses shall be given reward money in an 
amount fixed by the Land Transportation Office. The L TO is authorized to include 
in its annual budget the amount necessary to carry out the purposes of this 
section. Any information given by informers shall be treated as confidential 
matter. 
SECTION 11. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within ninety 
(90) days from effectivity of this Act, the L TO shall promulgate the rules and 
regulations in order to effectively implement the provisions of this Act. 
SECTION 12. 
Separability Clause. -
The provisions of this Act are 
hereby declared to be separable and if any clause, sentence, provision or section 
of this Act or its application thereof to any person or circumstance should, for any 
reason, be held invalid or unconstitutional, such invalidity or unconstitutionality 
shall not affect the other provisions or application of this Act which can be given 
force and effect. 


SECTION 13. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, charters, executive 
orders, administrative orders, proclamations, rules and regulations, or parts 
thereof insofar as they are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby 
repealed or modified accordingly. 
SECTION 14. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days 
after completion of publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of 
general circulation. 
Approved,