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First Regular Session

1499

House Bill No.

Introduced by Honorable Florida P. Robes

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Section 5, Article II of the 1987 Constitution provides:

“The maintenance of peace and order, the protection of
life, liberty, and property, and the promotion of the
general welfare are essential for the enjoyment by all the
people of the blessings of democracy.”

Road accidents have been tagged as one of the leading causes of death
among children in the Philippines, killing more youngsters than dengue and
other deadly diseases. In Metro Manila alone, two (2) children die daily due to
road mishaps.

The World Health Organization also reported that in 2018, 1.3 million
people worldwide had died from road accidents. In the Philippines, 12,000
Filipinos perish every year due to road accidents. More disconcerting is the
number of car accidents as it has doubled from 63,072 accidents in 2007 to
116,906 in 2018.


If no government intervention is set to avert such crisis, more Filipinos
will die from road accidents.

To address the rising number of road accidents, several countries,
including the Philippines, have started to implement the point or demerit
system in which under which a person’s driver’s license is revoked or
suspended based on the number of points accumulated by them over a period
of time because of the traffic offences committed by them in that period.

Recent studies have shown that the demerit system has been an effective
tool in reducing road traffic accidents resulting in injury and mortality. In Italy
where it has been implemented since 2003, the number of road traffic fatalities
and injuries significantly declined after the adoption of the penalty points
system, with a nationwide reduction in the first 18 months of 18% and
19%respectively.

In the Philippines, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) has recently
issued the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of RA 10930 providing for
a demerit point system for driver’s license holders. However, the IRR still give
driver’s enough leeway that will allow them to continuously drive even when they
have committed so many offenses and accumulated demerits.

This bill aims to provide stricter rules in the point system by enabling
the automatic revocation of licenses once all the default points are used up by
the many deductions due to traffic offenses. This will make drivers, especially
those operating public vehicles, more vigilant and conscientious in driving their
vehicles.

In view of the foregoing, the passage of this measure is urged.

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

1439

House Bill No.

Introduced by Honorable Florida P. Robes

AN ACT
AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10930 AMENDING SECTION 23 OF
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4136 AS AMENDED AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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

SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. ~ It shall be the policy of the State to ensure
the protection of its citizens and promote the general welfare by ensuring among
other road safety mechanisms and putting in place licensing systems that would
instill discipline among drivers.

SECTION 2. Additional Section. - A new section is hereby added to Section 23
of Republic Act No. 4136, otherwise known as the “Land Transportation and
Traffic Code”, as amended, and numbered as Section 23-B, to read as follows:

“Section 23-B-A. Point System Mechanism. A driver
granted a license by the Land Transportation Office,
upon issuance thereof, shall have a total number of
twenty (20) points and with each driving offense, the


driver shall lose points depending on the gravity of the
offense.

When all 20 points are deducted, the driver’s license
shall automatically be revoked and the person is
suspended from driving for a period of two (2) years from
such revocation and until he has undergone and passed
a driver’s reorientation course, theoretical, actual,
physical and psychological examinations.”

Section 3. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within sixty (60) days from
the effectivity if this Act, the Secretary of the Department of Transportation
(DOT), with the assistance of the LTO and the LTRFB, shall promulgate the
Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) necessary to ensure the effective
implementation of this Act.

SECTION 4. Separability Clause. - If any part or provision of the Act shall be
held unconstitutional or invalid, other Provisions hereof which are not affected
hereby shall continue to be in full force and effect.

SECTION 11. Repealing Clause.- All laws, decrees, rules and regulation
inconsistent with the provision of this Act hereby repealed or modified
accordingly.

SECTION 12. Effectivity. - This shall take effect after fifteen (15) days from its
publication in two (2) national newspaper of the general circulation.

Approved.