REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 1956

Introduced by MAGDALO Party-List Representative
HON. MANUEL DG.CABOCHANI

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 lack of discipline to handle the wheel as evidenced by
traffic altercations and everyday traffic jams.

Proper driving courtesy and discipline may be acquired if one enrolls in formal driving
schools, However, enrolling in a driver school to most drivers is not an option because it
proves to be costly, thus they lear 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 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.

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Magdalo Para Pilipino Party-List

CHAN HL


REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. _1956

Introduced by MAGDALO Party-List Representative
HON. MANUEL DG. CABOCHAN TI

AN ACT
INSTITUTING A DRIVER EDUCATION PROGRAM PROVIDING
‘THEIMPLEMENTING 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".

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 prosperityof the nation
that could provide the people a rising standard ofliving, 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- All 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;
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Road markings, which include lane markings, crossing and stop lines, yellow lane
markings;

Passing and turning:
Right-of-Way;
Speed limits; and

Parking.

B. Safe Driving Tips:

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Basic Driving;
Seeing Well;
Communicating;
Adjusting Speed;
Adjusting to Traffic;
Sharing Space;
Sharing the Road;

Drinking and Driving; and

Other Drugs and Driving.

C. Emergencies

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Vehicle Emergencies;
Avoiding Collisions; and

Accidents and Financial Responsibilities.

SEC. 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 ofthis 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.

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. Repealing 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,