FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
Second Regular Session )

HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES
House Bill No._52538

Introduced by: MA. THERESA B. BONOAN-DAVID
4% District, City of Manila

EXPLANATORY NOTE

During these times of rising oil prices and worsening traffic problems, many of
our countrymen and women are now using motorcycles and bikes as a means of
transportation. These vehicles are easier to maneuver during heavy traffic and are
more fuel-efficient than cars. However, said vehicles particularly the motorcycles are
considered high-risk vehicles, both with respect to drivers thereof and other motorists
especially in national roads and highways.

Aside from wearing a protective helmet for the rider himself, it is also
important that the other motorists, especially those driving cars and during night
time, that riders of motorcycles and bikes wear a reflective vest in order that their
presence along the road can be immediately and clearly seen by those motorists
driving cars, trucks and other kinds of vehicles, particularly during night time.

In the Philippines, helmet use by motorcycles is already mandatory for the
protection of the rider of the motorcycle and bike itself. However, there is still no
legislation promoting or making mandatory the use of reflective vest by the riders of the
motorcycles and bikes, which is not only for their own protection, but also for the
protection of other motorists, particularly during night time, to avoid any accident by
reason of failure to immediately notice the presence of motorcycles or bikes along the
road or highways.

In view of the foregoing, the passage of this bill is earnestly sought.

MA. rural BONOAN-DAVID

4th District, City of Manila


FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
Second Regular Session )

HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES
House Bill No. _5258

Introduced by: MA. THERESA B, BONOAN-DAVID
4% District, City of Manila

AN ACT TO PROMOTE MANDATORY USE OF REFLECTIVE VEST WHEN
RIDING MOTORCYCLES and BICYCLES

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

SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Safe Riders Act of 2011.”

SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared the policy of the State to
promote the general welfare not only of the rider of motorcycles and bicycles itself,
but also to other motorists traveling or transporting together with motorcycles and
bicycles along the streets, roads and highways especially during night time, by
providing means to ensure people's safety.

SECTION 3. Application. - This Act will apply -

1) atall times while a motorcycle and bicycle is being operated on any street, road,
parks, or other property open to the public or used by the public for pedestrian
or vehicular traffic and places of recreation; and

2) toa person who is riding on a motorcycle and bicycle including a person who is
a passenger on a motorcycle and bicycle:

a. ina restraining seat attached to the bicycle; or

b. ina trailer or side car being towed by the bicycle. However, this Act shall
not apply to passengers of commercial pedicabs unless the local
government units involve provides otherwise.

SECTION 4. Restrictions. - A person to whom this Act applies may not operate or ride
as a passenger on a motorcycle and bicycle unless the person is wearing a reflective
vest that is properly worn and meets or exceeds the necessary standards for


protection, set by the appropriate government agency or by any applicable
international standards.

SECTION 5. Penalties. -Any violation of this Act shall be punished as follows:
The first time offender shall be fined with an amount not exceeding P2,000.00;
P5,000.00 for the second offense and P8,000.00 for the third and succeeding offenses.

SECTION 6. Implementing Rules and Regulations - As the lead agency, the Land
Transportation Office (LTO) shall formulate the Implementing Rules and Regulations
(IRR) of this Act within ninety (90) days after its effectivity.

SECTION 7. Repealing Clause. - All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders,
proclamations, rules and regulations, or parts thereof which are inconsistent with the
provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 8. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act is declared
unconstitutional, the other provisions not affected thereby shall remain valid.

SECTION 9. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days from its
publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general.

Approved.