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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session’

House Bill No. 3924

Introduced by Representative ERIC L. OLIVAREZ

EXPLANATORY NOTE

A significant portion of traffic accidents recorded this year
proved to be caused by violation of speed limit. This is not only true
with private cars but also, and even worse, on public utility vehicles,
especially buses and trucks. In fact two incidents have been recorded
within just a span of less than two (2) months, one in December 16,
2013 and another on February 7, 2014, wherein a public utility bus
carrying several passengers fell over a flyover which is supposedly a
relatively safe road with hardly any accident occurring and another
bus accident resulting from over-speeding left fourteen (14)
passengers including celebrity Tado Jimenez and other artists dead.
These unfortunate, horrendous events can only be attributed to the
wanton disregard for the traffic laws (i.e. prescribed speed limit) by the
undisciplined drivers and the equally negligent bus operators.

Of equal need of attention are the multi-wheeler trucks carrying
tons of goods and other cargoes. Trucks are often involved in vehicular
collisions, imbalance and toppling down of the very truck itself due to
the fact that said truck is running in a dangerously fast speed despite
the weight it carries.

Due to this kind of recklessness, tens and hundreds of innocent
lives have been wasted all throughout the years - Motorists,


passengers and civilians alike have just been suddenly deprived of
their precious lives for a very unacceptable reason. The increase in the
rate of mortality, injuries and damage to property as the years go by is
a testament to the saddening fact that the State has been failing in
giving the general public, the motorists, the commuters and other
ordinary people the protection and safety they need and deserve.

We must be reminded that majority of the Filipinos are
commuters. Being in a third world country, most of the people do not
own private cars. The people heavily rely on public transportation to
go from one place to another and do their jobs and duties for the day.
As such, it is the duty of the State to ensure the safety of these people.
In the same wise, private motorists also deserve to be driving on safe
roads, free from overspeeding public utility vehicles which are typically
the cause of traffic accidents.

This bill seeks to address the problem of overspeeding in the
country and tries to reduce, if not totally eliminate the number of
unnecessary casualties, fatalities and damage to properties caused by
accidents brought about by the violation of the speed limit.

By installing a speed limiter in every public utility bus and multi-
wheeler cargo truck, every driver will be forced to run under a
calibrated/calculated speed and necessarily, speed-related accidents
will surely be diminished.

The state has the power to regulate the public utility vehicles
and multi-wheeler cargo trucks for the sake of public interest. This bill
represents the vigilance of our government with respect to preserving
the right of its people to life and property.

aw e_ oN,

ERIC L. OLIVAREZ


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No.__ 3924

Introduced by Representative ERIC L. OLIVAREZ

“AN ACT MANDATING THE INSTALLATION OF ELECTRONIC
SPEED LIMITERS TO ALL PUBLIC UTILITY BUSES AND MULTI-
WHEELER CARGO TRUCKS FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE
RIDING PUBLIC AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”

SECTION 1. Short Title. This Act shall be known as the “PUB
and Multi-wheeler Cargo Trucks’ Speed Limiter Act of 2014”.

SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. It is hereby declared as a
policy of the state to ensure at all times the protection of the riding or
commuting public and to instill discipline to public utility vehicle
drivers and operator, specifically of buses and multi-wheeler cargo
trucks,

SECTION 3. Maximum Speed Limit on Buses — A speed limiter
with a programmed maximum speed limit of eighty kilometers per
hour (80kph) shall be installed in every public utility bus traversing
any route in the country.


SECTION 4, Maximum Speed Limit on Cargo Trucks - A
speed limiter with a programmed maximum speed limit of sixty
kilometers (60kph) shall be installed in every multi-wheeler truck
regardless of the weight of cargoes they carry, or of whether or not
they are empty.

SECTION 5. Installation of Speed Limiters as Prerequisite
for Granting of Franchise. All applicants of a franchise and/or
license to operate public utility buses and/or multi-wheeler cargo
trucks, or the renewal thereof as the case may be, shall install the
speed limiters as provided in this Act and the failure to comply with
this requirement shall be a sufficient ground for the denial of the said
application.

SECTION 6. Installation of Speed Limiters for Bus
Operators with Subsisting Franchise and/or License. All bus
operators with subsisting franchise and/or license shall cause the
installation of Speed Limiters within three (3) months from the
effectivity of this Act.

SECTION 7. Failure to Install and Maintain Functional and
Accurate Speed Limiters. A fine of P200,000.00 and suspension or
revocation of franchise and/or Certificate of Registration of buses and
cargo trucks shall be imposed upon bus operators or truck owners
who fail to install and maintain accurately programmed and
untampered speed limiters after the lapse of three (3) months as
provided for in Section 6 of this Act.

SECTION 8. Deliberate Tampering of Speed Limiters. Any
person found to have deliberately tampered with the speed limiters as
provided for in this Act shall be imprisoned for a period of not less
than one year but not more than five years and shall pay a fine of not
less than P10,000.00 up to P50,000 at the discretion of the court of
appropriate jurisdiction.


SECTION 9. Public Utility Buses and Trucks Involved in
Vehicular Accidents Found to be with Deliberately Tampered
Speed Limiters. If any public utility buses and/or multi-wheeler
cargo trucks which met any kind of vehicular accident and which was
later on found out to have had tampered or had no speed limiters
installed when the said accident happened, the driver shall suffer the
penalty of five (5) years of imprisonment for violation of this Act
without prejudice to the filing of a separate criminal case of Reckless
Imprudence or other quasi-offenses against him. On the other hand,
the bus or truck operator or proprietor shall be fined in the amount of
not less than P200,000,00, separate from and in addition to the fine
imposed under the preceding paragraphs.

SECTION 10. Implementing Rules and Regulations. The Land
Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) and the
Land Transportation Office (LTO) shall promulgate the implementing
rules and regulations for the effective and immediate implementation
of this Act.

SECTION 11. Repealing Clause. All laws, decrees, executive
orders, letters of instructions, rules and regulations or parts thereof,
which are inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed, amended or
modified accordingly.

SECTION 12. Separability Clause. If any provision of this Act
is judicially declared invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining
provisions of this Act not affected thereby shall continue to be in full
force and effect.

SECTION 13. Effectivity Clause. This act shall take effect
fifteen (15) days following its publication in two (2) newspapers of

general circulation.

APPROVED.