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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS ) '
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES —)
First Regular Session )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez and
Representative Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr.

House Bill No, _3798
EXPLANATORY NOTE

At present, data from the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory
Board (LTFRB) show that there are around 4,000 buses plying Metro Manila routes
while there are around 7,000 provincial buses. This huge number of buses increases
the chances of accidents involving these buses. It has been very common for
Fillpinos to read in newspapers or see on TV reports regarding accidents involving
public utility buses (PUBs).

Data from the LTFRB also show that for 2011 alone, there have been 395
victims of bus accidents wherein there were 74 deaths, 300 injuries and 20 cases of
damage to properties.

‘And just last December 16, 2013, a Don Mariano Transit Corp. bus fell off the
‘Skyway on the South Luzon Expressway killing at least 18 people

All these accidents happen because these PUBs drive all over the country as
if they are in a race, always speeding and changing lanes without any concem for
their fellow motorists.

‘One way to decrease these accidents is to limit the speed of these buses by
installing speed limiters. These speed limiters are mechanical gadgets that are
attached to the engines and transmissions of buses that will physically limit the
maximum speed that these buses will be allowed to go.

In view of the foregoing, immediate passage of this bill is eamestly sought

Y
RUFUS B/RODRI

When
MAXIM& B. RODRIGHEZ, JR.


SIXTEENTH CONGRESS )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES —_)
First Regular Session )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez and
Representative Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr.

House Bill No. 3798

AN ACT
REQUIRING THE MANDATORY INSTALLATION OF SPEED LIMITERS ON ALL
PUBLIC UTILITY BUSES WHICH WOULD LIMIT THEIR MAXIMUM SPEEDS TO
60 KILOMETERS PER HOUR FOR METRO MANILA BUSES AND 80
KILOMETERS PER HOUR FOR PROVINCIAL BUSEIS, PROVIDING PENALTIES
FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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

SECTION 1. It is hereby mandated that all bus companies operating in the
Philippines install speed iimiters on their buses which would limit the maximum.
speed of these buses to 60 kilometers per hour for public utility buses plying Metro
Manila routes and 80 kilometers per hours for those plying provincial routes

SEC 2. These speed limiters shall be purchased and installed by the bus companies
themselves and shall be subject to regular inspection by the Land Transportation
and Regulatory Board and the Land Transportation Office.

SEC 3. Registration of these buses and the renewal and/or approval of their
franchises shall not be allowed unless speed limiters are installed

SEC 4. Anyone caught tampering with these speed limiters shall be held liable to pay
a fine not less than One Hundred Thousand Pesos (P100,000) or imprisonment of
not less than Five (5) Years or both for each violation. Further, the bus where the
tampered speed limiter is installed shall be impounded and the franchise of the bus
company involved shall be suspended for Thirty (30) Days for each violation

if the offense is committed by a corporation, trust, firm, partnership or
association or other entity, the penalty shall be imposed upon the president, vice-
president, chairman, CEO and/or the guilty officer or officers of such corporation,
trust, firm, partnership or association or entity

SEC 5. Implementing Rules and Regulations - The LTFRB and the LTO shall
promulgate the Rules and Regulations necessary for the effective implementation of
this Act.

SEC 6. Separability Clause — Shouki any of the provisions of this Act or any part
thereof be declared invalid, the other provisions, so far as they are separable from
the invalid ones, shall remain in full force and effect.


SEC 7. Repealing Clause — All laws, presidential decrees and issuances, executive
orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this

Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC 8. Effectivity - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in
two (2) newspapers of general circulation

Approved,