Topic 38 – Physical and Mental Wellness

- When stopped raise your shoulders up to 10 seconds

- Hand Stretches – like when you’re preparing to fight
- Neck stretches – yes
- 6 important safety reminders
o Wear your seat belt
o Never drink and drive
o Full attention
o Signal
o Speed limit
o Distance

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Topic 39 – Passenger and Cargo
- Loading and Unloading
o Park vehicle out of traffic
o Park on level surface and use emergency brake
o Turn on hazard
o Turn ignition off if not in driver’s
o Assist passengers if needed
- Attitude Skill Knowledge (ASK) = Passenger Satisfaction

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Topic 40 – Duties and Responsibilities of a Driver
Topic 41 – Rights of a Driver when Apprehended
- Right to be informed of the full name of the apprehending officer
 - Right to be informed of the traffic agency for which the officer works for
- Right to know if the officer is a traffic control officer or a deputized officer
- Right to be informed of the violation
- Right not to step down from the vehicle
- Right to contest the apprehension at the appropriate office
- Right to file the appropriate civil, criminal, or administrative case in case of abuse
of authority or etc
Topic 42 – Clean Air Act
- RA 8749 – Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999
o Promote a balanced and healthful ecology
o Maintain a balance between development and environmental protection
o Maintain a quality of air that protects human health
- Right of citizens to breathe clean air
- Right to utilize and enjoy natural resources
- Air Pollution – alteration of atmospheric air
- Motor Vehicle – any vehicle propelled by gasoline or diesel
- Mobile source – any vehicle propelled by combustion of carbon-based (or other)
fuel
- Emission – air contaminants from a known source
- Four main sources of air pollution
o Mobile sources – cars and planes
o Stationary sources – power plants, oil refineries
o Area sources – agricultural areas, cities
o Other sources – wildfires, volcanoes
- Article 4 Sec. 21 Pollution from motor vehicles
o DENR – Sets the emission standards for cars
o DOTC (DOTr) – Implements the emission standards set by DENR,
deputize law enforcement agencies and LGUs for this purpose

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- Regularly inspect your level of smoke emissions
Topic 43 – Seatbelt Law
 - RA 8750 – Seat Belts Use Act of 1999
- Seat Belt Device – Strap, webbing or similar device in form of pelvic or lap belt

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- RA 11229
o Section 7 – Provisions for Seat Belt – Manufacturers need seatbelt
o Section 8 – Importation – No seatbelt no import
o Section 10 – Registration – Cars cannot be registered without seatbelt

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Topic 44 – Anti Overloading
- RA 8794 – MVUC Law / Anti-Overloading Act
o Maintenance of roads
o Payment for MVUC already included in annual registration
o Fine of truck or trailer is 25% of the MVUC applicable to the vehicle, has a
tolerance of 5%
o No vehicle shall be permitted to proceed on the roadway if either a dual
wheel axle load exceeds 13,5K kg or the vehicle load exceeds 150% of
maximum allowable gross vehicle weight
 Axle is where wheels are attached
 Maximum for truck with 2 axles (6 wheels) – 18,000
 Maximum truck with tandem rear axle (3 axles 10 wheels) – 33,300
 Truck with tandem rear axle 4 axles (14 wheels) – 35,600
 2 axles at motor vehicle and 2 axles at trailer (10 wheels) – 34,000
 2 axles and 2 axles at trailer (14 wheels) – 40,600
 2 axle and 3 axle trailer (18 wheels) – 41,000
 3 axle and 1 axle (14 wheels) – 39,700
  3 axle and 2 axle (18 wheels) – 41,500
 3 axle and 3 axle (22 wheels) - 42,000
 2 axle and 2 axle (14 wheels) 39700
 2 axle and 3 axles (18 wheels 43500
 3 axle and 2 axle (18 wheels) 43500
 3 axle and 3 axle (22 wheels) 45000
- RA 10916 – Road Speed Limiter Act of 2016 – mandatory speed limiter for
vehicles
o 50,000 pesos if no speed limiter or tampered speed limiter

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Topic 45 – Motorcycle Helmet
- RA 10054 – Motorcycle helmet act of 2009
o Sec 3 – Required everyone on motorcycle wear helmet
o Section 5 – Needs sticker of PS, BPS, or ICC mark
 Philippine Standard – Manufacturers
 Import Commodity Clearance - Import

- Type of Helmets
o Full face, has chin bar and covers whole hear, and face shield
o Open Face (3/4) – Covers head, has visor but no chin bar
o Half head – Hard outer shell and crushable inner liner, does not protect chin
or jaw
Topic 46 – Drunk and Drugged Driving Act
- RA 10586 – Anti-Drunk and Drugged Driving Act of 2013

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Topic 47 – Children Safety – Motorcycle and Motor Vehicle
- RA 11229 – Child safety in motor vehicle act
o Sec 4 – Unlawful for driver to put child in child restraint system
o If child is 150cm they can sit in front
o Sec 7 – Don’t sell if child restraint system is expired (10 years old)
o 1st Offence (1000), 2nd offence (2000), 3rd Offence (5000 and 1 year
suspension)
o PHP 50000 to PHP 100000 penalty for every child restraint system product
if manufacturer no do
- RA 10666 – Children’s safety on motorcycles act of 2015
o Foot peg, flat platform on which stand or brace feet moroncycle
o Sec 4, unlawful motorcycle with child on board if busy public street
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o 1st Offence 3000, 2nd Offence 5000, 3rd Offence 10000 and 1-month
suspension, everything else go licency bye bye
o Sec 8 – if child die oh no, then 1 year imprisonment and penal code
Topic 48
- RA 10913 – Anti Distracted Driving Act
- 1st offence 5000, 2nd offence 10000, 3rd offence 15000 and three-months
suspension, 4th onwards 20000 and revocation
- For puv, bus, or carrier of dangerous stuff, 30000 and 3 months suspension
Topic 49 – Crime Prevention Act
- RA 11235 – Motorcycle crime prevention act
- Sec 4 – Register if motorcycle within 5 days, failure to do so will fine 20000 to
50k peso, or both
- Section 5 – bigger and readable colored plates
- Sec 7 – unreadable or no plate is bad
- Section 9 – use of motorcycle in the commission of crime with be reclusion
temporal or reclusion perpetual
- Sec 10 – impoundment and forfeiture of motor
- Sec 11 – loss of number plate, must say to lto or fine 20k to 50k petot
- Sec 12 – no touchy numberplate
- Sec 13 – stolen number plate, can be arrested prison mayer or 50k to 100k or both
Topic 50 & 51 – JAP NPDL & PDL
- Joint Administrative Order (JAO) No. 2014-01 dated June 02, 2014
o Traffic and Administrative Rules, Violations, Fines and Penalties
- Violations in connection with licensing

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- Violation in connection with MV Registration, Renewal, Operation

o Driving an Unregistered Motor Vehicle – 10000
o Unauthorized motor vehicle modification – 5000
o Operating a right-hand drive motor vehicle – 50000, impounded until
corrected
o Mot vehicle operating with defective parts – 5000, impounded until
corrected
o Failure to attach license plate – 5000
o Smoke belching – 1st 2000, 2nd 4000, 3rd Suspension of MVR 1 yr and 6000,
4th Onward Suspension of MVR 1 yr
o MV Renewal Fraud – 3000
o All other violations – 2000
o Driving Unregistered – 10000 and impounding of MV if more than 1 month
expired, if undocumented engine will be impounded for 1 year
- Violations in connection with Dimensions, Specifications, Weights, and Load
Limits
o Load extending beyond projected width with no permit – 1000
o Axle Overloading – 25% of MVUC
o Operating Bus/Truck with cargo exceeding 160 – PHP 1000 to both driver
and conductor
- Violations in connection with Franchise
o Colorum Violation
o CPC means Certificate of Public Convenience
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o 2nd offence of Colorum violation
 Revocation of all COCs
 Disqualification of the operator to operate any kind of public land
transport
 Blacklisting of all authorized units from being PUVs
 Revocation of registration of all authorized units of operator
o 1 Offence 5000, 2nd Offence 10000 and impound for 30 days, 3rd Offence
st

15000 and cancellation of CPC where unit is authorized

 Refusal to render service or convey passenger to destination
 Overcharging/Undercharging of Fare
 Failure to use proper body marking
 No franchise/CPC or evidence of franchise presented during
apprehension
 Employing reckless etc drivers
 Allowing an unauthorized driver to drive PUV or not carrying
license
 Operating unit defective
 Failure to provide fair discount
 Failure to provide board with correct updated operator info
 Failure to display no smoking, or letting people smoke
 Tampered taximeter, or old seal taximeter (Taxi Only)
 Tampered sealing wire (Taxi)
 Violation of color scheme (PUB and Taxi)
 Unregistered business (PUB and Taxi)
 No panel route (PUJ, PUB, UV)
 No Sign board (PUJ PUB UV)
 Pick and drop passenger outside terminal (PUJ PUB UV)
 Carrying of illegal cargo
 Failure to provide fire extinguisher and required stop and go signage
for use of each vehicle (STS)
 Trip cutting (PUJ PUB UV)
  Failure to display fare matrix
 Failure to display the international symbol of accessibility or not
giving seats for pwd
 Breach of franchise conditions under 2011 revised terms and
conditions etc
o Fraud such as fake CPC etc – Cancellation of Franchise