EXPLAIN

TRAFFIC ENGINEERING
● Phase of transportation engineering that deals with planning, geometric design
and traffic operations of roads , streets, and highways and their networks,
terminals and relationships with other modes of transportation

TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT
• The LTO, PNP-TMG, and MMDA are the primary agencies responsible for
enforcement and apprehension of offenders
o TMG - Traffic Management Group
o For PNP-RTMO’s , a personnel is dispatched on strategic choke points and
major thoroughfares to conduct traffic direction and control to ensure the
smooth flow of traffic
o Other functions of TMG’s:
- traffic accident investigation
- traffic safety education through seminars and conferences

LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK
• Laws Governing traffic safety and regulations

EXECUTIVE ORDER (EO) 125

▪ reorganized the Ministry of Transportation and Communications into a
Department
▪ defined its powers and functions
▪ establishment of Land Transportation Office as the sectoral agency
responsible for implementing and carrying out policies, rules, and regulations
governing the land transportation system of the country

Republic Act 6975

▪ established the DILG
▪ creation of the PNP

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 ▪ Traffic Management Group reorganized as the traffic enforcement arm of the
PNP covering national roads

Executive Order (EO) 202

▪ created the LTFRB with its functions pursuant to the Public Service Act

Commonwealth Act 146 (Public Service Act)

▪ Gives the LTFRB power to compel any public service provider to furnish safe,
adequate, and proper service as regards the manner of furnishing the same as
well as the maintenance of necessary materials and equipment

RA 8750 (Seat Belts Use Act of 1999)

▪ Mandatory use of seatbelts for both drivers and front-seat passengers of
public and private vehicles
▪ Back-seat passengers in private cars are also required to wear seat belts
▪ Bans children under age 6 to sit in the front-seat of any vehicle

RA 10054 (Motorcycle Helmet Act of 2009)

▪ Requires motorbike drivers and riders to wear standard protective motorcycle
helmets with DTI prescribed specifications
▪ Doesn’t require the proper way to wear motorcycle helmets
▪ Doesn’t cover electric motorcycle or e-bikes

RA 10586 (Anti Drunk and Drugged Driving Act of 2013

▪ Motorist are prohibited to drive if under the influence of alcohol, drugs or
other inebriating substances
▪ Enforcers are required to assess any motorist suspected to be under the
influence of alcohol by checking their level of sobriety

RA 10666 (Children’s Safety on Motorcycles Act of 2015)

▪ Prohibits children from boarding two-wheeled vehicles running faster than 60
kph on public roads

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 ▪ Allows children to ride as long as they can comfortably reach their feet on the
foot peg, reach their arms around the driver’s waist and wear a helmet
▪ Doesn’t apply for urgent medical attention

RA 10913 (Anti- Distracted Driving Act of 2016)

▪ Motorist are banned from “using mobile communications device : write, send,
or read a text-based message or to make or receive calls except when done
hands-free
▪ use of such devices are not allowed when vehicle is in motion or stopped at
red traffic light

RA 10916 (Road Speed Limiter Act of 2016)

▪ Public utility vehicles, closed vans, cargo trailers, shuttle service or tanker
trucks are not allowed to ply roads without a standard limiter approved by
DOTr

RA 11229 (Child Safety in Motor Vehicles Act)

▪ No child under 12 years of age is allowed to sit in a front seat of a motor
vehicle with running engine unless the child meets the right height
requirement of at least 150 cm (4’ 11”) and is properly secured using regular
seat belt
▪ Requires the use of child restrained system

RA 11229 (Child Safety in Motor Vehicles Act)

▪ Signed 22Feb2019
▪ Guarantee safety and welfare of infants and children and prevent traffic –
related deaths and injuries
▪ Repeals Sec. 5 of RA 8750
▪ Use of child restraint system in public utility vehicles are still under study by
the DOTr for recommendations

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