TRAFFIC LAWS, ORDINANCE,

RULES AND REGULATION

Presented By: Group 12

Aaron Ardenas Acebert Vidal
Wilmyr Vargas Aldrine Vidal
DOTC No. 93-693
 WHEREAS, IN SPITE OF THE SAID ORDER, THE USE OF CURTAIINS, DARK TINTED GLASS, BLINDS AND
OTHER SIMILAR DEVICES ON PUBLIC UTILITY VEHICLES IS VERY RAMPANT THUS ENCOURAGING
ROBBERS/CRIMINALS TO DO ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES INSIDE SAID VEHICLES;
 SECTION 1. DOTC DEPARTMENT ORDER 93-693, S. 1992 IS HEREBY ADOPTED FOR STRICT
IMPLEMENTATION THROUGHOUT METRO MANILA.
 SECTION 2. COVERAGE. PUBLIC UTILITY BUSES, JEEPNEYS, FXs, TAXIS AND SCHOOL BUSES
OPERATING WITHIN METRO MANILA ARE PROHIBITED FROM USING DARK TINTED, COLORED OR
PAINTED WINDSHIELD OR WINDOW GLASS, CURTAINS; BLINDS AND OTHER SIMILAR DEVICES ON
MOTOR VEHICLES THAT OBSTRUCT THE VIEW FROM OUTSIDE.
 SECTION 3. PENALTY. THE OWNER/OPERATOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE SHALL BE PENALIZED BY A FINE
OF P500.00 IF HIS VEHICLE IS FOUND TO HAVE CURTAINS, BLINDS AND OTHER SIMILAR DEVICES ON
THE WINDSHIELD OR WINDOW GLASS THEREFORE IS DARKLY TINTED, COLORED OR PAINTED
Reckless Driving
 ACCORDING TO THE REPUBLIC ACT 4136: RECKLESS DRIVING LAW IN THE PHILIPPINES,
RECKLESS DRIVING IS DEFINED AS A DRIVER WITH NO CAUTION IN CONTROLLING HIS OR
HER VEHICLES. IT ALSO COVERS CAUSING DIRECT OR POSSIBLE HARM TO PEOPLE AND
ANIMALS, AS WELL AS DAMAGE TO PROPERTIES.

TYPES OF RECKLESS DRIVING:

DISTRACTED DRIVING  USING OTHER DEVICES

 PHONE-CALLING
 TEXTING MESSAGES OVER SPEEDING
 DRINKING AND EATING
 TALKING TO OTHER PEOPLE DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE (DUI)
 ADJUSTING ITEMS INSIDE THE CAR  DRUGS
 ALCOHOL
 Reckless Driving Penalties
OVER SPEEDING
 FIRST OFFENSE - P2,000
 SECOND OFFENSE – P3,000
 THIRD (AND ANY SUBSEQUENT) OFFENSES – P10,000
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
 FIRST OFFENSE – P5,000 (2MONTHS LICENSE SUPENSION)
 SECOND OFFENSE – P6,000 (3MONTHS LICENSE SUPENSION)
 THIRD OFFENSE – P7,000 (6MONTHS LICENSE SUPENSION)
 BEYOND THIRD OFFENSE – P10,000 (THE LICENSE WILL BE REVOKED)
DISTRACTED DRIVING
 FIRST OFFENSE – P5,000
 SECOND OFFENSE – P10,000
 THIRD OFFENSE – P15,000
 BEYOND THIRD OFFENSE – P20,000
Letter of Instruction (LOI) 112-119

 IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE UNNECESSARY DESTRUCTION OF ROADS BY CARELESS USERS

ARISING FROM NON-OBSERVANCE OF THE LOAD CAPACITIES OF PUBLIC ROADS AND
BRIDGES, YOU ARE HEREBY ORDERED TO STOP THE MOVEMENT OF ALL FREIGHT TRUCKS
AND OTHER VEHICLES CARRYING LOGS AND OTHER CARGOES ON PUBLIC HIGHWAYS,
ROADS AND BRIDGES EXCEEDING THE PERMISSIBLE WEIGHTS AS AUTHORIZED IN THE
LAND TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC CODE

TYPES OF VEHICLE MAXIMUM LOAD ALLOWED

TRUCKS WITH TWO AXLES 15 TONS, GROSS WEIGHT
TRUCK WITH TANDEM REAR AXLES 15 TONS, GROSS WEIGHT
TRUCK WITH SEMI-TRAILER 27 TONS, GROSS WEIGHT
Letter of Instruction (LOI) 112-119
PENALTIES

 FOR FIRST VIOLATIONS: – YOU WILL STOP ALL FREIGHT TRUCKS AND OTHER VEHICLES CAUGHT VIOLATING
THE LOAD CAPACITY LIMITATION SET IN THESE INSTRUCTIONS AND COMPEL THEM TO COMPLY,
SUSPENDING THEIR MOVEMENT UNTIL THEY HAVE COMPLIED THEREWITH;
 
 FOR SECOND VIOLATIONS: – YOU WILL DETAIN THE VEHICLE AND THE CARGO OF FREIGHT TRUCKS OR
OTHER VEHICLES CAUGHT FOR THE SECOND TIME VIOLATING THESE INSTRUCTIONS;

 FOR THIRD VIOLATIONS: – YOU SHALL DETAIN OR ORDER THE DETENTION OF TWO PERSONS, THE
PRESIDENT OR THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE CORPORATION THAT OWNS OR OPERATES THE FREIGHT
TRUCKS OR OTHER VEHICLES.
 Traffic Rules on Speed limit
RA 4136, CHAPTER IV ARTICLE I
 SECTION35: RESTRICTION AS TO SPEED. – (A) ANY PERSON DRIVING A MOTOR VEHICLE ON A HIGHWAY SHALL DRIVE THE SAME AT
A CAREFUL AND PRUDENT SPEED, NOT GREATER NOR LESS THAN IS REASONABLE AND PROPER, HAVING DUE REGARD FOR THE
TRAFFIC, THE WIDTH OF THE HIGHWAY, AND OF ANY OTHER CONDITION THEN AND THERE EXISTING; AND NO PERSON SHALL
DRIVE ANY MOTOR VEHICLE UPON A HIGHWAY AT SUCH A SPEED AS TO ENDANGER THE LIFE, LIMB AND PROPERTY OF ANY
PERSON, NOR AT A SPEED GREATER THAN WILL PERMIT HIM TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP WITHIN THE ASSURED CLEAR
DISTANCE AHEAD.
 MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SPEEDS
PASSENGERS CARS MOTOR TRUCKS AND MOTORCYCLE AND BUSES.
ON OPEN COUNTRY ROADS, WITH NO “BLINDS CORNERS” NOT CLOSELY BORDERED BY HABITATIONS. (80 KM OR 50 KM PER HOUR)
ON “THROUGH STREETS” OR BOULEVARDS, CLEAR OF TRAFFIC, WITH NO ” BLIND CORNERS,” WHEN SO DESIGNATED.(40 KM OR 30 KM
PER HOUR)
ON CITY AND MUNICIPAL STREETS, WITH LIGHT TRAFFIC, WHEN NOT DESIGNATED “THROUGH STREETS.”(30 KM PER HOUR)
THROUGH CROWDED STREETS, APPROACHING INTERSECTIONS AT “BLIND CORNERS,” PASSING SCHOOL ZONES, PASSING OTHER
VEHICLES WHICH ARE STATIONARY, OR FOR SIMILAR DANGEROUS CIRCUMSTANCES.(20 KM PER HOUR)
MAXIMUM ALLOWED CARS AND TRUCKS AND BUSES
SPEED IN KPH MOTORCYCLES
EXPRESSWAYS 100 80
MAJOR HIGHWAYS 80 60
MINOR HIGHWAYS 60 60
PRIMARY ROADS, 40 40
ON/OFF RAMPS
STREETS, EXCEPT 30 30
THOSE WITH
SPEEDBUMPS (HUMPS)
PRIVATE & PARKING 20 DEPENDS ON TRAFFIC
LOT ROADS, REGULATIONS OF THE
AREA

STREETS WITH
SPEEDBUMPS (HUMPS)
The rates of speed hereinabove prescribed shall not
apply to the following:

(1) A PHYSICIAN OR HIS DRIVER WHEN THE FORMER RESPONDS TO EMERGENCY CALLS;
(2) THE DRIVER OF A HOSPITAL AMBULANCE ON THE WAY TO AND FROM THE PLACE OF ACCIDENT OR
OTHER EMERGENCY;
(3) ANY DRIVER BRINGING A WOUNDED OR SICK PERSON FOR EMERGENCY TREATMENT TO A HOSPITAL,
CLINIC, OR ANY OTHER SIMILAR PLACE;
(4) THE DRIVER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE BELONGING TO THE ARMED FORCES WHILE IN USE FOR OFFICIAL
PURPOSES IN TIMES OF RIOT, INSURRECTION OR INVASION;
(5) THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE, WHEN HE OR HIS PASSENGERS ARE IN PURSUIT OF A CRIMINAL;
(6) A LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO IS TRYING TO OVERTAKE A VIOLATOR OF TRAFFIC LAWS; AND
(7) THE DRIVER OFFICIALLY OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE OF ANY FIRE DEPARTMENT, PROVIDED THAT
EXEMPTION SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO ALLOW UNLESS OR UNNECESSARY FAST DRIVING OF DRIVERS
AFORE-MENTIONED.
SECTION 36. SPEED LIMITS UNIFORM THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINES. – NO PROVINCIAL, CITY OR
MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY SHALL ENACT OR ENFORCE ANY ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SPECIFYING
MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SPEEDS OTHER THAN THOSE PROVIDED IN THIS ACT.
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 96
 DECLARING UNLAWFUL THE USE OR ATTACHMENT OF SIRENS, BELLS, HORNS, WHISTLES OR SIMILAR
GADGETS THAT EMIT EXCEPTIONALLY LOUD OR STARTLING SOUNDS, INCLUDING DOMELIGHTS AND
OTHER SIGNALLING OR FLASHING DEVICES ON MOTOR VEHICLES AND PROVIDING CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS
THEREFOR
 WHEREAS, PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION NO. 1081 ENVISIONED, AMONG OTHER GOALS, THE BRINGING
ABOUT OF A SOCIAL ORDER CHARACTERIZED BY A HIGH STATE OF DISCIPLINE AND ORDER AMONG THE
CITIZENRY;
 WHEREAS, MUCH OF THE CHAOTIC CONDITIONS FROM WHICH OUR PEOPLE HAVE SUFFERED AND STILL
CONTINUE TO SUFFER ARE THE DIRECT RESULT OF INDISCRIMINATE AND UNREGULATED USE OF SIRENS,
BELLS, HORNS, WHISTLES AND SIMILAR GADGETS THAT EMIT EXCEPTIONALLY LOUD OR STARTLING
SOUNDS, INCLUDING DOMELIGHTS AND OTHER SIMILAR SIGNALLING OR FLASHING DEVICES ATTACHED
TO MOTOR VEHICLES AND USED ON THE HIGHWAYS;
 WHEREAS, IT HAS BEEN OBSERVED THAT SUCH UNREGULATED USE OF SIRENS, BELLS, HORNS, WHISTLES
OR SIMILAR GADGETS THAT EMIT EXCEPTIONALLY LOUD OR STARTLING SOUNDS, INCLUDING
DOMELIGHTS AND SIMILAR SIGNALLING OR FLASHING DEVICES ACTUALLY IMPEDE AND CONFUSE
TRAFFIC, ARE INCONSISTENT WITH SOUND TRAFFIC DISCIPLINE AND CONTROL ON THE HIGHWAYS, AND IN
EFFECT CONSTITUTE A MAJOR PROBLEM IN THE MAINTENANCE OF PEACE AND ORDER;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, PURSUANT TO
PROCLAMATION NO. 1081, DATED SEPTEMBER 21, 1972, AND IN MY CAPACITY AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF
ALL THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES, DO HEREBY ORDER AND DECREE:

1. THAT IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR THE OWNER OR POSSESSOR OF ANY MOTOR VEHICLE TO USE OR
ATTACH TO HIS VEHICLE ANY SIREN, BELL, HORN, WHISTLE, OR OTHER SIMILAR GADGETS THAT
PRODUCE EXCEPTIONALLY LOUD OR STARTLING SOUND, INCLUDING DOMELIGHTS, BLINKERS AND
OTHER SIMILAR SIGNALLING OR FLASHING DEVICES.
2. THE GADGETS OR DEVICES MENTIONED ABOVE MAY BE ATTACHED TO AND USE ONLY ON MOTOR
VEHICLES DESIGNATED FOR OFFICIAL USE BY THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES, NATIONAL
BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, LAND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, POLICE DEPARTMENTS, FIRE
DEPARTMENTS, AND HOSPITAL AMBULANCES.

ANY DEVICE OR GADGET INSTALLED OR MOUNTED ON ANY MOTOR VEHICLE OR OTHERWISE USED IN
VIOLATION OF THIS DECREE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO IMMEDIATE CONFISCATION AND, IN CASES OF A SECOND
AND SUBSEQUENT OFFENSES, THE OFFENDER SHALL BE PROSECUTED FOR VIOLATION OF THIS DECREE
BEFORE THE MILITARY TRIBUNAL AND, UPON CONVICTION THEREOF, SHALL SUFFER THE PENALTY OF
IMPRISONMENT FOR SIX MONTHS AND/OR A FINE OF 600 PESOS. IN ADDITION, THE CERTIFICATE OF
REGISTRATION OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE ON WHICH THE UNAUTHORIZED GADGET OR DEVICE HEREIN
MENTIONED IS INSTALLED, MOUNTED OR USED SHALL BE CANCELLED OR REVOKED.

THE COMMISSIONER OF LAND TRANSPORTATION SHALL DRAW AND PROMULGATE SUCH RULES AND
REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO GIVE EFFECT TO THIS DECREE.