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REPUBLIC ACT
8750: SEAT BELT
USE ACT OF 1999
The Republic Act No. 8750 known as the Seat
Belts Use of Act states that the driver and
passengers (both rear and front passengers) of
private and public vehicles are required to use
and wear their seat belts every time they're
inside a car with the running engine on any
street, road, and highway.
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R.A 8750: EFFECTIVITY &
MANDATORY USE OF ACT
“An Act Requiring the Mandatory
Compliance by Motorists of Private
and Public Vehicles to Use Seat Belt
Devices, and Requiring Vehicle
Manufacturers to Install Seat Belt
Devices in all Their Manufactured
Vehicles” is the full title of the
Republic Act No. 8750.
SEAT BELT LAW
PHILIPPINES:
PENALTY AND FINES
FOR DRIVERS
The penalty for not wearing seatbelt in
the Philippines or failed to inform and
require their passengers to wear seat
belts will be penalized accordingly:
SEAT BELT LAW PHILIPPINES:
PENALTY AND FINES FOR DRIVERS
For drivers of PUVs failed to
instruct front-seat passengers
to wear seat belts, the seat belt
law Philippines penalty will be a
minimum fine of P300 but not
exceeding P3,000 for each
violation.
SEAT BELT LAW PHILIPPINES:
PENALTY AND FINES FOR DRIVERS
For importers,
assemblers,
manufacturers,
and distributors
of the vehicle
IMPORTANCE
OF SEAT BELTS
seatbelts are a vital part of
every motor vehicle.
● THE SEATBELT DISTRIBUTES THE IMPACT
OF THE CRASH TO THE CHEST AND PELVIS
WHICH ARE TWO OF THE STRONGEST
BODY PARTS OF THE HUMAN BODY.
● IT KEEPS THE OCCUPANTS OF THE CAR
FROM BEING THROWN OUT OF THE
VEHICLE OR AGAINST ITS INTERIORS LIKE
THE DASHBOARD AND WINDSHIELD.
● IT STOPS THE PASSENGERS FROM
HITTING OTHER PASSENGERS OF THE CAR
Seatbelt is considered to be the most
effective car safety device ever
invented.
REPUBLIC ACT
10586: ANTI-DRUNK
DRIVING LAW
The law is also known as an Act Penalizing Persons Driving
Under the Influence of Alcohol, Dangerous Drugs, and
Other Similar Substances. The said law also enables law
enforcers to use a device called breath analyzers and to
conduct a sobriety test on drivers who they believe is
under alcohol intoxication or dangerous drugs.
FIELD SOBRIETY TEST
If the law enforcer has probable cause of alcohol intoxication, the Standardized Field Sobriety
Test or SFTS is performed. It is a series of three tests that will determine if the driver is driving
under the influence of alcohol in the Philippines.
Eye test or the Walk- One-leg Breath
Horizontal Gaze and-turn stand test Analyzer
Nystagmus test Philippines
In this test, the walk heel-to-toe in a require the driver to stand With the use of
apprehending officer will straight line for 8 to 9 with their one leg 6 inches breathalyzers, law
stand about 1 foot away steps. They should turn at from the ground for a good enforcers will be able to
from the suspected the end and go back to thirty seconds. This test is detect if the motorist is
driver and checks if it his/her starting point also done to check the driving drunk. This device
shows involuntary eye without showing any driver's coordination and should only be used if the
jerking while they are signs of difficulty. This test balance and the same with suspected drunk driver
looking towards the is done to check the the walk-and-turn test, it fails the three failed
moving objects from side ability of the driver in also checks if the driver can sobriety test stated
to side. maintaining balance and still follow directions. above.
following directions.
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RA 10586: DRUNK
DRIVING LAW
PHILIPPINES
PENALTY
R.A. 10586 ON ANTI-DRUNK
DRIVING ACT PHILIPPINES:
CONCLUSION
R.A. 10586 on Anti-drunk driving Act Philippines:
Conclusion The Republic Act No. 10586 also
states that the Land Transportation Office shall
conduct random drug tests and terminal
inspections of the drivers of public utility
vehicles. The LTO is the lead agency to
implement the Anti-Drunk and Drugged Driving
Act of 2013.
THANK
YOU
F O R Y O U R A T T E N T I O N
ALWAYS WEAR SEATBELT!