It's all about H.O.P.E. :Having the Opportunity to Protect One's Existence

Courtesy of the Global status report on road safety 2015 Seatbelt save lives.  This is a fact. It saves lives every day, protecting vehicle occupants from collision, ejection, g-forces, injury, and even death. The importance of seatbelts to vehicle safety is practically common knowledge, one would be inclined to believe that drivers and passengers alike would wear them religiously. And yet, here in the Philippines, the Seatbelt Law is the most violated rule of the road.  According to Atty. Roberto Valera, head of the traffic safety department at the Land Transportation Office (LTO), the local seatbelt law (Republic Act 8750, otherwise known as the Seat Belts Use Act of 1999), was the country's most violated traffic law for 2016.   In an article published on December 05, 2017 by Dinna Louise C. Dayao with a title “Seat belt law: the most violated road rule in PH”.  It says that “Data show that too few motorists wear seat belts. This means that too many risk seriou...

  There is a saying that goes “Don’t drink and drive.   But many Filipinos who drive believe that they can tolerate a large amount of alcohol and still be able to make concrete decision behind the wheel, they’ll drink… then  drive.   Drunk and drugged driving is a big concern to police because the drivers are likely to get involved in fatal vehicle crashes.   Although the police are mostly concerned with innocent people who are killed in alcohol-related crashes, it is in fact the drunk driver or his passenger who is most likely to be killed.   One of the main concerns about the Anti-Drunk and Drugged Driving Act (R.A. 10586) is the implementing rules and regulations. The problem starts with the process.   “An officer can only proceed with screening a driver when there is reasonable ground to believe that the driver is under the influence of alcohol or drugs.   So how is that?   After witnessing a traffic offense.   It means that a dang...