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Road Safety; Doing our Share
Topic Started: Jun 7 2006, 04:17 PM (1,156 Views)
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Road Safety is Your Responsibility

By the Ford Road Safety Youth Council
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EVERY 18 seconds someone is involved in an auto accident; every 11 minutes someone dies. Scary as it may be, it has to be said. It’s our job to inform our peers of the importance of road safety.

As members of the Ford Road Safety Youth Council, we make it a point to “use peer pressure in a positive way.” We try to tell our fellow students, family and neighbors that road safety is very important and that it is very dangerous to be reckless.

When you’re on the road, you have to take into consideration that it’s not just your life you’re dealing with, but the lives of your family, and the lives of somebody else’s family. Road safety isn’t just for drivers; it’s for passengers and pedestrians.
Here are some street-smart strategies every driver and pedestrian, especially students, should keep in mind.

For pedestrians:

Use overpasses and pedestrian lanes when crossing the street. Taking the effort to use them will save you from grief.

Walk on the sidewalk at all times, keeping in mind that the road is for vehicles, not for people.

Be mindful of the vehicles coming your way.

Trivial as it may sound, “Stop, Look and Listen” works.

For commuters:

Get on and off the bus or jeepneys only at full stop and at designated stops.

Avoid making unnecessary movements and noise that can distract the driver.

Do not extend any part of your body outside the vehicle.

For passengers:

Wear your seatbelt at all times, including those seated at the back. Airbags are only supplemental to seatbelts.

Never overload the vehicle. The number of seatbelts in the vehicle should determine the number of passengers.

For drivers:

First and most important to keep in mind when driving, is that we are also responsible of our passengers, other motorists and the pedestrians.

Buckle up. It’s the first thing to do once inside the vehicle, even for short-distance trips.

Always practice road courtesy and discipline by following traffic signs, obeying traffic rules, using signal lights properly and observing speed limits.

Take caution at intersections, a danger zone. Intersections can be risky because there are a lot of distractions like turning cars, pedestrians and red-light runners.

Keep your eyes on the road and your hands on the steering wheel. Using a cell phone or reading a map will distract you and lead to an accident.

Drive defensively. There may be erratic drivers around you. Let a tailgater pass you.

Never drink and drive. Drunk driving has caused countless road accidents.

Don’t drive sleep-deprived. Sleep is not a matter of willpower, but a biological need. If you become drowsy, pull off the road and get some rest.

Know and understand the safety features of your vehicle. Read the manual, it explains how the safety features function.

Always leave extra space between your car and the car in front of you, especially when the road is wet. During a stormy weather it maybe best not to drive and to just stay in doors.

Do not to let peer pressure influence safe driving habits.

http://news.inq7.net/lifestyle/index.php?i...&story_id=78282

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Walk on the sidewalk at all times, keeping in mind that the road is for vehicles, not for people.


Just want to add that sidewalks are fpr pedestrians and not for sidewalk vendors who are lording over it especially during rainy season.

As for commuters of PUJs.

When paying, be sure you got eye contact with the driver like any transaction and try to finish such as quick as possible. Some passengers just pass their fares without the driver knowing whom it came from making it hard to concentrate on his driving. Remember distractions causes accidents which would involve all of you in that vehicle.

When getting off, give enough time and distance for the driver to off load you in the proper zone. This habit of getting on and off anytime anywhere (with some in the middle of a bridge) are the causes of traffics. Example, "Mama, kanto Tinio lang po". :armyLol:
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It's quite lamentable though to run after some of our poor people who use the sidewalks as a place in the pursuit of their survival like the sidewalk vendors.

What is displeasurely revolting is when scambugs like snatchers and pickpockets use the sidewalk as a fishing ground for their would-be-victims.
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Road deaths a global epidemic

By REUTERS

LONDON - Road deaths are a global epidemic on the scale of malaria and tuberculosis and world leaders must do more to address the issue, a report said on Thursday.

The Commission for Global Road Safety, headed by former NATO chief George Robertson, said 1.2 million people were killed and 50 million injured every year worldwide in traffic accidents.

More than 85 percent of the casualties were in low and middle income countries, with road deaths second only to AIDS as a global killer of young men.

The Commission said the Group of Eight, made up of the world’s richest countries, must back a 0 million, 10-year action plan to address the issue in developing countries.

Robertson said it needed the same attention from the G8 as was given to the "Make Poverty History" campaign, which lobbied political leaders to write off billions of dollars of debt owed by the world’s poorest nations.

"In 2005 millions of people, and the leaders of the G8, responded to the call to Make Poverty History," Robertson said in a statement.

"Yet the gains for development won in 2005 will be at risk if action is not taken to reverse the growing epidemic of road traffic death and injury, with its terrible human and economic cost."

The report said that despite causing death on a similar scale to malaria and TB, road safety was not included in the Millennium Development Goals and so received far less in overseas funding.

It estimated that the economic cost to low and middle income countries was -100 billion.

Robertson called for "political leadership" from the G8 along with a significant increase in resources.

The commission’s findings will be presented to world leaders before the G8 summit in St Petersburg in July in an effort to have road safety put on the agenda of future summits.

The report also called for a United Nations Road Safety Summit to be called to coordinate an international policy for preventing road injuries.

"Five hundred children are dying every day and thousands more are being disabled or injured," said Formula One driver Michael Schumacher, a member of the commission set up by the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) Foundation.

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50% of these road accidents can be attributed to driving or operating a vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor and prohibited drugs.

The other 50% can be attributed to poor driving skills, unroadworthy vehicles, and last but no the least, substandard and poorly engineered roads.
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Nice Stuff!!!
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Harmonized traffic laws backed by LTO

By JC BELLO RUIZ

The clamor for a common set of traffic rules covering Metro Manila gained ground yesterday as the Land Transportation Office (LTO) declared its support for the move to unify not only regulations but also procedures in the implementation of rules and regulations in the 17 cities and towns that make up the metropolitan area.

In a statement, Transportation Assistant Secretary and LTO chief Anneli Lontoc made the declaration in answer to the complaints being received by the agency from transport groups and private motorists over the varying traffic rules and regulations in Metro Manila.

Apart from expensive fuel prices, the public transport sector, particularly in Metro Manila, has been complaining of the varying traffic schemes being implemented by the LTO, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and local government units (LGUs) that come with varying set of penalties.

According to drivers, they get confused with the different set of traffic rules implemented in different areas and also where they should go to claim their confiscated vehicle plates or driver’s licenses, or where they could pay their fines.


Lontoc said the LTO would like to work with the LGUs to develop a harmonized traffic code that can be enforced efficiently and is responsive of the needs of the times.

"With LTO and the local leaders working together, we can come up with traffic rules that are in line with each other. We can also join in informing the motorists about them (traffic rules) to avoid confusion."

This early, transport groups led by the Alliance of Transport Operators and Drivers Association of the Philippines (ALTODAP) have guaranteed support for the harmonization of traffic rules in Metro Manila.

Lontoc said the aim for a harmonized set of traffic rules is similar to the agency’s program of developing a land transport network that is safe, fast, reliable, convenient, and environmentally-sustainable means of moving people, goods, and services.

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This all started in income sharing from fees and penalties. Having given autonomy, LGUs started creating their own traffic rules and collecting fines.
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With the continuing rise of fuel prices many are opting to use motorcycles. But most motorcyclists don't follow the rules of the road, swerving into lanes without consideration to other users of the roads. Some converts their motorcycles, removing side-mirrors, replacing signal lights with bright lights, none wearing of helmets, with some overloaded with children.

According to the MMDA a sudden increase in road accidents were attributed to motorcyclist. such as

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PSG officer killed in motorcycle crash in Pasig City

A member of the Presidential Security Group was killed after he, while onboard a motorcycle, crashed into a mixer truck in Pasig City early Tuesday.

Police investigators said Captain Armin Sara was driving home after his duty hours during President Arroyo's State of the Nation Address at Batasan Pambansa Complex in Quezon City, when he smashed into a mixer truck along C. Raymundo St. in Pasig City.

"His motorcycle was already lurching," said Danilo Lorenzo of Pasig’s Batas Siyudad Enforcement Office.

Sara was found dead on the spot. His head, which was without a helmet, apparently hit the mixer truck's bumper.

Alan Agravante, the truck’s driver, admitted that he already saw Sara's motorcycle. The truck driver said however that he was not able to avoid it because the motorcycle suddenly swerved into his lane.

"I saw him already, so I blew the truck’s horn, but it seemed that he fell asleep. I can’t do anything," said Agravante.

The victim’s companion, Sergeant Ronaldo Cabairo admitted that they had a drink before boarding their motorcycles.

"We were just invited for a drink," he said.

Sara’s family was too distressed to speak on the PSG officer’s sudden death.


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Motorcyclist's body cut in half in Pasig truck crash

A motorcyle-riding man on his way home died after a truck rammed him from behind while cruising along Ortigas Avenue in Pasig City shortly before dawn Wednesday. The crash also pinned the victim to a parked cable truck ahead of him. The impact cut his body in half.

Police and rescue workers found Wilfredo Gregorio's body underneath the trailer truck that crashed onto him past 4 a.m. along the eastbound lane of the road.

Investigators said that the trailer truck carrying bags of cement accidentally rammed Gregorio's motorcycle from behind. The impact sent the victim speeding toward a truck that was laying down telephone cables inside a manhole.

The crash nearly injured cableman Mark Anthony Arsenio and his co-workers. They were able to jump clear of the incoming truck just in time.

No one among the cable truck's workers were injured.

Trailer truck helper Edwin Perez, meanwhile, suffered an injury after he fell off the vehicle upon impact. Its driver, Fernando Mallare, was also hurt.

Rescuers had to use an electric cutter to pry loose Gregorio's mangled body from the wreckage.

Police said charges of reckles imprudence resulting to homicide will be filed against Mallare.

Experts, meanwhile, warned motorcycle riders to exercise utmost caution whenever on the road especially now that it is the most common vehicle being used by motorists because it consumes less fuel.

The National Motorcycle Sports and Safety Association said riders should wear helmets and reflectorized vests especially at night. The best safety tip, however, is to refrain from riding a motorcycle at night.

Miguel Rippol, NAMMSA safety consultant, also said adults should not take children with them on motorcycle rides.

Records from the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said that road accidents involving motorcycles rose significantly since 2006.

Compared to 8,898 in 2006, the MMDA said 11,108 motorcycle-related road crashes took place in 2007.

Most of these cases involved riders who were driving under the influence of liquor, the MMDA said. With reports from Dominic Almelor and Timi Nubla, ABS-CBN News


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A chemistry of alcohol and machine is the simplest dose for disaster.
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Free motorcycle riding safety seminars to public

The Honda Safety Driving Center (HSDC) will be conducting free motorcycle riding safety seminars as part of its social advocacy.

The special run will be offered every Tuesday, from 3-4 p.m.at the HSDC. Seats will be limited to 50 riders per run -- regardless of the motorcycle brand being used. Special prizes also await active participants during the seminar.

For reservations, interested parties may reach HSDC's Customer Service at tel. no. 838-0814 or through mobile no. (0928) 555-5695. HSDC is located at Km 17 East Service Road, South Superhighway, Parañaque City.

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Hope motorcyclists as well as bike riders makes this as part of their habit

Mandatory helmet bill signed into law
by Patrick Everett Tadeo April 12, 2010
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TopGear.com.ph Philippine Car News - Mandatory Helmet Bill signed into law

Motorcycle riders who continue to refuse wearing a helmet are in for a rude awakening as the Mandatory Helmet Act of 2010 or Republic Act 10054 has been signed into law.

Under the new law, motorcycle riders and their passengers are required to wear standard protective helmets "while driving motorcycles, whether on long or short drives, at any time of the day, in any type of road and highway." Only tricycle drivers are exempted from wearing the protective headgear.

Motorcycle riders apprehended for not wearing a protective helmet will be fined from a minimum of P1,500 to a maximum of P10,000, the Philippine Star reported.

The Mandatory Helmet Act also requires the Department of Trade and Industry to test helmets sold in the country, whether they are locally-manufactured or imported. Motorcycle helmet manufacturers and importers are required to secure either a Philippine Standard mark or an import commodity clearance before they can sell their products. Otherwise, they could face a fine of P10,000 to P20,000 for violating the provision.

While the new law was passed just last month, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) has been apprehending motorcycle riders who do not wear helmets since 2009 in accordance to the agency's memorandum on the revised rules and regulations on the use and operation of motorcycles. Based on the agency's memorandum, violators will also be fined P1,500 and required to attend a seminar on traffic safety management conducted by the LTO.

"We've been citing motorcycle riders who fail to wear helmets since 2009," said an official from the LTO's Law Enforcement division. "The signing of the law will help us enforce it even further."

The Mandatory Helmet Bill is authored by Sen. Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr., who is also an avid motorcycle rider. In May 2009, Revilla was tapped by Suzuki Philippines to promote road safety to other motorcycle riders as an advocacy ambassador.

Revilla said the mandatory wearing of helmets will help reduce fatalities due to accidents involving motorcycle riders.

"Studies showed helmets are estimated to be 37 percent effective in preventing fatal injuries and 67 percent effective in preventing brain injuries to motorcyclists," Revilla added.

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