Banned soon: Cellphone use while driving

[chua_riwap]

This is good. Pero maraming pasaway sa atin. Siguradong may magba-violate pa rin. And also, ma-implement kaya nang maayos ito? Maging source na naman ito ng corruption.



http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx...bCategoryId=68

25 Mar 2009

MANILA, Philippines - Motorists will soon be prohibited from using their cellular phones while driving.

The House committee on transportation has decided to consolidate and endorse two bills seeking a ban on the use of mobile phones by motorists while on the road.

Pampanga Rep. Aurelio Gonzales Jr. is the author of Bill 1625, while Representatives Irwin Tieng, Rene Velarde and Ma. Carissa Coscolluela of the party-list group Buhay introduced Bill 4917.

Both measures seek to prohibit the use of mobile phones for making, receiving or sending calls or text messages while driving.

Gonzales said although several local government units have enacted ordinances banning mobile phone use while driving, there is a need to impose such prohibition on a nationwide scale to protect life, limb and property.

He said motorists are more likely to be involved in accidents if they are using cellular phones while in transit than those who are not.

Citing studies, Tieng and his Buhay colleagues said motorists using phones are in fact four times as likely to get into crashes serious enough to injure themselves, their passengers and pedestrians as well.

They said many of the vehicular accidents that happen in Metro Manila involve motorists making, receiving or sending calls or text messages on their mobile phones.

“Using a cell phone while driving is analogous to driving while drunk,” they said.

They pointed out that in many countries, mobile phone use is banned while driving.

These countries include Australia, Austria, Belgium, Botswana, Chile, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Taiwan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, South Korea, and the United Kingdom.

Under the consolidated bill, the Metro Manila Development Authority will enforce the ban on the use of mobile phones while driving, while Philippine National Police would be the enforcement agency outside the metropolis.

[Lucius]

Pano naman pag heavily tinted?

[vito corleone]

i fully support this. . .i don't want to end up a chance victim of a nincompoop who thinks he/she is capable of multitasking. . .if we must receive/make a call/text while driving, pull over on the road side to do it. . .let's all be responsible enough not to even give a chance accidents from happening. . .let's think of the people inside our car; let's think of people inside the other cars

[mrpink]

implementation will be the killer .. not too optimistic about this going futher than the initial political grandstanding .. if you need a law to implement stuff supposedly common sense, chances are people will ignore it thinking that they have better sense and above average driving skills ..

yung ban nila yung tumatawid sa kalye na nag-te-text ...

[ghosthunter]

For me, this is a waste of time. Why? Its because there are two bills which does the same thing. The whole thing is a waste of public money. The problem is not the laws but enforcement of the existing laws we already have.

[testament11]

alam ko meron na nito dati ah! asan na yun pagiimplement nito? pero kung saka-sakali, eh pabor ako dito sa law na eto. i myself do this at aminado ako, napakahirap mawala ang focus sa driving lalo na sa congested roads

[_Qwerty_]

pano pag may handsfree gadget?? bawal pa din??

[XTO]

magandang batas ito pero malabo ma-implement ng tama, kung tututukan ng mga enforcers ang bawat driver sa loob ng tinted na sasakyan eh malamang masagasaan pa sila

IMO disiplina sa sarili lang remedyo dito, kahit ibawal kung gagawin tuloy tuloy pa rin. mahirap ding mapatunayang nagte-text while driving at nabangga pwera na lang kung hawak pa rin ang cellphone niya

[chua_riwap]

Sa Singapore, kung meron kang handsfree gadget or yung headphone, pwede ka mag-drive while using your cellphone. Ngayon kung wala, you have to pull-over, para i-receive yung call sa cellphone mo, to avoid penalties or being caught by the police.

Pero iba ang Singapore compared sa atin. Sa EDSA lang di kakayanin ng MMDA na i-check lahat yung violators dahil sa volume ng traffic na dumaraan diyan daily.

Pero may solusyon diyan eh. Kung di makayanang bumili ng mga "gadgets", gayahin na lang yung labas nung Nokia na "hands-free", yung naka-strap sa ulo ng caller.......(joke po )

[XTO]

walang problema kung "call" lang kahit di hands free kasi no need namang tingnan pa. ang malaking problema yung walang humpay na kate-text dito sa tin while driving.

dito naman tayo bilib sa mga PUJ kayang kaya magsukli ng tama mga manual pa gamit hehe yun nga lang talagang sagabal sa kalye

[ghosthunter]

walang problema kung "call" lang kahit di hands free kasi no need namang tingnan pa. ang malaking problema yung walang humpay na kate-text dito sa tin while driving.

It has been proven that talking on the celfone is just as bad as being drunk behind the wheel of the car. The driver is distracted by the conversation he/she is having to concentrate on the road. Even hands-free devices don't help much in this case but at least it frees up both hands to properly hold the steering wheel.

[sarceangel]

magandang batas ito pero malabo ma-implement ng tama, kung tututukan ng mga enforcers ang bawat driver sa loob ng tinted na sasakyan eh malamang masagasaan pa sila

dapat bawalan din nila ang masyadong dark na tint kagaya ng US para
makita nila ang mga galaw at kilos ng driver sa loob ng kanyang sasakyan...

kapag naging batas ito,kikita na naman mga kotong cops....

[XTO]

Well, it depends on the person doing it. Some drives more wary while drunk while others do it like hell. It's like driving while eating, drinking or "anything" same with one using his / her cellphone, hands free of not - it's up to them which one to focus.

It has been proven that talking on the celfone is just as bad as being drunk behind the wheel of the car. The driver is distracted by the conversation he/she is having to concentrate on the road. Even hands-free devices don't help much in this case but at least it frees up both hands to properly hold the steering wheel.

nung maliit ako, naging batas ang bawal ang tint but now even harap fully tint na uso.... ayusin muna nila batas nila bago sila magdagdag. puro sila umpisa kasi

dapat bawalan din nila ang masyadong dark na tint kagaya ng US para
makita nila ang mga galaw at kilos ng driver sa loob ng kanyang sasakyan...

kapag naging batas ito,kikita na naman mga kotong cops....

[cablespy]

The problem is not the laws but enforcement of the existing laws we already have.

true i agree.

dati strict sa seatbelts ngayon wala na pakialam

[Autobeat]

It's a good law, pero asa pa sa implementation.

Hindi na nga effectively magawa ang basic enforcement against no taillights, no plate# lights, no headlights, no turn signals, no brake lights, etc., ito pa kaya? Pati na rin enforcement against drunk driving. . .

[CVT]

Agree. Puro ningas cogon dito... Walang fair and consistent implementation of laws...

7707:band:

[ans_lim168]

true i agree.

dati strict sa seatbelts ngayon wala na pakialam

I heard MMDA General Manager Nacianceno ( hope I got it right ) that the seat belt law is not already among the priority of his boys. Go figure.

[ghosthunter]

Well, it depends on the person doing it. Some drives more wary while drunk while others do it like hell. It's like driving while eating, drinking or "anything" same with one using his / her cellphone, hands free of not - it's up to them which one to focus.

We all want to think we are better than the typical drunk or cellphone user when trying to multitask with a car. Unfortunately the only time we prove ourselves wrong is when we get into an accident, hopefully without killing someone else in the process.

[oliver1013]

La to...Pilipinas pa!

nuff said..

[StraightSix]

Correction lang sa article ...

Mobile phone use while driving in the UK isn't banned. What's banned is driving and holding the phone while using it. The driver can still use it on hands-free mode. If you don't have hands-free and have to use the phone, you have to pull over (where allowed to) and turn off the engine.

But if you get into an accident, hands-free or not, the use of a phone during or just before the accident will be a point against you in court.

When caught, the penalties in license points and fee will be stiff, and the increase in insurance premium will be large ... but even in a country like the UK there are still a lot of idiots risking life and limb holding phones up their ears while driving.