"House bill proposes standard seat space in jeepneys"

**ghosthunter** · February 26th, 2012 06:11 PM

House bill proposes standard seat space in jeepneys
February 26, 2012 2:01pm
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A bill was filed at the House of Representatives seeking to standardize seat spaces in jeepneys, the most popular means of transportation in the country.

Quezon City Rep. Winnie Castelo filed last week House Bill 5850, which requires jeepney manufacturers to provide a standard seating space capacity of 357 millimeters or 14 inches per passenger.

The congressman said this measurement is based on scientific studies on the average “anthropometric dimension of jeepney passengers,” particularly the hip area.

The proposed legislation also requires the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) to issue appropriate guidelines, rules and regulations on the standard seat space, to be implemented by the Land Transportation Office (LTO).

Castelo, who also authored the controversial Anti-Planking Bill last year, said the country needs to provide national standards for assembly for customized local road vehicles to avoid passenger overloading and discomfort.

The bill will have to undergo committee and plenary deliberations and voting for it to be passed by the lower chamber. — Andreo C. Calonzo/KBK, GMA News

SOURCE: House bill proposes standard seat space in jeepneys | GMA News Online | The Go-To Site for Filipinos Everywhere

**ghosthunter** · February 26th, 2012 06:13 PM

I think the government clinic is passing out stupid pills again at the Hall of Congress...

**chua_riwap** · February 26th, 2012 09:31 PM

so ibig sabihin kung more than 14" ang wetpaks/balakang mo, doble na bayad.

minsan kasi, yun sampu-an, nagiging walohan na lang, pag ga-balyena yung sakay.
tapos ang bayad pang isang passenger lang....he-he!

**niky** · February 26th, 2012 10:26 PM

At first, I thought that this would be a good thing... but 14"? So passengers don't have shoulders that stick out four or five inches on either side of their torsos?

**chrismarte** · February 26th, 2012 11:03 PM

langya sinukat ko wetpaks ko sobra sa 14"

lakas din mag trip ni tong si mr. congressman...

**ghosthunter** · February 26th, 2012 11:38 PM

I wonder if anyone in congress would fit in a 14 inch wide seat?

Just being true to yourself, diba? If the congressman's arse wouldn't fit in a 14 inch seat, could he expect the average pinoy's arse to be.....

**chua_riwap** · February 27th, 2012 12:01 AM

& i thought it was lito lapid who's proposing this bill.......

**Walter** · February 27th, 2012 12:35 AM

A 14" width standard is better than nothing. This is actually good. For those of you who regularly commute in jeepneys, it's really pathetic that passengers are forced to squeeze in jeepneys. Drivers insists on cramming passengers such that the last to get on a jeepney is forced to squat since only a third of his/her butt can fit.

**KERSMcRae** · February 27th, 2012 01:27 AM

sa probinsya, walang pakinabang ang batas na to kung sakali dahil doon, maluwag talaga pag magsakay ang mga jeep. Tapos halimbawa kung mataba (pardon me for the term) ang pasahero, naiintindihan na ng konduktor at driver, babawiin na lang pag may bumaba na pasahero.

Dito sa Metro Manila, walang pakialam ang mga driver / konduktor kahit isang hita na lang ang kasya. Yung 10 seater na jeep halimbawa, sukat na pang-toddler yun. Kahit alam na na malaki ang pasahero, ipipilit pa rin ng mga yan. Kahit sabihin mo sa kunduktor subukan ng umupo at isiksik sarili nya, maggalit-galitan ang mga kumag. Tapos gagawing 14" width ang standard seating- baka hindi nila alam ang 14". (Hindi ko ma-check kung tama ang 14" sa Pinoy anthropetrics. actually, ergonometrics din dapat)

Kaya masasabi ko mas merong common sense ang mga nasa probinsya compared sa mga konduktor/driver sa Manila.

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ot:
naalala ko ang isang kaklase namin sa college. taga-maynila siya at never pa niya nasubukan sumakay ng jeep dahil maykaya ang pamilya, kaya takot siya mag-jeep. Niyaya siya ng isang kaklase namin na sa harap umupo. ayun, natuwa sya at madalas siya na lagi namimili at pumapara ng jeep. That's in Baguio though, not in Manila.
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edit:
sa ibang bansa, mas convenient ang commute kaysa mag-kotse, lalo na sa mismo city ang pupuntahan. Kaya madalas puno ang parking sa mga Park-&-Ride stations.

**chua_riwap** · February 27th, 2012 02:44 AM

yun mga tabachingching kasi, kahit na pang 2 tao na in-occupy nila, P8 lang babayaran.
kaya ang sakim na jeepney driver, kukuha pa ng pasahero yan, kahit masikip na. walang konsiderasyon. nanghihinayang sa P8 na nabawas sa byahe.

sakim sa kita.