Aquino signs law banning children from riding motorcycles

[Monseratto]

August 5, 2015 5:05 pm


President Benigno has signed into law a bill seeking to ban small children from riding motorcycles.

Republic Act (RA) 10666, which Aquino signed on July 21, prohibits any person to drive a two-wheeled motorcycle with a child on board on roads with heavy volume of vehicles or where a speed limit of more than 60/kph is imposed.

Under the new law, a child can be allowed to ride a motorcycle if he or she can reach the standard foot peg of the motorcycle. A child shuld also be able to grasp the waist of the motorcycle driver.

Violators shall be fined P3,000 for the first offense, P5,000 for the second offense, and P10,000 for the third and succeeding offenses.

Violation beyond the third time shall result to automatic revocation of the offender’s driver’s license.

RA 10666 authorizes the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to increase or adjust the amounts of fines after public consultation once every three years. It also empowers the LTO to deputize members of the Philippine National Police, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority and Local Government Units to implement the law.

The new law shall take effect 15 days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in two national newspapers of general publication. CATHERINE S. VALENTE


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[L1quid]

Parang wala rin, open country roads lang naman ang may above 60kph na speed limit, the rest are 40kph or below na.

Private roads with higher speed limits like SLEX only allow 400cc and above motorcycles to ply it, most of the time, these riders are educated on safety naman, so not much to worry there.

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Parang wala rin, open country roads lang naman ang may above 60kph na speed limit, the rest are 40kph or below na.

Private roads with higher speed limits like SLEX only allow 400cc and above motorcycles to ply it, most of the time, these riders are educated on safety naman, so not much to worry there.

[sirkosero]

"with heavy volume of vehicle" so in short, sa traffic. so kahit saan sa metro manila kasi traffic

[baludoy]

sa cavite alam ko bawal na daw may angkas na bata medyo matagal-tagal na

just dunno how well this particular local law worked or how it's being implemented

[L1quid]

"with heavy volume of vehicle" so in short, sa traffic. so kahit saan sa metro manila kasi traffic

Haha! Ongapala, good point!
Hard to prove though kasi the statement is relative.

[benchman]

siguradong mag-rant yung mga bayabas riders dyan, pagkakaperahan na naman sasabihin nila. mas maganda nga doblehin pa ang multa.
may mga ogags nga akong nakikita na tatlong maliliit na bata ang angkas, inihahatid sa school

[boy astig]

If the law can be successfully implemented in the provinces, especially the poorest of provinces, then hats off to them.

If not, another crap of wasted taxpayers time, effort and money

[170kphlang]

madalas na dahilan kasi nila di kaya makabili ng kotse pero insufficient reason yun para ilagay sa peligro yung (mga)bata

[dos2]

Buwaya at Bwitre : "ayos, another source of extra income"

[KERSMcRae]

hindi ko pa nababasa yung copy ng RA na yan. Bilang isa ring nagmomotor, ang masasabi ko lang e ngayon pa lang- walang kwenta ang batas na yan.. Yung helmet law di mapatupad ng maayos yan pa kaya...