Sixty-five percent (65%) of road crashes are due to driver error. The LTO cited in its 2019 Road Safety Action Plan that road crashes are the leading cause of death for children and young adults aged five to 29.
(See Use of car seats to protect children now a law – Vera Files) The number of deaths and injuries involving children in road crashes has been increasing to an alarming level.Īccording to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), an annual average of 671 children aged 14 and below died from 2006 to 2014 due to road crashes. More children and young adults die from crash-related injuries than from any other type of injury Here are five issues you need to know about the Child Safety in Motor Vehicles Act:ġ. He cited a Supreme Court ruling, saying that a Congress resolution cannot amend or repeal a law.Īmid the confusion, let us take a look at the rationale behind RA 11229 and what types of car seats meet the standards set in the law and are appropriate for your child. Edgar Sarmiento, the committee chairperson, instructed the secretariat to prepare a bill on this. 10 hearing that it would need another law to suspend enforcement of RA 11229. However, the House committee on transportation resolved during a Feb. The Department of Transportation (DoTr) and the Land Transportation Office (LTO), the lead implementing agencies of the law, earlier agreed to suspend the penal provisions for six months in response to public criticisms and a call from senators for a review of some of its provisions. 11, President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the defermen of its implementation in view of the difficulties due to the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, according to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque.
2, more than a year following the approval of its implementing rules and regulations. The law, enacted in February 2019, was supposed to have been enforced last Feb. It prescribes a fine ranging from P1,000 to P5,000 and one-year suspension of driving license for a violation. Republic Act (RA) 11229 requires children up to age 12 and shorter than 150 centimeters or 59 inches (4 feet 11 inches) to be strapped to child restraint systems (CRS) or protective car seats during transport.
Enforcement of the Child Safety in Motor Vehicles Act has been deferred to give car owners with children 12 years and younger time to install appropriate car seats specified in the new law.