Speeding is the biggest contributor to road crash fatalities in the Philippines so road safety advocates and vulnerable road users welcome the call for lower speed limits, especially in commercial and residential areas.

Her death was reported as an “accident,” but the tragedy that occurred a decade ago could have been prevented.

Many transport workers, who have not benefited from the project, have been tipped “into extreme poverty,” said the Move as One Coalition in a May 4 statement, adding it found the situation “unacceptable.”