Archive - Chit Estella Road Safety

As the year comes to a close, the abolition of the Road Board has not only failed to materialize.

“This is the most chilling, most heartbreaking figure in this document.” - WHO Philippines

Tens of thousands of Filipinos die and are injured and disabled every year due to road crashes, yet the issue of road safety is hardly viewed as one worthy of public attention.

It allows victims and witnesses to report their locations in a few clicks.

Children aged 12 years and below will soon be required to sit at the back of cars and properly buckled up in seats that would protect them while traveling.

Here are reminders from PHIVOLCS.

Nations observe today, Nov 18, the World Day of Remembrance (WDR) for Road Traffic Victims.

Conflicting pieces of legislation, a lack of deputized traffic enforcers and delays in accreditation of road safety equipment make implementation difficult.

How safe are our sidewalks for pedestrians?

Nakabimbin sa plenary ngayon ang Senate Bill 1447 o “Child Safety in Motor Vehicles Act of 2017."

Unacceptable acts like these would be banned once a bill seeking to protect Filipino children riding private vehicles be passed into law.

The motorcycle lost control, and father and son got stuck in a ditch.

Nawasak ang isang Asian utility vehicle matapos kaladkarin ng tren.

Papaano ito naging “nasa isip lang natin?”

Marami ang nagmamanehong hindi alam ang traffic rules. Kaya madalas nasasangkot sa away-trapiko.

The seeming tug-of-war in Congress on Sept. 12 has left road safety advocates saddened and confused.

Upon reaching the critical portion of the road, the engine of the motor vehicle suddenly shut off.

In a highly unusual move, the bill was adopted then cancelled simultaneously.

The group goes around the country to get the issues and concerns of different transport groups in relation to the government’s PUV modernization program.

There are a number of colorum motor vehicles that have even established parking areas in the city’s central business district area.

The said area could serve for the put up of a parking structure but on a limited basis.

Isa ka ba sa libo-libong namroblema noong isang linggo nang simulan ng Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) ang dry run ng High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane policy?

The traffic light is the first in the entire stretch of the American built highway leading to other towns of Benguet and is the gateway to the Mountain Province.

Reflectorized signages along Halsema Highway is being proposed by the Provincial Board of Benguet.

A road crash in the Philippines costs more than the sum of your medical bills and the damage to your car.

​Have you ever danced to Drake” “In My Feelings” for the Kiki Challenge? If you have, you might have just broken the law.

Do the phrases “Basta sexy, libre” and “Basta driver, sweet lover” ring a bell to you?

The Road Safety Journalism Fellowship Program has mentored 21 journalists in the Philippines.

A bill that could save hundreds of Filipino children from injury or death took a step closer to becoming law.

Journalists from Metro Manila and Luzon can apply.