Too many laws, too many crashes: Years-old road safety legislation remains unimplemented
Conflicting pieces of legislation, a lack of deputized traffic enforcers and delays in accreditation of road safety equipment make implementation difficult.
Tag Archives: Drunk Driving
Random testing for drunk drivers in the PHL: Yes or no?
You’re driving along, minding your own business, and obeying the rules of the road. Suddenly, a police officer signals you to pull over. You stop. He tells you that he wants to give you a breath test to measure the amount of alcohol in your system.
The blurry drunk driving situation
By DINNA LOUISE C. DAYAO The extraordinary thing about Republic Act No. 10586 or the Anti-Drunk and Drugged Driving Act of 2013 is that it was enacted despite the lack of coherent data on drunk driving in the country. For years, three government agencies have been gathering data on road traffic injuries and deaths: the
So many drunk drivers, so few breathalyzers
By DINNA LOUISE C. DAYAO One day in December 2015, Dr. Carol Araullo was riding a pick-up that was cruising on Commonwealth Avenue. Suddenly, a driver in a sedan rammed into a multicab vehicle; the multicab spun from the impact and hit the pick-up. Six passengers of the multicab were injured in the three-car crash, according
