We need this bill passed ASAP!
Tarlac 1st District Rep. Enrique Cojuangco has proposed House Bill 3377, which “seeks to set speed limits in major thoroughfares in the country in a bid to minimize fatal vehicular accidents.” This, he said, “would give all the government agencies a clear and uniform rule to follow.”
“The bill will cover the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX), the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX), the Metro Manila Skyway (SKYWAY), the Subic Clark Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX), the Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR), the Bataan Provincial Expressway, the Manila Cavite Expressway (CAVITEX), and all major roads in the country,” reports Dennis Carcamo on Philstar.com.
Under the bill, the following are the allowable speed limits:
Open country roads with no blind corners and not closely bordered by habitation — 80 kilometers per hour for cars and motorcycles and 50 kilometer per hour for buses and trucks
On boulevards, clear of traffic with no blind corners, the speed limit for cars and motorcycles — 40 kilometers per hour and 30 kilometers per hour for trucks and buses.
On city and municipal roads with light traffic, the speed limit for cars and motorcycles — 20 kilometers per hour and 30 kilometers for trucks and buses.
On crowded streets, approaching intersections at blind corners, passing school zones, the speed limit — 20 kilometers per hour for cars and motorcycles and 20 kilometers per hour for trucks and buses.
On expressways or highways designed exclusively for high-speed traffic, the speed limit — 130 kilometer per hour for cars and motorcycles and 110 kilometers per hour for buses and trucks.
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