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Pedestrian Rights: Alamin ang iyong mga karapatan sa kalsada
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1/30/2025
Pedestrian Rights: Alamin ang iyong mga karapatan sa kalsada
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00:00
This is an incident where two women were hit by a motorbike while crossing the pedestrian lanes of Afton Avenue in Lungsod, Manila.
00:10
This incident gives importance to pedestrian rights and traffic laws that protect the rights of both pedestrians and drivers.
00:21
And to answer the questions related to the traffic laws, we have with us Adsorning Harold Respicio.
00:27
Good morning, Adsorning. Welcome to Rise and Shine Pilipinas.
00:29
Good morning, bro Fifi.
00:31
Wow, it's like Rise and Shine.
00:33
The power is amazing.
00:34
Did your energy start earlier, Adsorning?
00:37
But Adsorning, let's start with the rights of pedestrians on the roads, right?
00:42
Under our traffic laws in the Philippines, tell us more.
00:45
Sure. The basic rights of pedestrians in the Philippines are, number one,
00:50
if they cross the pedestrian lane, they have the right of way.
00:56
It means that if you're a driver and you see someone crossing the pedestrian lane,
01:01
you have to let that person cross.
01:05
But if the pedestrian is crossing the pedestrian lane,
01:10
but it says stop, or there's a traffic enforcer and he says stop,
01:15
you shouldn't continue.
01:16
And the vehicle will continue.
01:18
Those are the basic rights of pedestrians in our law.
01:22
So what happens if he still crosses regardless if there's a red light and he gets hit?
01:28
That's his fault.
01:30
But it's not that simple, bro Fifi.
01:32
We have a law that says that all vehicles have a duty to exercise due care.
01:40
Of course, due care.
01:42
Even if the person crossing the pedestrian lane makes a mistake,
01:46
you still have to be careful.
01:47
Look to your right and left.
01:49
Anticipate if he's going to cross in the middle.
01:52
And if you're the last chance to avoid an accident,
01:57
and you still make a mistake,
01:59
you might lose in court.
02:01
There you go.
02:02
Atty., what are these laws about?
02:05
The safety of pedestrians and drivers on the roads.
02:09
We have a traffic code here in the Philippines
02:14
where it states the rights of pedestrians and drivers.
02:19
Basically, if you're a pedestrian,
02:21
you have the right-of-way if you're crossing the zebra lanes.
02:24
But if you're a pedestrian,
02:26
don't take those roads that are only for vehicles.
02:31
If you see here,
02:33
if you're crossing the sidewalk and it's not a zebra lane,
02:37
you have to be careful of the vehicles crossing
02:41
because they might have the right-of-way.
02:43
Okay.
02:44
Going to my second question a while ago,
02:46
Atty., we talked about pedestrians
02:48
that even if there's a green light for their cars,
02:50
similar to what happened on Taft Avenue,
02:53
what could be the intervention that can be done here
02:56
in terms of the law,
02:57
in terms of the penalties that can be faced
02:59
when you're riding a motorcycle?
03:01
Alright.
03:02
When an accident like that happens,
03:04
there are police who respond to the situation.
03:07
They will go to the precinct
03:09
and the person who will be charged is reckless imprudence
03:12
resulting in physical injuries.
03:14
If it's just physical injuries,
03:15
if it's a homicide,
03:17
and the motorist will check
03:19
if what he did was enough
03:22
while he was driving.
03:24
Okay.
03:25
In your opinion, Atty.,
03:26
are the signages and traffic lights enough as protection?
03:31
Wow!
03:32
Are the signages and traffic lights enough?
03:35
Not enough.
03:36
There needs to be continuous police enforcers.
03:39
And visibility.
03:40
Yes, traffic enforcers in our streets
03:42
so that people know who they will follow.
03:45
Because we know here in the Philippines,
03:47
in Taft Avenue,
03:48
it's a bit dark.
03:49
I used to study there in Lasal.
03:51
Wow!
03:52
A lot of things are happening there that are not legal.
03:55
Especially at night.
03:56
Of course.
03:57
There.
03:58
Anyway, we want to know,
04:00
are there any changes or amendments to the law
04:03
that are currently being proposed
04:05
to ensure the protection of both driver and pedestrian
04:08
when it comes to traffic law?
04:10
There are a lot of amendments to the law
04:12
that have been proposed to the Senate and House of Representatives
04:15
to broaden the rights of pedestrians in our streets.
04:18
Like what I said earlier,
04:20
their rights are only when they cross the zebra lane.
04:23
Okay.
04:24
But there are amendments that say
04:26
that even if it's not a zebra lane
04:28
and you're crossing the road,
04:30
you still have the right of way.
04:32
There.
04:33
The driver should be the one to be careful.
04:35
Okay.
04:36
But these amendments also say that
04:38
if there's an overpass or underpass
04:40
and there's a zebra lane,
04:42
you shouldn't just cross it.
04:44
Okay.
04:45
Because what we noticed in our RSPs,
04:47
our common courtesy when driving
04:50
is to always be defensive.
04:51
Sure.
04:52
So regardless,
04:53
if there's a pedestrian lane or not,
04:55
should the pedestrian always be the first?
04:57
That's the courtesy.
04:58
Okay.
04:59
But when it comes to the law,
05:00
the right of way,
05:01
if it's on the sidewalk and not a zebra lane,
05:03
it should be in the car.
05:04
Okay.
05:05
Just to be clear,
05:06
if ever, but hopefully not,
05:07
this resulted in a homicide,
05:09
is it the driver's fault?
05:11
Mostly.
05:12
Not immediately.
05:13
Okay.
05:14
It's the fault of the person
05:15
who has the last chance to avoid an accident.
05:18
So even if the driver says,
05:20
Sir, he crossed the road,
05:21
it's not a zebra lane.
05:22
Okay.
05:23
I'm the one who has the right of way.
05:24
But,
05:25
is your caution enough?
05:27
You can see that the person is crossing
05:29
the road,
05:30
he's in a wheelchair,
05:31
in the middle of the road,
05:32
you're still crossing,
05:33
you're the one at fault.
05:34
There.
05:35
Attorney,
05:36
what is the process of complaint
05:38
if there's a violation of the pedestrian lane?
05:40
Usually,
05:41
if it's like that,
05:42
there are policemen around.
05:43
Okay.
05:44
If there are no policemen,
05:46
it's hard to report to the police
05:48
because you don't know who the person is.
05:49
There's no evidence.
05:50
Yeah, but if there are accidents
05:52
that happened on the sidewalk,
05:54
involving pedestrians and motorists,
05:56
we have police enforcers
05:58
in the area
05:59
to get a police report.
06:00
But if there are no policemen,
06:01
you go to the nearest police precinct
06:04
and get a police report.
06:06
And hopefully,
06:07
we got the plate number of the vehicle.
06:09
Okay.
06:10
If the driver of the motorist is there,
06:12
we'll put his name
06:13
and tell him to file a reckless complaint.
06:15
There.
06:16
Drivers can't consider
06:18
as much as possible,
06:19
there's a way to complain
06:20
if there's a violation
06:22
of pedestrian rights.
06:24
We want to know,
06:25
are there penalties to be faced
06:27
or the number of years of imprisonment
06:29
in case there's a violation?
06:31
If you're a reckless imprudence,
06:33
you're punished
06:34
if you're guilty of reckless imprudence,
06:36
physical injuries,
06:37
or if a person died,
06:38
you can be imprisoned
06:39
for 2 years to 6 years.
06:41
And there are a lot of penalties.
06:43
And the penalties are higher
06:45
especially if you're drunk
06:46
when you hit a person.
06:48
Okay.
06:49
On your end,
06:50
based on our discussions for today,
06:51
what programs or initiatives
06:53
do you recommend
06:55
to improve the safety of pedestrians?
06:58
The safety standards of pedestrians
07:01
are based on international regulations,
07:03
international standards.
07:05
And what these international standards say
07:07
is that there should be sufficient signage,
07:09
sufficient visibility of law enforcers,
07:12
all lines of the road should be complete.
07:15
If you need to put a barrier,
07:17
an island of a two-way road,
07:20
you need to put it
07:21
so that our pedestrians
07:23
don't cross the road.
07:25
There you go.
07:26
It's a shared responsibility
07:28
both on the traffic enforcers
07:30
and our pedestrians.
07:32
Yeah, buddy!
07:34
How do you say that again?
07:35
Yeah, buddy!
07:36
Yeah, buddy!
07:37
I like your energy, Torney.
07:38
Thank you so much
07:39
for being with us this morning.
07:40
Thank you so much, Senors and Senors.
07:42
Harold Respiccio.
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