Pedestrian Rights: Alamin ang iyong mga karapatan sa kalsada

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00:00This is an incident where two women were hit by a motorbike while crossing the pedestrian lanes of Afton Avenue in Lungsod, Manila.

00:10This incident gives importance to pedestrian rights and traffic laws that protect the rights of both pedestrians and drivers.

00:21And to answer the questions related to the traffic laws, we have with us Adsorning Harold Respicio.

00:27Good morning, Adsorning. Welcome to Rise and Shine Pilipinas.

00:29Good morning, bro Fifi.

00:31Wow, it's like Rise and Shine.

00:33The power is amazing.

00:34Did your energy start earlier, Adsorning?

00:37But Adsorning, let's start with the rights of pedestrians on the roads, right?

00:42Under our traffic laws in the Philippines, tell us more.

00:45Sure. The basic rights of pedestrians in the Philippines are, number one,

00:50if they cross the pedestrian lane, they have the right of way.

00:56It means that if you're a driver and you see someone crossing the pedestrian lane,

01:01you have to let that person cross.

01:05But if the pedestrian is crossing the pedestrian lane,

01:10but it says stop, or there's a traffic enforcer and he says stop,

01:15you shouldn't continue.

01:16And the vehicle will continue.

01:18Those are the basic rights of pedestrians in our law.

01:22So what happens if he still crosses regardless if there's a red light and he gets hit?

01:28That's his fault.

01:30But it's not that simple, bro Fifi.

01:32We have a law that says that all vehicles have a duty to exercise due care.

01:40Of course, due care.

01:42Even if the person crossing the pedestrian lane makes a mistake,

01:46you still have to be careful.

01:47Look to your right and left.

01:49Anticipate if he's going to cross in the middle.

01:52And if you're the last chance to avoid an accident,

01:57and you still make a mistake,

01:59you might lose in court.

02:01There you go.

02:02Atty., what are these laws about?

02:05The safety of pedestrians and drivers on the roads.

02:09We have a traffic code here in the Philippines

02:14where it states the rights of pedestrians and drivers.

02:19Basically, if you're a pedestrian,

02:21you have the right-of-way if you're crossing the zebra lanes.

02:24But if you're a pedestrian,

02:26don't take those roads that are only for vehicles.

02:31If you see here,

02:33if you're crossing the sidewalk and it's not a zebra lane,

02:37you have to be careful of the vehicles crossing

02:41because they might have the right-of-way.

02:43Okay.

02:44Going to my second question a while ago,

02:46Atty., we talked about pedestrians

02:48that even if there's a green light for their cars,

02:50similar to what happened on Taft Avenue,

02:53what could be the intervention that can be done here

02:56in terms of the law,

02:57in terms of the penalties that can be faced

02:59when you're riding a motorcycle?

03:01Alright.

03:02When an accident like that happens,

03:04there are police who respond to the situation.

03:07They will go to the precinct

03:09and the person who will be charged is reckless imprudence

03:12resulting in physical injuries.

03:14If it's just physical injuries,

03:15if it's a homicide,

03:17and the motorist will check

03:19if what he did was enough

03:22while he was driving.

03:24Okay.

03:25In your opinion, Atty.,

03:26are the signages and traffic lights enough as protection?

03:31Wow!

03:32Are the signages and traffic lights enough?

03:35Not enough.

03:36There needs to be continuous police enforcers.

03:39And visibility.

03:40Yes, traffic enforcers in our streets

03:42so that people know who they will follow.

03:45Because we know here in the Philippines,

03:47in Taft Avenue,

03:48it's a bit dark.

03:49I used to study there in Lasal.

03:51Wow!

03:52A lot of things are happening there that are not legal.

03:55Especially at night.

03:56Of course.

03:57There.

03:58Anyway, we want to know,

04:00are there any changes or amendments to the law

04:03that are currently being proposed

04:05to ensure the protection of both driver and pedestrian

04:08when it comes to traffic law?

04:10There are a lot of amendments to the law

04:12that have been proposed to the Senate and House of Representatives

04:15to broaden the rights of pedestrians in our streets.

04:18Like what I said earlier,

04:20their rights are only when they cross the zebra lane.

04:23Okay.

04:24But there are amendments that say

04:26that even if it's not a zebra lane

04:28and you're crossing the road,

04:30you still have the right of way.

04:32There.

04:33The driver should be the one to be careful.

04:35Okay.

04:36But these amendments also say that

04:38if there's an overpass or underpass

04:40and there's a zebra lane,

04:42you shouldn't just cross it.

04:44Okay.

04:45Because what we noticed in our RSPs,

04:47our common courtesy when driving

04:50is to always be defensive.

04:51Sure.

04:52So regardless,

04:53if there's a pedestrian lane or not,

04:55should the pedestrian always be the first?

04:57That's the courtesy.

04:58Okay.

04:59But when it comes to the law,

05:00the right of way,

05:01if it's on the sidewalk and not a zebra lane,

05:03it should be in the car.

05:04Okay.

05:05Just to be clear,

05:06if ever, but hopefully not,

05:07this resulted in a homicide,

05:09is it the driver's fault?

05:11Mostly.

05:12Not immediately.

05:13Okay.

05:14It's the fault of the person

05:15who has the last chance to avoid an accident.

05:18So even if the driver says,

05:20Sir, he crossed the road,

05:21it's not a zebra lane.

05:22Okay.

05:23I'm the one who has the right of way.

05:24But,

05:25is your caution enough?

05:27You can see that the person is crossing

05:29the road,

05:30he's in a wheelchair,

05:31in the middle of the road,

05:32you're still crossing,

05:33you're the one at fault.

05:34There.

05:35Attorney,

05:36what is the process of complaint

05:38if there's a violation of the pedestrian lane?

05:40Usually,

05:41if it's like that,

05:42there are policemen around.

05:43Okay.

05:44If there are no policemen,

05:46it's hard to report to the police

05:48because you don't know who the person is.

05:49There's no evidence.

05:50Yeah, but if there are accidents

05:52that happened on the sidewalk,

05:54involving pedestrians and motorists,

05:56we have police enforcers

05:58in the area

05:59to get a police report.

06:00But if there are no policemen,

06:01you go to the nearest police precinct

06:04and get a police report.

06:06And hopefully,

06:07we got the plate number of the vehicle.

06:09Okay.

06:10If the driver of the motorist is there,

06:12we'll put his name

06:13and tell him to file a reckless complaint.

06:15There.

06:16Drivers can't consider

06:18as much as possible,

06:19there's a way to complain

06:20if there's a violation

06:22of pedestrian rights.

06:24We want to know,

06:25are there penalties to be faced

06:27or the number of years of imprisonment

06:29in case there's a violation?

06:31If you're a reckless imprudence,

06:33you're punished

06:34if you're guilty of reckless imprudence,

06:36physical injuries,

06:37or if a person died,

06:38you can be imprisoned

06:39for 2 years to 6 years.

06:41And there are a lot of penalties.

06:43And the penalties are higher

06:45especially if you're drunk

06:46when you hit a person.

06:48Okay.

06:49On your end,

06:50based on our discussions for today,

06:51what programs or initiatives

06:53do you recommend

06:55to improve the safety of pedestrians?

06:58The safety standards of pedestrians

07:01are based on international regulations,

07:03international standards.

07:05And what these international standards say

07:07is that there should be sufficient signage,

07:09sufficient visibility of law enforcers,

07:12all lines of the road should be complete.

07:15If you need to put a barrier,

07:17an island of a two-way road,

07:20you need to put it

07:21so that our pedestrians

07:23don't cross the road.

07:25There you go.

07:26It's a shared responsibility

07:28both on the traffic enforcers

07:30and our pedestrians.

07:32Yeah, buddy!

07:34How do you say that again?

07:35Yeah, buddy!

07:36Yeah, buddy!

07:37I like your energy, Torney.

07:38Thank you so much

07:39for being with us this morning.

07:40Thank you so much, Senors and Senors.

07:42Harold Respiccio.

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