Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 5715)
The main purpose of Republic Act No. 5715 is to amend subsection (g) of section thirty-four of Republic Act No. 4136 to regulate the use of lights and reflectors on motor vehicles when parked or disabled to ensure visibility and safety on highways and poorly lit areas.
It requires that appropriate parking lights or flares visible from one hundred meters away must be displayed at a corner of the vehicle whenever it is parked on highways or poorly lit places or poses danger to passing traffic.
Every motor vehicle must be equipped at all times with built-in reflectors or similar warning devices that are either pasted, painted, or attached at the front and back of the vehicle, which should be visible at night from at least 100 meters away.
The parking lights or reflectors must be visible at a distance of one hundred meters.
No motor vehicle shall be registered if it is not provided with the required parking lights, flares, or built-in reflectors as mandated by subsection (g) of section 34 of RA No. 4136 as amended by RA No. 5715.
RA No. 5715 took effect upon its approval on June 21, 1969.
Reflectors or similar warning devices must be installed at the front and back of the motor vehicle.
No, vehicles that lack the required built-in reflectors or similar warning devices visible from 100 meters at night cannot be registered and thus cannot be legally operated.
Republic Act No. 5715 was enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled.
No, the act was enacted into law without an executive signature.