Question & AnswerQ&A (Act No. 2389)
The purpose of Act No. 2389 is to amend Act No. 2159 by fixing maximum speed limits, regulating motor vehicle registration and licensing, and imposing rules for the operation and lighting of motor vehicles on Philippine highways.
The Director of Public Works is responsible for registering motor vehicles, keeping the Motor Vehicle Register, and issuing numbered certificates of registration for each vehicle.
Number plates must be of a color, size, and design determined by the Director of Public Works, bearing Arabic numerals not less than one decimeter in length and one centimeter in thickness, except for motor vehicles with three wheels or less, which may have numerals not less than five centimeters in length and one centimeter thick.
A general certificate of registration allows dealers to register all motor vehicles owned or handled for sale under one general distinguishing number or mark, instead of registering each vehicle separately. This does not apply to vehicles for private use, which must be registered individually.
The maximum speed limit within city or municipal poblacion limits is twenty miles per hour, exceeding which is prima facie evidence of unreasonable and improper speed.
The prima facie speed limit is fifteen miles per hour when the driver's view is obstructed or when approaching such conditions.
The speed limit is ten miles per hour, exceeding which is prima facie evidence of improper and unreasonable speed.
Penalties include a fine of not less than five pesos nor more than fifty pesos, imprisonment for up to six months, or both.
The operator is subject to a fine of not less than fifty pesos nor more than two hundred fifty pesos, imprisonment of not less than fifteen days nor more than six months, or both.
They must bear two lamps in front (one on each side) lit from half an hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise, projecting white light visible not less than 100 feet ahead. Rear lamps must include a white light illuminating the number plate and a red light to the rear visible for at least 60 feet.
Yes. They must bear a lamp in front throwing white light ahead during the hours specified or whenever visibility is reduced due to atmospheric or weather conditions.
Yes. Additional lamps may be carried; if one additional lamp is carried, it must be affixed midway between the two required front lamps. If two additional lamps are carried and one is lighted, both must be lighted; lighting only one of a pair of additional lamps is not allowed.
No, any person found guilty of unreasonably obstructing or impeding passage on highways can be penalized according to the provisions of the Act.