Question & AnswerQ&A (PROCLAMATION NO. 242)
The period declared as Traffic Safety Week is from February 22 to 28 (or 29), inclusive, of every year.
March 1st of every year is designated as Safe-Driving Day (S-D Day).
The National Traffic Commission is designated to take charge of all arrangements and activities for the celebration throughout the Philippines.
The National Traffic Commission is authorized to solicit donations in cash or in kind for the purpose of carrying out the aims of the proclamation, including conducting educational campaigns.
The purpose is to minimize, if not totally eliminate, traffic accidents and the resultant loss of life, limb, and property by raising traffic-safety consciousness and encouraging observance of traffic and road courtesy rules.
The campaign may use leaflets, posters, banners, billboards, signboards, mass media, radio, and other appropriate means to arouse traffic safety consciousness.
It was signed on January 9, 1956.
No penalty or sanction is specified in the proclamation; it primarily focuses on declaring the observance and authorizing the educational campaign and solicitation of donations.