Question & AnswerQ&A (PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 207)
Presidential Decree No. 207 ratifies the 1968 Vienna Conventions of the United Nations on Road Traffic and Road Signs and Signals, making them part of Philippine law.
A United Nations Conference on Road Traffic held in Vienna, Austria, from October 7 to November 8, 1968.
To adopt internationally prescribed uniform rules of road traffic, road signs, and signals, especially due to the intensified government campaign for road safety and the increasing number of foreigners operating motor vehicles in the Philippines.
The conventions become part of the law of the land in the Philippines.
The Commissioner of Land Transportation.
These proclamations provided the legal basis for the President to exercise powers that facilitated the issuance of the decree, including the declaration of martial law and authority to enact laws by decree.
The decree itself does not specify penalties but mandates the Commissioner of Land Transportation to enact necessary regulatory measures, which would include penalties for violations.