QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 10916)
It is known as the “Road Speed Limiter Act of 2016.”
To maintain public safety by pursuing proactive and preventive measures to safeguard passengers and the public from speed-related road accidents causing fatalities and property damage.
A device that limits a vehicle’s top speed through mechanical, electronic, communications system, or combination of these systems, capable of performing the same function.
Recalibrating, reprogramming, resetting, or reconfiguring a speed limiter in a covered vehicle in a way that circumvents its functions after it has been sealed by LTO or LTFRB; also includes calibrating/reprogramming/resetting/reconfiguring without the required supervision of LTO or LTFRB.
Closed vans/haulers or cargo trailers, PUVs, shuttle service vehicles, and tanker trucks (as defined in the law), and other vehicles later determined and included by DOTC; excluding taxicabs and public utility jeepneys (PUJs), without prejudice to DOTC review after one (1) year.
After the effectivity of the Act, no covered vehicle may run without a standard speed limiter; for already registered vehicles, compliance must be made not later than eighteen (18) months from effectivity.
No covered vehicle shall be registered by the LTO or granted a franchise by the LTFRB without the standard speed limiter installed and set in compliance with Sections 4 and 6.
DOTC determines the specifications of speed limiters allowed to be installed, using acceptable international standards.
They supervise and inspect the setting of the speed limiter corresponding to the maximum allowed in the route plied by a particular covered vehicle.
Within sixty (60) days from the effectivity of the Act.
A fine of fifty thousand pesos (₱50,000.00). The same fine applies to the owner/operator who allows operation without the speed limiter.
Suspension of the driver’s license for one (1) month or suspension of the vehicle’s franchise for three (3) months, as the case may be.
Second offense: driver’s license suspension of three (3) months or franchise suspension of six (6) months, plus the fines. Subsequent offenses: driver’s license revocation or franchise suspension of one (1) year, plus the fines.
Any person found guilty of tampering shall suffer imprisonment of not less than six (6) months but not more than three (3) years and a fine of ₱30,000.00, without prejudice to criminal prosecution or civil action under existing applicable laws.
Fifteen (15) days after its complete publication in the Official Gazette or in a national newspaper of general circulation.