WITH traffic deaths on the rise, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino 'Koko' Pimentel 3rd appealed to his colleagues in Congress to pass a bill that seeks to impose harsher penalties on those convicted of reckless driving.
Under Senate Bill 1016, when death is caused by imprudence or by negligence, whether reckless or simple, the accused would not be eligible for probation.'I am alarmed by increasing deaths caused by road accidents primarily due to recklessness,' Pimentel said in a statement on Saturday.Last May 5, a 4-year-old boy died while another was in critical condition after being run over by a bus and an SUV in front of a school in Quezon City, Pimentel noted.
'I therefore call on my colleagues in Congress to pass a measure calling for stiffer penalties against reckless drivers. It is about time to put motorists on notice, be careful on the road or else face prison time. We can do this by removing the option for probation for convicted reckless drivers.'The Philippine Statistics Authority ranked road accidents as the 13th cause of death in the Philippines in 2022.
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