Safer Philippines

We made a long day trip to San Fernando, La Union from Manila and back. Out of curiosity, I made a tally of the vehicles that made us slow down from 40-80 km/h to 10-30 km/h in a national highway.  Here are the breakdown:Type of vehicle   &...

Research found that turning the vehicles' lights on can prevent accidents. In Canada, the authorities made it a requirement for vehicles to automatically turn the lights on once the motor engine starts running. So day and night, vehicl...

Make Roads Safe (2) Nine in ten road deaths and injuries are in developing countries. The economic cost to these countries is estimated by the World Bank at up to US $100 billion a year (equivalent to all annual overseas aid from OECD countries)...

Make Roads Safe (2):Road crashes are the leading global cause of death for young people aged 10-24, and by 2015 are predicted to be the leading cause of premature death and disability for children in developing countries aged five and above. Already,...

Make Roads Safe (2):The international community has failed to respond to this epidemic. Global road safety is largely ignored and neglected by politicians. This neglect means that developing countries are unable to receive the financial support and t...

Many are not aware that we are implementing a perverted policy of imposing single penalty for multiple traffic violations in a day. The most serious offense is penalized, while the rest of the traffic violations are ignored or excluded in the assessm...

Our roads are populated by unqualified drivers but were given license to drive anyway. If you are careful and obey traffic rules and regulations, chances are your will be likely hit by an ignorant or reckless drivers. These are people who are license...