Article 98p. 98

COMMERCIAL LAWS NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS, CORPORATION, INSURANCE, TRANSPORTATION, BANKING

carry,

while

in

use

on

any

public

highway

during

night-time, colored riding lights on each of the four

corners not more than ten centimeters from the top.

All motor vehicles shall be equipped with devices for

varying the intensity of light, and the driver must dim the

headlights or tilt the beams downward whenever the

vehicle is being operated on well-lighted streets within

the limits of cities, municipalities, and thickly populated

barrios or districts, or whenever such vehicle meets

another vehicle on any public highway.

(d) Taillights . — Every motor vehicle and trailer shall,

during the above-mentioned hours, also bear on each

side in the rear a lamp showing a red light visible at least

one hundred meters from the rear of the vehicle and a

lamp throwing a white light upon the number plate

issued for such vehicle.

(e) Stop lights . — Every motor vehicle shall be equipped at

the rear with at least one lamp which shall throw a

sustained bright red light visible under all conditions,

even under bright sunlight, when the brakes are applied.

Each

bus,

truck,

trailer

or

similar

vehicle

shall

be

equipped, as its stop light at or near its rear center, with a

lamp at least twelve centimeters in diameter with the

word "stop" inscribed in the center.

(f) Motorcycle and other vehicle lights . — Every motor

vehicle of less than one meter of projected width shall be

subject to the preceding provisions of this section, except

that one headlight and one taillight shall be required. No

signal light shall be necessary.

Additional lamps may be carried provided they comply

with the preceding provisions of this section.

Every

motor

vehicle,

or

whatever

style, kind, make,

character, or nature, when upon a highway during the

hours above-mentioned, whether in motion or not, shall

have one or more lights so arranged that the same shall

be visible at least fifty meters from the front and the rear

of such vehicle.

(g) Lights

when

parked

or

disabled .

—

Appropriate

parking lights or flares visible one hundred meters away

shall be displayed at a corner of the vehicle whenever

such vehicle is parked on highways or in places that are

not well-lighted or is placed in such manner as to

endanger passing traffic.

(h) Windshield wiper . — Every motor vehicle shall be

equipped with a mechanically or electrically operated

device for wiping off raindrops or other moisture from its

front windshield.

(i) Use of red flag . — Whenever the load of any vehicle

extends more than one meter beyond the bed or body

thereof, there shall be displayed at every projecting end

of such load a red flag not less than thirty centimeters

both in length and width, except that during the hours

fixed under subsection (c), there shall be displayed, in lieu

of the required red flags, red lights visible at least fifty

meters away.

(j) Mufflers . — Every motor vehicle propelled by an internal

combustion engine shall be equipped with a muffler, and

whenever said motor vehicle passes through a street of

any city, municipality, or thickly populated district or

barrio, the muffler shall not be cut out or disconnected.

No motor vehicle shall be operated in such a manner as

to

cause

it

to

emit

or

make

any

unnecessary

or

disagreeable odor, smoke or noise.

CHAPTER IV Traffic Rules

ARTICLE I Speed Limit and Keeping to the Right

SECTION 35. Restriction as to Speed . — (a) Any person

driving a motor vehicle on a highway shall drive the same

at a careful and prudent speed, not greater nor less than

is reasonable and proper, having due regard for the

traffic, the width of the highway, and of any other

condition then and there existing; and no person shall

drive any motor vehicle upon a highway at such a speed

as to endanger the life, limb and property of any person,

nor at a speed greater than will permit him to bring the

vehicle to a stop within the assured clear distance ahead.

(b)Subject to the provisions of the preceding paragraph,

the rate of speed of any motor vehicle shall not exceed

the following:

MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SPEEDS

Passenge

Cars and

Motorcycle

Motor

trucks

and

buses

1.

On open country roads,

with no "blinds corners" not

closely bordered by

habitations.

80 km. per

hour

50 km.

per hour

2.

On "through streets" or

boulevards, clear of traffic,

with no " blind corners,"

when so designated.

40 km. per

hour

30 km.

per hour

3.

On city and municipal

streets, with light traffic,

when not designated

"through streets."

30 km. per

hour

30 km.

per hour

4.

Through crowded streets,

approaching intersections

at "blind corners," passing

school zones, passing other

vehicles which are

stationary, or for similar

dangerous circumstances.

20 km. per

hour

20 km.

per hour

(c)The rates of speed hereinabove prescribed shall not

apply to the following:

(1)A physician or his driver when the former responds to

emergency calls;

(2)The driver of a hospital ambulance on the way to and

from the place of accident or other emergency;

(3)Any driver bringing a wounded or sick person for

emergency treatment to a hospital, clinic, or any other

similar place;

(4)The driver of a motor vehicle belonging to the Armed

Forces while in use for official purposes in times of riot,

insurrection or invasion;

(5)The driver of a vehicle, when he or his passengers are in

pursuit of a criminal;

(6)A law-enforcement officer who is trying to overtake a

violator of traffic laws; and

(7)The driver officially operating a motor vehicle of any

fire department, provided that exemption shall not be

construed to allow unless or unnecessary fast driving of

drivers aforementioned.

SECTION

36. Speed

Limits

Uniform

Throughout

the

Philippines . — No provincial, city or municipal authority

shall

enact

or

enforce

any

ordinance

or

resolution

specifying maximum allowable speeds other than those

provided in this Act.

SECTION 37. Driving on Right Side of Highway . — Unless

a different course of action is required in the interest of

the safety and the security of life, person or property, or

because

of

unreasonable

difficulty

of

operation

in

compliance herewith, every person operating a motor

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