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I think these proposed Drivers License provisions are a great response to the high death rate among Filipinos using the nations roads. There were nearly 13,000 deaths of road users in 2019, and it was the greatest cause of death in the 5-29 year old age group.
The provisions are based on international standards and were formulated after Philippines involvement in a Ministerial level harm reduction, road safety conference in Stockholm, in February of 2020.
These are going to be difficult to police as fixers will be out in force trying to circumnavigate the new provisions, but they offer an achievable goal of substantially reducing road deaths over the next five years.
As on the 3rd August 2020, The following will apply to:
Student Permits
