R.a 10054

[zvike005]

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Trade office expects helmet prices ‘to shoot up’


By Elias O. Baquero

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) 7 yesterday said they expect the prices of helmets for motorcycle drivers and passengers to increase, but the government has no control over the price hikes.

Director Asteria Caberte said that so far, only 40 of 51 suppliers of helmet brands are compliant with Republic Act (RA) 10054 or the Mandatory Helmet Act of 2010.



Starting Aug. 1, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) 7 will conduct special operations against those who violate the law.

“We have no price control over helmets. We just monitor the pricing to determine the price increase,” said Caberte at the Kapihan sa PIA and DTI 7.

Caberte and LTO 7 Director Raul Aguilos were guests of the Kapihan sa PIA as part of the joint information dissemination for all motorcycle owners and drivers to comply now with the standard helmet specified in RA 10054.

All helmets

Caberte said all helmets (full-face, half-face and half-head) must have an “Import Commodity Clearance” (ICC) sticker for the imported items or “Philippine Standard” (PS) sticker for helmets made in the country.

If they have no helmets with ICC or PS stickers while driving motorcycles, drivers will be fined P1,500 for the first offense, P3,000 for the second offense, P5,000 for the third offense and P10,000 for the fourth offense plus confiscation of driver’s license.

The penalty will be doubled if both drivers and passengers don’t wear the right helmets.

If the passenger has no helmet, the driver would be held liabile and ordered to pay the penalty.

For those who have existing helmets, Caberte said they may visit the DTI Cebu Provincial Office and apply for issuance of ICC or PS stickers.

Road accidents

Aguilos said they have to strictly implement the helmet law because 60 percent of all the road accidents in the country involved motorcycles and several victims survived because of helmets.

Aguilos said a total of 75,780 new motorcycles were registered in the Province of Cebu in 2011. From January to April 2012, LTO already enlisted more than 24,000 newly registered motorcycles, or a 25 percent growth.

He added that there were 245,000 renewals of motorcycle registrations in 2011. But from January to April 2012, the renewals already reached 106,037, which they expect to reach almost 400,000 by the end of the year.

Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on June 21, 2012.

[zvike005]

Toink, required jud diay to moadto sa DTI for the ICC sticker sa ato helmet na gipalit without it. Sticker ra jud diay basis, how stupid!

Tagpila sad kaha ning stickera ni?

[polarisvenus]

called DTI Cebu today, no stickers available in cebu yet, still in manila, but expected to be available in cebu by july. We have to pay 1.25 for the sticker and 100 processing fee. This is the contact person they give to me:
MR. DARIO CABARUBIAS - 2557082

[d0tazoldic]

so sticker rajud ilang basihan... so what if manguha tag sticker sa electrical tape atong ibutang sa helmet... for sure ICC sticker sa electrical tape is not fake...so maka save natag 101.25PESOS + TIME pa sa pag adto sa DTI.... nya magamit pa nato ang electrical tape.

[zvike005]

called DTI Cebu today, no stickers available in cebu yet, still in manila, but expected to be available in cebu by july. We have to pay 1.25 for the sticker and 100 processing fee. This is the contact person they give to me:
MR. DARIO CABARUBIAS - 2557082

Thanks for the info brad. Feedback nya ha if available na.

[dookie3283]

grbeh nana ila nsd na actions sa government wla jud mka lupig ana nila...aahahhahah new projects money money....ahahaha

[coolas]

so sticker rajud ilang basihan... so what if manguha tag sticker sa electrical tape atong ibutang sa helmet... for sure ICC sticker sa electrical tape is not fake...so maka save natag 101.25PESOS + TIME pa sa pag adto sa DTI.... nya magamit pa nato ang electrical tape.

i doubt it bro. kai mra naa mn kalahian ang ICC sticker sa electrical tape ug ang sa helmet.

jst my 2 cents!

[d0tazoldic]

i doubt it bro. kai mra naa mn kalahian ang ICC sticker sa electrical tape ug ang sa helmet.

jst my 2 cents!

well wala ta kabaw bro... huwat lang gyud ta ani...

sa akong karaan nga zues helmet naay ICC sticker which is the same raman sa ICC sticker sa electrical tape...codes ray nag lahi

sa new nako nga helmet lahi na ang ICC sticker nya...

[bot_yok]

sa ato pa bisan naka fullface helmet without ICC sticker dakpon ka nya ma multahon? mao ni gi tawag na tuwid na daan. ahaka!

[d0tazoldic]

sa ato pa bisan naka fullface helmet without ICC sticker dakpon ka nya ma multahon? mao ni gi tawag na tuwid na daan. ahaka!

mao lge bro mao dapat gyud mo secure tag sticker...