LTO FINES AND PENALTIES I(e) - RECKLESS DRIVING

  JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2014 - 01

REVISED SCHEDULE OF FINES AND PENAL TIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING LAND TRANSPORTATION

Pursuant to Executive Order No. 125, paragraph 5 (o), as amended by  Executive Order 125-A and  Executive  Order  No. 292  (otherwise known  as  "Administrative  Code of 1997"), Title XV, Chapter 1,  Section 3 (14), which states the power of the Department of Transportation and Communications to establish and prescribe the corresponding rules and regulations for the  enforcement of  laws governing land transportation  services, including the penalties for violations thereof, the following revised schedule of fines and penalties  for  violations   of  laws  governing  land  transportation   services  and  the procedures for  apprehension  and  adjudication thereof  are  hereby  promulgated  and approved for implementation.

I. VIOLATION IN CONNECTION WITH LICENSING

a. Driving Without a Valid Driver's License/Conductor's Permit - P3,000.00

b.  MOTOR VEHICLE  USED IN THE COMMISSION OF A CRIME UPON CONVICTION BY A REGULAR COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION - Php 10,000.000

c. COMMISSION OF A CRIME IN THE COURSE OF APPREHENSION UPON CONVICTION BY A REGULAR COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION - Php 10,000.00

d. DRIVING A MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE  OF ALCOHOL,  DANGEROUS DRUGS AND/OR  SIMILAR  SUBSTANCE  UPON FINAL  CONVICTION  BY  A  REGULAR  COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION  (SECTION 12, R.A.10586) 

Section 12. Penalties. – A driver found to have been driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, dangerous drugs and/or other similar substances, as provided for under Section 5 of this Act, shall be penalized as follows:

(a) If the violation of Section 5 did not result in physical injuries or homicide, the penalty of three (3) months imprisonment, and a fine ranging from Twenty thousand pesos (Php20,000.00) to Eighty thousand pesos (Php80,000.00) shall be imposed;

(b) If the violation of Section 5 resulted in physical injuries, the penalty provided in Article 263 of the Revised Penal Code or the penalty provided in the next preceding subparagraph, whichever is higher, and a fine ranging from One hundred thousand pesos (Php100,000.00) to Two hundred thousand pesos (Php200,000.00) shall be imposed;

(c) If the violation of Section 5 resulted in homicide, the penalty provided in Article 249 of the Revised Penal Code and a fine ranging from Three hundred thousand pesos (Php300,000.00) to Five hundred thousand pesos (Php500,000.00) shall be imposed; and

(d) The nonprofessional driver’s license of any person found to have violated Section 5 of this Act shall also be confiscated and suspended for a period of twelve (12) months for the first conviction and perpetually revoked for the second conviction. The professional driver’s license of any person found to have violated Section 5 of this Act shall also be confiscated and perpetually revoked for the first conviction. The perpetual revocation of a driver’s license shall disqualify the person from being granted any kind of driver’s license thereafter.

e. RECKLESS DRIVING - Php 2,000.00 (1st Offense) | Php 3,000.00 (2nd Offense) | Php 10,000.00 (Subsequent Offense)

No person shall operate a motor vehicle on any highway recklessly or without reasonable caution considering the width, traffic, grades, crossing, curvatures, visibility and other conditions of the highway and the conditions of the atmosphere and weather, or so to endanger the property of the safety or rights of any person or so as to cause excessive or unreasonable damage to the highway. This indudes driving an unregistered vehicle under Section II.a hereof.

In addition, the driver's license shall be suspended for a period of three (3) months for the second offense and six (6) months for the third offense from payment of fine and revocation of driver's license on the succeeding offense. A revoked non- professional driver shall be disqualified from being granted a driver's license for a period of two (2) years counted from date of revocation. A revoked professional driver shall be perpetually disqualified from getting any driver's license.

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