Don't Mix Drinking and Driving (Anti-Drunk and Drugged Driving Act of2013)
A public service message by arangkada. A photo grabbed from google images. On May 19, 2014, a train rammed a passenger jeepney in Sampaloc, Manila resulting to one death and 6 persons injured. Initial investigation showed that a railway crossing signal warned vehicles that a train was approaching, but the jeepney still crossed the road. The jeepney driver, who was also injured, reeked of alcohol when he was brought to the hospital, police said (ABS-CBN News.Com). Admittedly, drunk and/or drugged drivers resulted to many road accidents in the country. Lives and limbs were lost, not to mention the million of pesos worth of properties damaged, due to these accidents. Coincidentally, the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Republic Act Number 10586 or otherwise known as the "Anti-Drunk and Drugged Driving Act of 2013". So what is the act punished in R.A. No. 10586? Basically, what is punished in SECTION 5 of this act is the driving of a motor...