ICC fiasco... Passing the blame on DTI? Think again... Read this first and be informed...

In recent meetings with the DTI, it is clear that that the provisions of the law made the ICC sticker as the basis for checking the helmets on store and street level... DTI is moving forward in assuring that stickers remain free until the end of the stickering period in December and are making procedures a lot easier and faster for riders... As discussed, if we can come in groups of more than 30, they will come to us to do the inspection and stickering to avoid the hassles of lining up... All we need to do is to make sure we have more than 30 riders in attendance and name the time and place where we can meet with them...

This is our way of helping the riders and the DTI in making everybody's lives easier and to help protect them from street level apprehensions intended to milk us riders...

1st, it was made free...
Now it is made even easier...

They will do this until we are able to get the law amended and rid ourselves of the ICC requirement on street level...

But where did this all start? Was it DTI's mandate? Are they to blame? Read carefully on what I am about to say...

Based on the paper trail, DTI is just the "fall guy" in all of this... They are the primary agency who will set the standards, ensure that the stores, dealers, retailers, distributors and importers are complying to "LAW"... While the second agency in-charge of street level apprehensions will ride on the ICC sticker to check if the helmet is acceptable for use on the roads or not... This was written even before DTI and DOTC/LTO was tasked to make the IRR and to push its implementation...

Sila ang tagapangasiwa ng batas... Hindi sila ang nag didikta kung ano o pano ito dapat gawin...
Looking at all the documents from the use, selling and importation of helmets, it is clear that this is based from the Act itself and the IRR was simply made based on it...

Excerpt from the Helmet Act RA 10054 As stated from Section 7 (c):

(c) Any person who uses, sells and distributes substandard
motorcycle helmets or those which do not bear the PS mark or
the ICC certificate shall be punished with a fine of not less than
Three thousand pesos (Php3,000.00) for the first offense; and Five
thousand pesos (Php5,000.OO) for the second offense, without
prejudice to other penalties imposed in Republic Act No. 7394 or
the "Consumer Act of the Philippines".

So this was implemented from the get go and not by the joint IRR...As the joint IRR was only made in the basis set forth by the act itself...

People who have been pointing to the DTI for this, have to look beyond the implementing agency and look at the cause of all the problems and where it all started...

And to those planning on passing the blame and calling this a propaganda of DTI, think again on who the blame should be passed on... And to those who consulted, instigated, pushed, supported and used the bill to promote yourselves, SHAME ON YOU for trying to wash your hands... The documents never lie as they will always show where the problem started...



Looking at the post carefully and by looking at how it is worded, it states that anybody with the "STANDARD" protective helmet shall be relieved from acquiring DTI stickers... This is what we are aiming to amend... Pero, those who do not fall under the said  "STANDARD" are still under scrutiny and denial in order for them to change their helmets... This in turn, hits anything and everything that is not ECE 22.05 compliant...

DTI first saved the Filipino Rider by making the sticker free and by spearheading the request to extend the free stickering to accommodate all the riders... Then they accepted other standards such as DOT, TIS, SNELL and other internationally known standards to be more considerate to the riders... Now, they are passing the blame to somebody else, particularly the DTI and another "SENATOR" for making such amendments on the "ACT" kuno... But the documents show that this all started from the ACT itself... Then if another "SENATOR" made amendments to the ACT, why is there only one signatory? Why is it allowed to be passed in the first place? Why wait till now, to move and point fingers at others? We have been lobbying for the amendment ever since this was a proposal and now, after the mess it made, are you passing the blame? I don't get it...

In giving them the benefit of the doubt, may I say that if they are after the welfare of the riders in general, Ok, let us wait for the results of their move with the DOJ and allow them to push for this... We are, after all, after the welfare of the riding community... So, by all means, please pass that petition with the DOJ and if you can, please do what we initially started, amend the law to make the standard unspecified and keep the internationally known standards acceptable until the market is cleaned of all contraband, fake and substandard helmets... We will wait for Monday and we will be watching out for the petition and what it holds... Does it only protect the ECE users or does it protect the consumer's welfare? The ball is in their court... Let's hope it is for the riders and not for anything else...



I believe DTI was only making it easier for the riding public based on what they were tasked to do... Besides, based on the other publications prior to the implementation, the DTI was pressured into fast-tracking the IRR into effect... Which only tells us that somebody is "nag mamadali"...

To blame DTI for this is barking at the wrong tree as they were only following what was ordered of them to do... The basis of the ICC sticker as the means to identify the helmet as within standard is already stated on the ACT itself...

Look and read the following:

1. The Helmet Act RA 10054

2. The press release titled: PENDING IRR BLOCKS FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF HELMET LAW (NOTE THE DATE ON THIS PRESS RELEASE)

http://senate.gov.ph/press_release/2011/0817_revilla1.asp

And see where I am coming from and what I am talking about...

Is DTI really the agency to blame for all of this? Is it fair for us to pass the buck to them and call it DTI's propaganda?

Is there really another SENATOR who called the shots on RA 10054 and had it amended prior to it's passing? Who is this Senator? Is there really another one?

Think... Think hard... Then ask yourself WHY?

On the other hand, if there really is another Senator, maybe Bong Revilla was only ill-advised in all of this... So, instead of making blind items of the information they hold, why not just speak aloud and name the Senator that they are trying to identify as the perpetrator of this ICC fiasco...


That way, we can relieve the DTI for being the fall-guy of the ACT who initially needed the amendment before it was passed...

For now, let us not blame the Senator who passed this ACT until the other Senator who made the amendment to RA10054 is named by these people who made the accusation... For all we know, he might have been made a fall-guy himself...

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