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Arrested violators of the act will be ■ arrange for someone to pick you

subjected to penalties ranging from a up.
minimum of three-month ■ only accept a lift if the driver has
imprisonment plus a P20,000 fine, to not been drinking or using illegal
a maximum of 20-year imprisonment drugs.
plus a P500,000 fine.
Non-professional driver’s license Sources:
holders will also have their license http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph
suspended for 12 months on their first https://news.mb.com.ph/2016/12/02/mmda-taps-mb-as-p
artner-in-implementing-anti-drunk-driving-law/
offense, with their second offense https://www.cosmo.ph/lifestyle/5-things-to-remember-w
resulting in their license’s perpetual hen-you-get-pulled-over-for-dui
https://ichoose.ph/blogs/top-causes-road-accidents/
revocation. For professional driver’s
license holders, the first offense alone
will result in their license’s perpetual
revocation.

TIPS FOR GETTING HOME SAFELY

If you are going to be drinking, plan
an alternative way of getting home,
other than driving:

■ designate a non-drinking driver.
■ catch a taxi home.
■ use public transport.
■ stay at night (make sure you are
already capable to drive in the
morning).

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