There is now a law requiring the use of car seats (also known as child restraint systems or CRS) in the Philippines, and it will be implemented beginning February 2021. But how do we prepare for the rollout? And are child car seats absolutely necessary? Did it have to become a law? Can't I just hold my child in the car? Car seats are a huge added expense. Yes, we are parents, too. We've asked those questions as well. See what else parents have to say.
Buckle up your treasures! is a webinar that sought to make Filipinos—parents and guardian of children, especially—aware of the new law, RA 11229, or the Child Safety in Motor Vehicles Act, and get answers to their questions.
In simple and easy-to-understand language and visuals, we are taught about RA 11229 and the life-saving science behind car seat use by Atty. Sophia San Luis (ImagineLaw) and Mr. Roberto Valera (Land Transportation Office); and child car seat accreditation and regulations by Engr. Isaiah Dale Lim (Department of Trade and Industry).
Also featured are testimonials and messages of encouragement from former senator JV Ejercito, sponsor of the bill that became RA 11229; Ms. Chi Liquicia (VeraFiles) on how grief from losing a friend and colleague from a road crash has turned into an advocacy that seeks to protect people from preventable deaths and injury on the road; from Ms. Sigrid Garcia, a grateful parent whose young child emerged from a road incident unharmed because he was strapped in a car seat; and from Ms. Regine Tolentino, TV host and entrepreneur, who told us car safety stories from the more carefree era of her childhood, and how keeping your child safe in this day and age requires more from parents—including car seats, yes, but that it's all worth it.
The webinar, held on 17 November 2020, was hosted and moderated with a lot of heart by another road safety champion, Mr. Tony Lambino, assistant secretary at the Department of Finance.
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