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"But for me, the most important role I have as a road user is my job as a parent.

Dr Oyeyemi who spoke through the State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr Sunday Michael Ajayi regretted that over Seventy-five per cent of road traffic crashes were caused by human factors and called on every road user to be safety conscious.

"Each road user must take personal responsibility of their own safety.

and Minority Leader Danilo Suarez, have sought the release of P45 billion from the road user's tax for the 2019 midterm election campaign, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said on Wednesday.

A D Khawaja said the National Road Safety Strategy 2018-2030 has a comprehensive, data-based strategy for sustainably improving road safety for all road users, including the vulnerable road user group which includes pedestrians, motorcyclists, bicyclists, occupants of three-wheeled non-motorized vehicles, women, children, and older road users.

However, concerns have been raised over the potential for road user charging to be introduced as part of the scheme.

The Road Board controls the proceeds of the road user's tax, which motorists pay yearly for the registration of their vehicles.

Abdul Hameed, a road user, said the ITP officials are present at the pickets along with cops of Operational Police during peak hours for issuing tickets to slow paced vehicles' drivers, for not fastening seat belts, using mobile phones or other violations.

Long considered a repository of corruption, the Road Board may soon be abolished and the multibillion-peso Road User's Tax remitted to the national treasury under a bill filed by Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez.

Senator Aquilino Koko Pimentel III wants the Road Board abolished for illegally diverting billions in pesos of road user's tax to highly questionable projects.