Section 26
SEC. 26. (a) The maximum speed of motor vehicles operated upon any public highway or bridge shall not exceed the respective values given in the following tabulation: Gross weight. Pneumatic tires. Solid rubber tires. Metal tires. Passenger automobiles of any weight and trucks not exceeding 2,300 kilos. Reasonable speed. 20 kms. (12.5 miles) per hour. 12 kms. (8 miles) per hour. 2,301 to 5,000 Ks. inclusive. 25 kms. (16 miles) per hour. 18 kms. (11 miles) per hour. 12 kms. (8 miles) per hour. 5,001 to 8,000 Ks. inclusive 20 kms. (12.5 miles) per hour. 15 kms. (9 miles) per hour. 10 kms. (6 miles) per hour. Upon conviction for exceeding any of the speed limits above mentioned in this subsection, the Director of Public Works may in his discretion require the motor vehicle in question to be equipped permanently either with a reliable speedometer acceptable to the Director of Public Works, or with a properly adjusted and reliable engine governor sealed by the Director of Public Works or his deputies, so as to effectively prevent future over speeding of the motor vehicle. Any subsequent adjusting, repairing or tampering with an engine governor so sealed by the Director of Public Works or his deputies shall be immediately reported to the Director of Public Works in writing by the owner, on penalty of suspension of the certificate of registration for a period not to exceed six months in the discretion of the Director of Public Works. (b) No person shall operate a motor vehicle on any highway in these Islands recklessly or at a rate of speed greater than that indicated in the foregoing tabulation, nor faster than is reasonable and proper, having regard to the width, traffic, grades, crossings, curvatures, visibility and other conditions of the highways and to the conditions of the atmosphere and weather, or so as to endanger the property or the safety or rights of any person or so as to cause excessive or unreasonable damage to the highway. If the rate of speed of any motor vehicle operated within any city or the poblacion limits of any municipality exceeds thirty kilometers (19 miles) per hour such rate of speed shall be prima facie evidence that the person operating same is operating at a rate of speed greater than is reasonable and proper, and in violation of the provisions of this section. If the rate of speed of a motor vehicle operated on any public highway of the Philippine Islands, where the operator's view of the road and traffic is obstructed when approaching a crossing or intersecting public highway or when traversing a bridge, or a steep descent, or a curve in the highway, or when meeting any other motor vehicle or conveyance moving in an opposite direction, exceeds twenty-five kilometers (sixteen miles) per hour, such rate of speed shall be prima facie evidence that the person operating such motor vehicle is operating the same at a rate of speed greater than is reasonable and proper, and in violation of the provisions of this section. If the rate of speed of a motor vehicle operated upon any highway of the Philippine Islands in passing any street railway car that is stationary or about to stop, on the same side of the car on which passengers are ordinarily received and discharged exceeds fifteen kilometers (9 miles) per hour, such rate of speed shall be prima facie evidence that the person operating such motor vehicle is operating the same at a rate of speed greater than is reasonable and proper and in violation of the provisions of this section. (c) No person shall unreasonably obstruct or impede the passage or right of travel of any motor vehicle or operator thereof and no operator shall unreasonably obstruct the passage of any other vehicle or person on any highway. The operator of any motor vehicle or the driver of any other vehicle which is traveling at a rate of speed less than the limits mentioned under subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall, upon signal, move to the left of the center of the road at the earliest opportunity, to allow an overtaking vehicle to pass. (d) A person or vehicle when approaching a highway intersection, shall have reasonable right of way over all persons or vehicles approaching from the right, but shall yield reasonable right of way to all persons or vehicles approaching from the left. Every person found guilty of violating the foregoing provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than fifty pesos or by imprisonment for not more than six months or by both such fine and imprisonment.