For Everything, There Is A Proper Time

Now is not the time to implement the Child Car Seat Law. There is no need to enforce it now when current community quarantine rules prohibit children below 10 years of age from leaving their houses, Sen. Lawrence “Bong “ Go said this weekend.

The law, RA-11229, the Child Safety in Motor Vehicles Act, was supposed to take effect last Tuesday, but the needed guidelines have not been drawn up, and six senators called on the Department of Transportation and the Land Transportation Office to defer its enforcement.

At this time of the pandemic when so many families are striving so hard to survive loss of income due to closures of so many businesses and offices, let us not add to the economic woes of families who have to provide their cars with these special seats costing ₱3,500 to ₱7,000 each.